Each family now has its own section on the Forest For The Trees website! Finally, there's a sense of organization as each family has its own unique gateway. Enter through the Front Gate, or go directly to a family's opening page:
While these sections are not yet completed, you can keep checking back at a specific page containing the stuff that captures your interest.
And yes, I am contemplating a domain name. These long URLs are getting to me too...
Mahalo nui and thanks for your continued patience!
Showing posts with label Auvil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Auvil. Show all posts
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Auvil Website Revived!
Hello Family,
My name is Jolene Auvil, and I am the wife of Todd Auvil, a descendant of Johannes Abel as are all of you. When we first began our genealogical search, we were ecstatic to have found Catherine Auvil's website at Auvil.com. As a lot of you might remember, her site was a treasure trove of the research of many, many Auvil genealogists, compiled and posted by a tireless and dedicated Catherine. Around 2004 however, the site disappeared from the Internet.
For years now, I've been working on a website to house the information we've gathered on both of our families, and I began to realize that so much of our research was based on that of others who contributed to Catherine's website. In October of last year, I contacted Catherine and asked her permission to re-publish the information on her former website, incorporating it into mine. She very graciously allowed me to do this, and finally, that task has been completed.
Please come by and wander through the site:
FOREST FOR THE TREES
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~forestforthetrees/branch/auvil/auvilindex.htm
We apologize for the length of the web address.
Whether you have comments, suggestion, corrections, etc., we'd love to hear from you. You may write to us directly, but we encourage you to use the blog:
http://forestforthetreesblog.blogspot.com/
We feel that this might be yet another place for Auvils everywhere to connect directly, eliminating the middleman.
Our special thanks to all the Auvil genealogists who generously submitted tomes to the original Auvil website. And our deepest gratitude to Catherine who, for many years, was the glue that held the Auvil generations together.
Mahalo Nui & In Thanks,
Todd and Jolene Auvil
Honolulu, HI
My name is Jolene Auvil, and I am the wife of Todd Auvil, a descendant of Johannes Abel as are all of you. When we first began our genealogical search, we were ecstatic to have found Catherine Auvil's website at Auvil.com. As a lot of you might remember, her site was a treasure trove of the research of many, many Auvil genealogists, compiled and posted by a tireless and dedicated Catherine. Around 2004 however, the site disappeared from the Internet.
For years now, I've been working on a website to house the information we've gathered on both of our families, and I began to realize that so much of our research was based on that of others who contributed to Catherine's website. In October of last year, I contacted Catherine and asked her permission to re-publish the information on her former website, incorporating it into mine. She very graciously allowed me to do this, and finally, that task has been completed.
Please come by and wander through the site:
FOREST FOR THE TREES
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~forestforthetrees/branch/auvil/auvilindex.htm
We apologize for the length of the web address.
Whether you have comments, suggestion, corrections, etc., we'd love to hear from you. You may write to us directly, but we encourage you to use the blog:
http://forestforthetreesblog.blogspot.com/
We feel that this might be yet another place for Auvils everywhere to connect directly, eliminating the middleman.
Our special thanks to all the Auvil genealogists who generously submitted tomes to the original Auvil website. And our deepest gratitude to Catherine who, for many years, was the glue that held the Auvil generations together.
Mahalo Nui & In Thanks,
Todd and Jolene Auvil
Honolulu, HI
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Auvil.com Documents Section Completed
The Documents and History section from the old Auvil.com website is now complete. To view all of these wonderful pages and pages of information, start here.
Happy New Year 2008!
Hello Family and Friends,
Happy New Year to you all!
I stopped making new years' resolutions many years ago because I got tired of disappointing myself. So while I'd LOVE to tell you that this is the year I'm going to finish the website, well, we'll see...
The Family Website section of the old Auvil.com site is now ready for viewing. The greatest challenge of getting these pages up is the sheer number of links contained within them, many of which don't work anymore. I've been trying to do some research on where these websites went, and it's been a little frustrating to tell you the truth. But hey, what genealogist doesn't like to play the sleuth?
With each little step, we get closer to the finish line. There should be a Year of the Turtle seeing as being born in the Year of the Rabbit isn't translating into speed...
Hope you all had a wonderful time during your holiday celebrations! Here's to a productive 2008.
Happy New Year to you all!
I stopped making new years' resolutions many years ago because I got tired of disappointing myself. So while I'd LOVE to tell you that this is the year I'm going to finish the website, well, we'll see...
The Family Website section of the old Auvil.com site is now ready for viewing. The greatest challenge of getting these pages up is the sheer number of links contained within them, many of which don't work anymore. I've been trying to do some research on where these websites went, and it's been a little frustrating to tell you the truth. But hey, what genealogist doesn't like to play the sleuth?
With each little step, we get closer to the finish line. There should be a Year of the Turtle seeing as being born in the Year of the Rabbit isn't translating into speed...
Hope you all had a wonderful time during your holiday celebrations! Here's to a productive 2008.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Former Auvil.com Site Additions
We're making some progress! With her permission, I've finally begun to integrate the information that was packed into Catherine Auvil's former Auvil Family website into ours. What a daunting task. I hope we're doing it justice.
The Obituary & Tribute section of the old site is now up as are the Auvils In The News and Family Mysteries sections. View what we have so far at The Auvil Family Branch of our site.
I'm not certain how much more I can do before Christmas and the New Year. But in case I don't have time to get back here, let me wish you all a very fulfilling Christmas and a happily hopeful New Year 2008!
~Jolene
Friday, November 23, 2007
Website Update
Now on the website are updated LEAVES pages for:
Johannes Abel
John Peter Auvil
Lewis Kline Auville
John Friel Armstrong
John Nestor
Documents added from the old Auvil.com website and old links updates as well:
Notes on Heinrich Croneis
Revolutionary Service of Johann Abel
Last Will and Testament of Daniel Auvel
Daniel Oval, Bill of Sale
No new pictures have been added to the Gallery yet, but its index is now more comprehensive and easier to navigate.
Johannes Abel
John Peter Auvil
Lewis Kline Auville
John Friel Armstrong
John Nestor
Documents added from the old Auvil.com website and old links updates as well:
Notes on Heinrich Croneis
Revolutionary Service of Johann Abel
Last Will and Testament of Daniel Auvel
Daniel Oval, Bill of Sale
No new pictures have been added to the Gallery yet, but its index is now more comprehensive and easier to navigate.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
On The Auvil Front
Once again, I ask for your patience. There are several new and developing situations that require me to rethink the flow of our family website, one of which is my recent acquiring of Catherine dee Auvil's former Auvil website. Catherine and other Auvil genealogists poured their hearts into that project and shared so freely the fruits of their extensive research with people who were just beginning their searches ~ people like me. Not only would it be a shame to let this stuff just sit on my desk, but it feels like it would be a travesty if I didn't share it in the same spirit in which it was created.
Meanwhile, I've been in contact with family members of Auvil branches from which we have never heard before. These genealogists have also done an amazing amount of work. The Auvils are truly a tireless bunch!
Meanwhile, I've been in contact with family members of Auvil branches from which we have never heard before. These genealogists have also done an amazing amount of work. The Auvils are truly a tireless bunch!
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