Sharp Family in NC

Update on Sharp Family in NC: July 2015

 have now shared all the research that I currently have on the Sharp family in North Carolina. I will continue to update past posts as I gain any new information from readers of this blog or other sources. I will keep this blog active to share information and receive feedback from you. As I stated in the introduction, I created this as a changing history to be modified by inputs from others through the web. I invite you to take a look and let me know what you think. This is an update of the summary post first done in September, 07. There have now been over 36,082 pages views of this blog and 200 comments on the 80 posts. I welcome more.

Also, check out the Ives Family History Blog. My grandmother Gladys Sharp married Sumner Albert Ives joining the two families. Look in the categories on the right side to find information on the Sharps, Powells, Parkers, Winbournes, and Hares, as well as information on Southern food and travel and general genealogy issues. I will continue to post on general genealogy issues on occasion and share any new information on the Sharps.

Below is a 2015 photo of the house that my grandfather built in Harrellsville, NC for his young family and wife, Glady Sharp Ives. Beside it is photo of the small cemetery in Harrellsville where many Sharps are buried, including my great grandparents. 

 

 

Update on Sharp Family in NC Blog 2013

I have now shared all the research that I currently have on the Sharp family in North Carolina. I will continue to update past posts as I gain any new information from readers of this blog or other sources. I will keep this blog active to share information and receive feedback from you. As I stated in the introduction, I created this as a changing history to be modified by inputs from others through the web. I invite you to take a look and let me know what you think. This is an update of the summary post first done in September, 07. There have now been over 32,677 pages views of this blog and 145 comments on the 79 posts (September 2013 update). I welcome more.

Also, check out the Ives Family History Blog. My grandmother Gladys Sharp married Sumner Albert Ives joining the two families. Look in the categories on the right side to find information on the Sharps, Powells, Parkers, Winbournes, and Hares, as well as information on Southern food and travel and general genealogy issues. I will continue to post on general genealogy issues on occasion and share any new information on the Sharps

Updated Summary of Sharp Family in NC

I have now shared all the research that I currently have on the Sharp family in North Carolina. I will continue to update past posts as I gain any new information from readers of this blog or other sources. I will keep this blog active to share information and receive feedback from you. As I stated in the introduction, I created this as a changing history to be modified by inputs from others through the web. I invite you to take a look and let me know what you think. This is an update of the summary post first done in September, 07. There have now been over 27,633 pages views of this blog and 82 comments (July 2011 update). I welcome more.

Also, check out the Ives Family History Blog. My grandmother Gladys Sharp married Sumner Albert Ives joining the two families. Thanks for your interest, Bill Ives

Look in the categories on the right side to find information on the Sharps, Powells, Parkers, Winbournes, and Hares, as well as information on Southern food and travel and general genealogy issues.

I will continue to post on general genealogy issues on ocassion and share any new information on the Sharps. I also invite you to my other genealogy blog, the

Visit My Art Gallery at the Artsetter Online Gallery Site

This is not family history but it is my other strong interest. Artsetter is a Paris based online art gallery. I have now been accepted as one of their artists. I had to go through a voting process and I appreciate those of you who voted for me.  Now I put up an initial gallery of 24 paintings. I will add more and perhaps some drawings and photos.

I encourage you to visit the Artsetter site and comment on my work as feedback is really appreciated. When you get to the site you can find my gallery under the gallery tab. For now it is listed in new galleries but that may evolve.

Here is what I wrote in my profile. I paint with acrylics and also do simple line drawings. My focus is directly painting what I see. The goal is not photo realism but an integration of painting and seeing. I primarily do still life or painting from a model at the moment. I have experimented with landscapes from direct observation. I recently did a series on breakfast. These were done from photos. I do not go beyond what I see as I have always imagined paintings as I look at the world. Now I am having fun creating some of these images. I live and work in the Boston area (US) but also paint from my travels. I grew up in New Orleans and it remains a favorite place. I would like to paint there.

Here is a sampling of the initial works in the gallery. You can click on the images to enlarge them. 

                       
 
 
 
 

Summary of Sharp Family in NC

I have now shared all the research that I currently have on the Sharp family in North Carolina. I will continue to update past posts as I gain any new information from readers of this blog or other sources. I will keep this blog active to share information and receive feedback from you. As I stated in the introduction, I created this as a changing history to be modified by inputs from others through the web. I invite you to take a look and let me know what you think. This is an update of the summary post first done in September, 07. There have now been over 15,000 pages views of this blog.

Look in the categories on the right side to find information on the Sharps, Powells, Parkers, Winbournes, and Hares, as well as information on Southern food and travel and general genealogy issues.

I will continue to post on general genealogy issues on ocassion and share any new information on the Sharps. I also invite you to my other genealogy blog, the Ives Family History Blog. My grandmother Gladys Sharp married Sumner Albert Ives joining the two families. Thanks for your interest, Bill Ives

The Mormons are Working on Genealogy Web 2.0

This is a cross post from my other genealogy blog, the Ives Family History Blog. I heard from my Fast Forward blog colleague, Paula Thornton, that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has been working on a project to provide is one and only one instance of every individual -- to be shared in a global representation of genealogy. This allows all work done by individuals to be shared in an open collective.

At first I was a little skeptical. Some of what the Mormons do is extremely helpful. For example, I when I did some family history research a few years ago, I was able to get microfilm of actual church records in England in the early 1600s. However, what they put on their web sites was simply user contributions with no fact checking. I saw the same mistakes repeated over and over again. If you treated the material as clues to validate with actual records then that was sometimes useful. But many people treated the material as facts and so much misinformation was being spread.

Now the Mormons were not unique in this spreading of misinformation, all the other genealogy sites also do no fact checking as far as I can see. I could see the same errors repeated across sites. So I would be very suspect of the data that is conveyed.

However, Paula made a very good point, and this is the potential of web 2.0. She said that the whole purpose of the 'shared' space is for such 'errors' to be shared and fixed collectively. Then we can also see what facts might need more research and run off and do it (or take related trips). This is the point of the genealogy forums but they seem awkward to use which is one reason I started my genealogy blogs. I am sure there will be controversies and perhaps edit wars (like in the wikipedia). However, progress should be made.

Here are some of the things that the Mormons are doing which can be found at the their family history research site.

Record Search - helps you identify your ancestors by letting you search millions of indexed records and by letting you browse images of records that have not yet been indexed.

The FamilySearch Family Tree is their effort to combine their Pedigree Viewer and the Life Browser and combine them into a more full-featured application. The current version updates the person page and adds an event map.

Standard Finder allows for a search for a standardized name, date or place based on your input. The Standard Finder will present the standards that will be used in future releases of new FamilySearch.

The FamilySearch Research Wiki forms a community of research experts and interested genealogists that share up to date information on how to research sources for information about your ancestors

Images of the Columns Hotel, New Orleans

My grandmother, Gladys Sharp Ives, ran the Columns Hotel in New Orleans in the early 1950s. I remember taking the St. Chalres Ave, street car to visit her. She had a room on the top floor. There was a wide stair case with a stain glass window over it. The window and the stair case are pictured, as well as the St. Charles Ave. street car in front of the hotel.  This hotel supplied the interior scences for the Louis Malle movie, Pretty Baby. It has a wonderful bar, live music and is a great place to stay. 

          

More Sharp Pictures: Gladys Sharp and Ives Family

From the left Virginia Ives and daughter, Dwight Ives, J. Dunbar Ives, Alice D. Ives, Sumner Albert Ives, Jr., (unknown child) Sumner Abraham Ives, Sumner Albert Ives, Gladys Sharp Ives – 1914 Harrellsville, NC (see Ives Family History Blog for details on Ives family members)

More Sharp Pictures: Henry Clay and Family

FRONT: Henry Clay Sharp, Eulalia (Powell) Sharp) BACK: Bembry Sharp (Henry Clay's nephew), Helen Sharp (Henry Clay's daughter) in front of the Sharp family home in Harrellesville about 1915 (built in 1830s by Jacob Sharp).

SnapGenie - Share Stories Behind Photos

Here is another content sharing site that seems well suited for genealogy. This site allows you to share stories behind your photos with MyFamily.com SnapGenie. You can build narrated slide shows of your pictures. As the site says, "Upload up to 50 photos per show. Use a phone to narrate your slide show. Publish it and share with family and friends. With the click of a button you are ready to share your SnapGenie show." This looks like a good idea, especially for family history. Is this the next You Tube?