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Gena Philibert Ortega

Female

United States

Profile Information:

What surnames are you interested in researching?: McNeil, Smith, Nikolaus, Hibbert, Philibert, Harsbarger, Montgomery, Randall, Earlywine, Chatham, Lewis, Ortega, Ochoa, Marquez, Aquino
What countries and other locations are you interested in researching?: USA, Mexico, England
What is your level of genealogy knowledge?: Professional Genealogist
If you are a genealogy expert, what are your specialties?: American Records
Do you have a genealogy website or blog or belong to a Genealogy Society?: www.yourfamilyhistoryresearch.com

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June L.. Davis

Thanks, Gena:

I have recommended several friends and relatives, and some have accepted the invitation on the Thomas site. I think we're going to enjoy whatever comes up here.

June Thomas Davis

Apr 5, 2010
Christine Read

Thanks Gena, a very nice welcome! I am sure being here will prove extremely interesting, informative and wonderful!! I'm looking forward to exploring and "meeting" everyone.

Kind regards,

Christine Read

Apr 12, 2010
Karen Ingle-Langendorfer

Thank you Gena, my joining is long over due :-)

Apr 22, 2010
Maryan Schuler-Nichols

Hi Gena,

Thank you for the welcome message to GenealogyWise. It will probably take me a little while to find my way around the site, but I will catch on. Any real information has to be with a charge though, right?

I like the idea of the chat room though and being able to chat with others.

Thanks again,

Maryan

May 19, 2010
Lewis Hartswick

Gena, Is there a "rhyme or reason" to the sequence of posts on the Groups? Some of them
are latest at the top of page1 others the latest is at the bottom of the last page. It makes
browsing them very difficult.
...Lew...

May 27, 2010
Lewis Hartswick

I guess I just looked at the "Introduce yourself" group and notices the latest post is at the
end of page 21 while the latest post is at the start of most of the other groups. I think I
may have some of the threads in another site mixed up in my head also. :-)
Thasnks.
lew

May 28, 2010
Paul Babbitt

Hi Gena,

Thanks for putting my discussion as a featured discussion. I just got 7 new members but they didn't join my group. I think its because my Surname Group Babbitt/Babbit/Bobet doesn't appear on the list of Surname Groups. Please help.

Thank you.

Paul Babbitt

May 29, 2010
Gray Family Reunion 2011

Thank You for the Welcome! I am trying to learn more about the website and I will try to utilize the tools that are available.

May 31, 2010
Paul Babbitt

Gena,

Thank you for the explanation. You must be extremely busy.

Paul

May 31, 2010
Jo Saunders

Thank you for the warm welcome from you and your members, I hope, once settled, in I become a productive member too.
Jo saunders
California
researching
Sicily
England
Canada

Jun 1, 2010
cheryl stuart (nee Lundy)

thanks Gena...looking forward to being a member of this group. I have my own blog on Google Blogs...is it possible for it to connect to this group and how do I go about doing it? Again thanks

Jun 1, 2010
Bunny Florence Irene Knight Turn

Thank you very much for your pleasant welcoming words and for sending me such useful information.

Bunny Turner....not Bunny Turn ..........can this be corrected?

Jun 3, 2010
Vicki Sutphin

Thanks Gena, I'm looking forward to exploring this site, taking advantage of all it has to offer and being able to contribute. The group members are awesome.

Jun 3, 2010
Bunny McLeod

Thank you very much for the welcome. I am having some problems using this site, but Laura is helping me with it and I hope everything will soon work out.
Bunny

Jun 3, 2010
Cindy58

Thank you so much for the information Gena. I am totally computer illeterate. The 58 in Cindy 58 stands for my birth year that may be why. There were no computers in 1977 when I graduated from high school and I learned to type on an electric typewriter. Thanks again for the information . Cindy

Jun 4, 2010
Rosemary Taylor

Thank you.

Jun 10, 2010
James P. LaLone

Just noticed when I browsed the surname groups list that all the surnames that have groups are not listed, such as two SPENCER groups & the WHITEBREAD group, however CAVANAUGH is listed but when you click on it, it says that the group does not exist. What gives? Thanks, Jim.

Jun 18, 2010
Beth Gatlin

Happy birthday!

Jun 22, 2010
Deena Coutant

Gena, I attended your Google session at the Loveland Family History Expo yesterday and wanted to tell you again what a great job you did. I really appreciate the addition of the more current information that was not previously presented in Dan Lynch's materials. Thanks again for all the golden nuggets!

Jun 27, 2010
Gail Louise Richards

Thank you Gena for your advice. I am hoping that I will be able to progress with my research after having ignored it for about 3 years. Kind regards, Gail Richards

Jun 30, 2010
robyn anderson

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&am...

Jul 9, 2010
Linda Ferguson

Thanks Gena

Jul 10, 2010
PF

I love this sight and I want to thank for your part in making it happen. I am preparing a book and am using this sight to organize my information. I do have two questions:
1. Are there fees?
2. Is there a limit to the number of photo albums and "pictures" I can add? I have to potential to just grow and grow if I am allowed to:)

Thanks for your time.

Jul 21, 2010
Mary F. Hentschel

Gena, Thanks so much for your message. I'm glad I've found this site as folks reach out to help one another and share my passion, genealogy and family research.
Mary

Jul 23, 2010
Edward Adams

Thank you for your wonderful to the site.

Jul 24, 2010
Sheri

Thank you for the welcome!

Sheri ^..^

Jul 24, 2010
Carol Johnson

Gena, thank you for the welcome & your detailed information. I would most certain make use of it.

Carol

Jul 27, 2010
Alanna C. Fitzgerald

Thank you Gena. It means a lot to me.

Aug 6, 2010
Eric K. Schweer

Thanks for the welcome Gena. I'm just starting out, but have a head start with the family research due to some relatives that started a while back. I have however found some inconsistencies with their information, and official records, along with other peoples trees. I'm going to have to sort those out to be sure they had the right names down in their records.

I'll list a few things when I get some time, got my hands full with starting the new blog and a bunch of other things. I also have to sort out a new find , possibly taking the family tree back 10 more generations.

Aug 10, 2010
Brian Ronald Beckett

Thank you Gena, I'm sure I will make full use of all the tools here on Genealody wise once I have got to grips with how everything works,

Brian Beckett

Aug 11, 2010
Carol Ann

thank you Gena. I have been researching Sunderland Durham Bishopwearmouth for 5 years so a relative newcomer to genealogy, but a lifetime yearning fulfilled once started.

Aug 16, 2010
Linda Williams

Thanks for the welcome and information. I am sure I'll have fun exploring.

Aug 20, 2010
Pam Merry

Many thanks for the welcome. I look forward to finding out more about the site.

Aug 20, 2010
Annette Weems Spencer

Thanks Gena for the welcome. I'm hoping to find useful info on this site.

Aug 23, 2010
Elida Ramos

Thank you Gena, I look forward to using the site and getting familiar with the group.

Aug 25, 2010
Andrew Robb

Thank you for the warm welcome. Although you flatter me by inferring that I am a genealogist...lol. However I am at least a "wannabe" genealogist and keen to learn more. I look forward to using and utilising the site.

Regards

Sep 2, 2010
Ian Smith

Thanks for the welcome, I am looking forward to try and trace my relatives which I know will be difficult.
Regards Ian

Sep 2, 2010
Julia Mitchel

Thanks for the info Gena. Just found this site, and I am finding my way around. I like that it is just Genealogy. I was big on Prodigy and had a slew of Genealogists I emailed with. I miss Prodigy.
Am not a big Facebook fan, I was forced to join and have no clue about it.
I am Registrar of the Transylvania Chapter NSDAR in KY, and a member of several Heritage Societes, been at their for 30 years. What a way to learn, right?.
I wish I was as organized as some of these folks.

Sep 13, 2010
amyjowilson

Hello Gena,
How sad to see the gravestone of Almeta Rose Kahler, only eight years old when she died. Was she a close relative of yours? Also Lucy, aged 84?
Amy Wilson

Sep 20, 2010
Kathryn Brannigan Walizer

Hi Gena, Kathryn Brannigan Walizer here, did you get my e-mail with the
FamilySearch column?

Sep 27, 2010
Ruth Raintree

G'day Gena, Thanks for your welcome and your welcome suggestions. As you may have noticed I've made a number of contacts already and I look forward to more. Cheers, Ruth

Oct 7, 2010
Sprkl Snshn

Good Afternoon Gena, thanks for the welcome and your tip suggestions. Im a beginning genealogist, looking forward to being a part of this community. PEACE

Oct 23, 2010
jan hammond

Thanks Gena, I have been hoping to join in with the group U5a1b1 my maternal haplo.
I am only interested in my maternal line but can only trace to early 1800 (specifically 1832 but of course know her mother's married name and maternal DNA so back a bit further, in Galway Ireland. There are no documents, famine and the troubles took all. So genealogy wont let me back further... and the maternal line are amazing women. My 17 year old famine orphan brought my maternal line here to Australia in 1849...
Can you help with information re access to the mtDNA group?

Oct 23, 2010
Sharon Rollins Pustejovsky

Gena,
Thanks for the welcome! I look forward to using GenealogyWise and getting to know other users, and helping each other as much as possible.

Sincerely,
Sharon Pustejovsky

Oct 27, 2010
Ellen Healy

Hi, Gena, I really love the lists of sites you have been posting in the newsletter. They are very helpful, and I just copied the ones from todays' newsletter on military records. One question I have is do you know of any good sites where records of the Spanish-American War are listed?

Nov 10, 2010
Ellen Healy

Gena, So glad to see you here again. I didn't know you had been gone until it was mentioned one night on the chat. Good news!!!

Feb 9, 2011
Lawrence Wright

Thanks for the comment and encouragement Gena. This is a wonderful site. I have to confess that I feel a bit overwhelmed. Trying to find the right pedagogy to learn this has left me feeling like a deer looking at an oncoming car at night with bright headlights on. Larry

May 12, 2011
James P. LaLone

Gena,

Check out Monica Diesma posting the same message to many people, I think it is spam to get in contact with people. Jim.

Jul 14, 2011
Hal Horrocks

Gena,

Is there nothing your not involved in?

LOL

Hal Horrocks

Aug 29, 2011
Erin Bradford (freeaainnc)

Hi! I tried emailing you about the possibility of starting a new chat, but it bounced and said your box was full. When you have some space in your email, could you email me freeaainnc@ncalhn.org? Thanks!

Sep 15, 2011