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Where's SHARE? WHO cares!
SHARE
= Surname Hodgson Association & Resources Enterprise,
a worldwide society that collected and connected Hodgson family trees,
including its 17 principal variants Hodgen,
Hodgeon, Hodgeshon, Hodgeson,
Hodghon, Hodghson, Hodgin, Hodginson, Hodgon, Hodgshon, Hodgsone,
Hodgsonn, Hodgsonne, Hodshon, Hodson, Hogeson, and Hogson.
See Recorded Variants,
Disentangling Variants, 1200
Spellings!
SHARE
was the Hodgson one-name society for 20 years.
It had a globalwide membership circuit plus nonpaying supporters.
It put out a quarterly Hodgson journal printed and posted from South
Africa.
It received 1000 Hodgson family trees and
connected several hundred donors.
It created a Hodgson database of material
from miscellaneous & multiple sources.
These records are freely & easily accessible at this
web site anytime.
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To
date eight Hodgson Assemblies across the North of England!
Sensational Sessions! Sharing! Searches! Support! Speakers!
Demonstrations! Displays! Genealogy Fare! Group Outings!
May
1989
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Framwellgate DUR, Sep 1992 - Staindrop DUR,
Jul 1994 - Keswick CUL, Nov 1995 - Scarborough YKS,
Oct 1997
- Durham DUR, Oct 1999 - Washington TWR,
Sep 2001 - York YKS, Sep 2003 - Lancaster LAN
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In
early 2004, with membership down, SHARE was shut down.
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Was It Because Membership
Dues Were Not Universally Popular?
Many emphatically told us dues were unacceptable
& inappropriate.
We had overhead expenses -- PC and printer, the journal, the database
CDs,
paper, printing, postage, publicity, preparation of assemblies, etc.
The internet generated the decline of genealogy groups.
Would the resolution be to have no dues?
Was It Because Family Trees That Shared Roots Were Merged?
The lack of appreciation and no followups were cogent indicators.
It would have been easier to file new family trees as they were;
and if they link with existing trees, just to flag them.
For now our merged trees will remain merged.
Is your preference for us to stop merging?
Was It Because
Archiving Was Too Much for One Volunteer?
From the correlator's lone perspective, this was a very serious problem.
His repeated requests for assistance resulted in sympathetic responses
but no resolutions.
One volunteer having all the satisfaction simply could not go on any
longer.
Fact: Our filing procedures are flexible, friendly and fun.
Would you consider joining a team of volunteers?
To get started,
how about a new identity?
World
Hodgsons Order
Look
at the new WHO pages!
Starting
Your Family Tree Project
Changes in the English Counties, 1972
The Seventeen Principal Variants of Hodgson
Hodgsons of the Caribbean -- Hodgson Homicide
A Sad Story in Stone -- Cattle
Drover Jack Hodgson
Ends of the Earth -- The
Rev John Hodgson 1779-1845
Is Rogerson Related? -- The
Ultimate Calendar Web Page
A Crested Family Line That Perished -- The
Viking Connection
Owning Your Ancestors (Copyright Rights)
---- Family Interviews
George Hodgson, 1621-1715, Dent Vampire
-- Hodgens, Hodgins, etc.
A
completely revised Cousins Removed page,
more tidbits.
More on Disentangling Hod Variants thanks
to Rex Hotchkiss.
Here's an interesting page to explain:
Where is SHARE?.
Darren McMannis of HodgsonUSA
discusses recovery.
At last your e-mails are being answered right here!
WHO does
care. You too? The WHO
WebMaster wants to hear from you.
I have your Hodgson database
on mini CD - it's brilliant. You do put a
lot of work into the Hodgsons. Joyce Needham
Thanks for all of your amazing work. Kay Ekstrom
Thanks for keeping the website alive. I have found it very
interesting over the years. It is a fantastic resource. Bob Hodgson
A truly great resource! Hope you can keep going! John Hodgson Hauman
My sincere compliments on the website and database; what an extraordinary
amount of work. The database is one of the most user-friendly. Katrina
Hodgson
Thanks for the work of the society on behalf of all Hodgsons, Ken Featherstone
I am still excited over the link to Family Tree CA5800. It fell into
place,
thanks to the many hours of hard work by SHARE. Clayton Hodgson
I think you've done an excellent job on the site! Peter Christian
Looked at your research web site - very impressive and a
lot of work to keep it up to date. Mike Howlett
More of your comments here!
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