Friday, November 30, 2007

Issue 21 and a note about orientation

Editor Bill Mac Donald has scanned another back issue of the Lounsbury Tree, No. 21, and I have added it to the list in the right column.

A word about orientation. Some of the Lounsbury Trees were published in landscape orientation and some portrait. If you are printing them out to read, it makes no difference. But you could get a kink in your neck if you tried to read a landscape-orientation Tree on your computer. However, the Adobe Acrobat Reader has an icon that looks like a curved arrow which allows you to change the orientation of an Adobe document. And you can enlarge the print as well.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Something old, something new

Newsletter editor Bill Mac Donald has scanned issues 17-20 and has completed the latest issue, number 45. All are available and linked in the right column.

Friday, November 9, 2007

Obituaries: Burwell and Agnes Lounsbury

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Obituary: Morley Lounsbury

Morley Lounsbury
Morley Lounsbury passed away in Westminister Hospital, London, (Ontario), on Monday, January 18th, where he had been a patient for some years.
Mr. Lounsbury was born in Wheatley on December 23, 1884, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Burwell Lounsbury, and lived in Wheatley and district in his earlier days.
Survivors are an aunt, Mrs. Howard Rymal of Leamnington and several neices and nephews.
Funeral services were held today (Thursday) at 2p.m. from the Smith Funeral Home, Leamington, with interment in Lakeview Cemetery, Leamington.

Sent to Bill Mac Donald by
Ialeen Colwell of Calgary.

Obituary: Carlos Lounsbury

Carlos Lounsbury
Carlos Lounsbury, 72, of 3420 West 189th st., Torrance, California passed away at his home on Thursday, August 1st
The funeral was held from the McMillen Funeral Home, Gardenia, California, on Monday, August 5th.
Mr. Lounsbury was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Burl Lounsbury and was a resident of Wheatley several years ago.
He is survived by his wife; two step-children, and a brother, Morl;ey, in Westminster Hospital, London.

Sent to Bill Mac Donald by Ialeen Colwell of Calgary.

Monday, November 5, 2007

Jim Jurista's FAQ

[Jim Jurista is about to move his web site and parts will disappear. One of the elements of his site is this F.A.Q.: Parts are dated, but much useful information.]

Lounsbery Frequently-Asked Questions

I've found that there are many questions that come up frequently when researching the Lounsbery family. Hopefully, this page will help answer some of your questions, too.

Without further ado, here are the FAQs and answers:

  1. My name is spelled Lounsbury (or Lounsberry,). Is that the same thing?

  2. In all probability, yes. The general consensus is that all the variant spellings are derived from Lounsberry; and that all Lounsberys in America are descended from Richard Lounsberry and Elizabeth Pennoyer. There are even those with names like Lansbury and Lainspeary that may be members of this extended family.
  3. Where does my branch of the family fit into the larger tree?

  4. There are several ways to determine this; one of the best is to use the information in John Freund's book, or other references.

    I frequently get e-mail telling me that someone is not in the on-line family tree. In most cases, an entire branch is seemingly missing. Please remember that the on-line tree is a small subset of the known family history, perhaps only 15-20%. I have spent some time lobbying John Freund (see next section) to provide me with his computer copies of the tree, so that I may publish them on the web. But, as I have indicated elsewhere in this site, John is quite serious about his work and does not wish to see duplication errors arise, and he also is concerned about researchers using information that is incomplete.

  5. What references exist for locating Lounsbery/Lounsbury/Lounsberry information?

  6. There are several options available. Besides traditional genealogical research methods, the following Lounsbury-specific resources exist.
    • Some Descendants of Richard Lounsberry of Rye, NY. This is a book by John Freund of Victor, NY; it contains the most comprehensive structure and descriptions available pertaining to the descendants of Richard. Unfortunately, the book is now out of print and copies are no longer available from any source I know of.
    • The Lounsbury Tree. This is a twice-yearly newsletter, edited and published by Al Lounsbury of Saratoga Springs, NY. It contains lots of information about reunions, queries, obituaries, and historical events related to the Lounsbury clan.
    • Lounsbury : origin, meaning, and significance, with emphasis on the evidence and conclusions concerning the relationship of the Lounsbury family to royalty in the Middle Ages. This is a book by Raymond H. Lounsbury; here are some relevant details from the U.S. Library of Congress' search site:
      • PUBLISHED: Bridport, Vt. : Lounsbury, 1976.
        DESCRIPTION: viii, 31 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
        NOTES: Includes bibliographical references.
        SUBJECTS: Lounsberry family. England--Genealogy.
        LC CALL NO.: CS439.L8371976
        DEWEY CLASS NO.: 929/.2/0942
        FORMAT: Book
        LCCN: 76-371948
    • On-Line Databases.I had maintained a set of HTML files, generated from genealogical software, that were accessible on my web site. For various reasons - primarily the inclusion of living persons - I have decided to remove these files.
    There are other family trees on the web that contain Lounsbury information. There are also several other books of significance to Lounsbury researchers.
  7. What is the "Pennoyer Scholarship"?

  8. The Pennoyer Scholarship is an endowment held for tuition assistance to students at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It is intended to be used by descendants of Robert Pennoyer. Pennoyer's brother was a somewhat wealthy London businessman who also happened to be childless, so he left an endowment for his brother Robert's descendants.

    One of Robert's children was Elizabeth Pennoyer, who married Richard Lounsberry. Because Richard is considered the forefather of all Lounsberrys in the U.S., anyone with that surname or descended from someone with that surname is probably eligible for the scholarship. Of course, you'll need to get in to Harvard first.

  9. How can I learn more about genealogy in general? There are many excellent resources available on the Internet. Check out some of the links on the right side of the blog.