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Family Page Galleries, Post Pages and Authorship on The Site

Out of necessity, and in order to make sure that we are correctly linking data from and to the correct individuals, I am proposing that each of us (who are interested in this process) begin making nested family blog posts which will include photos from our own personal archives.

Doing so will help in a few ways: first, I won’t feel so responsible for errors…  (ok, smile if you will)… Secondly, we can build the family post pages in greater fashion while leaving the family PAGES (older, more historical data) intact and available to build upon those as well.  And third, you will each have control over your posts, and your authorship will be duly noted on each page.  That authorship is most important in establishing your rights to the material you post.

For example, I know that Bill Guest has a truly amazing article that will soon be posted regarding his Grand Uncle, Eric Standring (I believe that is his correct label… Bill? If I’m wrong, please correct me, it’s been a bit since I read it… but as I recall, Eric was your grandmother’s brother?).  Making sure Bill (and his wife Sue) has/have the appropriate attribution is important, and topping it off, he or they will be able to add photos to the story which will add a much more human feel and longer term impact.

I would also like to encourage each of you to write an author statement.  It would be the final paragraph, is biographical in nature and should be italicized to distinguish between your post and your statement.   If you will follow along a moment, each of you with authorship attribution (which most of you will have if you intend to contribute) when you complete your post (but before you actually publish it) should scroll down the dashboard page until you see the box labeled “Author”.  Click on the name in the box and scroll until you see your own, then select it.  When you post the page, it will name you as the Author automatically and as the articles are dated and timed, your claim to the copyright is fairly complete, short of submitting to the offices of copyright.

You are also able to upload audio and video files, which can be effectively added to a page as well. Feel free to address anyone reading as if you are telling the precise story you want.  When you close the page, your author statement will conclude the page.

While we all want to share the joys of our children and pets and more, I would prefer to not get into overkill.  We might offer a “Dexter Pets” page of photos, but the kids stick with the best of the best.  Special events, yes; recognitions, etc.  Things which put them in historical context – military service or a fraternal organization that may be documented as important to our descendants… But everyday posts can go onto Facebook or other social media for sharing.

I’ll do a starter page and see if we can build upon that.  Our collages should wind up being quite fascinating.

Love to all,

Connie

PS: Here is a sample author statement.  If you need help, let me know and we can talk it out.

Connie Dexter Spicer has been investigating her family origins, since, as a teenager-one of her school social science classes was a study of family history after the film Roots came out. The information she gathered then became the basis for all her research since. And, since those modest beginnings lead to connecting with cousins all over the world, it has been a very merry adventure for her.

 

Dexter Family International (MyFamily) Threads

While I could not retain and download all of the very many threads we had accumulated over 15 years, the threads I will be attaching on this set of posts will be the personal anecdotes, commentary and speculation specifically from the Dexters International family website that we had built.  Right now, with foot surgery keeping me off my feet for the next few weeks, it seems the perfect time to begin posting these threads.  These will be nested here in the appropriate category.

Feel free to let me know if you spot any errors or omissions at any time.

 

Sending love to all,

Connie

Our Dexter Family Genealogy

Edward and Josephine (Swan) Dexter family
Edward and Josephine (Swan) Dexter family

Dexter Family Genealogy Website

Welcome to our new  Dexter Family genealogy website.  This site is about the Dexter family that came out of Staines, Middlesex, England and prior to that (from what we have learned) Nottinghamshire.

 Beyond that is the wall we work through.  We will also work with associated families that tie in to this direct line, so that even if you aren’t one of “my” directs, you have a direct association which matters and should be included.  

Your Input Makes This Site Valuable To All

Take the time to add to, edit and upload your own family data to make this a fully collaborative effort.

From time to time, I’ll request input and will make changes based on that.  

Add commentary and more as we go along. and I will protect the website and each of you from being hacked or otherwise having issues with the website.  That said, it is difficult in the world environment to offer perfect protections.  Know that I do my best, but if you see something odd, notify me to find and fix any issue.

The Old MyFamily Website

Because much of what we have here came from the efforts of all involved with the Dexter International Website (a MyFamily.com product, which was closed by that organization) I add this disclaimer:

Ancestry.com, the parent company to MyFamily.com, completely closed ALL of their MyFamily websites in order to make room for other products and services on their servers.  

It is believed that ALL anecdotal information with the exceptions of the photographs and very few bits I was able to harvest, are gone permanently.  The only things that were permitted to be downloaded away from the original sites were photographs.

WITH THAT IN MIND, please be aware that I acknowledge that there are photos and documents that are not “mine”; and I had no part in their creation.  They are part of this database as soon as I can upload them here, I will do so.  

SHOULD YOU run across a photo or document that you prepared, researched or in any way created, let me know at once so I can give you or the artist proper credit.  It is in no way my design nor interest to take property that isn’t mine and as such if I can’t remember who submitted an item, I will say so. Do claim that which is yours. I apologize for the inconvenience, unfortunately, there was no way to prevent this, as far as I am aware.

Thank you for your understanding. I will  monitor and  provide you a website we can all be proud to view, support and promote, and to include those of our kith and kin as may be interested in it.

Let me know if you have any issues whatsoever – you can email me directly at 

request@dextergenealogy.com 

Love to all,

Connie (Dexter) Spicer

(Originally published September 10, 2014)