Introduction

As always, greetings to all readers of "Daltons in History"!!

I am writing this from Calgary in Canada where Kate and I have just arrived towards the end of this year’s North American travels. Our son James lives and works in Calgary and we arrived here on 17 June. Two days later we set off on a 3,000 mile round trip over the Rockies to Vancouver, down to Portland, Oregon and then on to Crater Lake National Park in the south west corner of Oregon. From there we travelled east across Oregon and Idaho to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, and then back to Calgary via Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks on the USA/Canadian border. Here in Calgary we are enjoying the famous Calgary Stampede, which this year celebrates its centenary. Although the trip has not included anything specifically connected with Dalton family history, I am including a few photographs to show you some of the highlights of the trip.

Chinatown in Portland, Oregon
Totem poles in Stanley Park, Vancouver
 
Crater Lake, Oregon
which is 8,000 feet above sea level
and where 8 inches of snow had fallen
the night before we were there on 26 June, 2012!
A mural in Klamath Falls,
in the south west corner of Oregon,
depicting the arrival of the railroad in the west in 1909
A bald eagle in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Petrified tree at the Craters of the Moon
National Monument in Idaho
 
Close encounter with a bison in Yellowstone National Park
The famous Old Faithful geyser
in Yellowstone National Park
 
Up high again in the snow
on the Continental Divide in
Glacier National Park, Montana
near the USA/Canada border
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River,
Yellowstone National Park
 
A grizzly bear crosses the road right in front of us
in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta
..... and finally the start of the Calgary Stampede
Centenary Parade watched by 150,000 people
lining the streets of downtown Calgary

By the time you read this we will be back home and concentrating on the 2012 DGS Gathering which, of course, takes place at the end of July.

As always, you will find below all the latest news about DGS events and activities, together with other updates to keep you fully informed about what we are doing.

The 2012 DGS Gathering in Yorkshire

The 2012 Gathering and AGM in Yorkshire over the weekend of Fri/Sat/Sun 27th/28th/29th July 2012 is now, as I write, in just three weeks time. The venue for this event is the Mercure Hull West Hotel, situated between Hull, with a number of interesting Dalton connections, and Beverley with its Minster and excellent Record Office. The arrangements for the 2012 gathering have been published and they can be found in the “Forthcoming Gatherings" section of this website or just click here. These include the planned programme for the weekend, together with full details about costs, registration and booking. This has proved to be a popular event for both UK and overseas members, and officially our final deadline for registration has now passed. However, if you still wish to join us and have not already registered, it may still be possible to fit you in. Anyone still interested in attending either the whole of the event or parts of it should contact me immediately by email (michaelndalton@aol.com) and I will do my best to assist in securing accommodation for you and adding you to the attendance lists for the various events during the weekend.

I am most grateful to Howard Dalton of Pickering for taking on the task of Gathering Organiser. Howard is a past DGS Treasurer and well known to many DGS members. He organised previous DGS Gatherings in Scarborough in 1992 and in Pickering in 2002. In April Howard and I finalised the arrangements with the hotel and checked out each element of the programme for the weekend. There was a report in the May 2012 issue of "Daltons in History" on a number of exciting details that have now been confirmed. This was part of a series of articles about Yorkshire Daltons and the County of Yorkshire, which have been published month by month in the lead up to the event itself. All these articles can now be found in the "Forthcoming Gatherings" section of this website and they include the following:

Jan 2012 – "The link between the Dalton of Thurnham Line and the Yorkshire Daltons". This article originally appeared in the very first issue of the DGS Journal back in 1970.

Feb 2012 – "The Dalton Jamboree – 9th May 1982". This appeared in DGSJ Vol 11 No 1 published in July 1982 and tells of a gathering of the descendants of an 18th century Dalton, who was a blacksmith in Garton-on-the-Wolds where we will be visiting over the weekend. The Jamboree was organised by Howard in the village 30 years ago.

Mar 2012 – "Yorkshire Daltons". This article was written by the late Major General John Dalton, a descendant of the Daltons who were Mayors of Hull in the 16th Century. It was first published in 1974 in DGSJ Vol 5 and it traces the line from Hull to the present day with many a story of the trials and tribulations of the family through 500 years.

Apr 2012 – "David Hockney and the Yorkshire countryside". Here Kate Dalton takes up the theme of the recent Hockney Exhibition at the Royal Academy in London, which concentrates on David Hockney’s native Yorkshire and the prolific studies he has made of the Yorkshire countryside.

May 2012 – "Yorkshire Dalton Places". This describes the visit that Howard and I made in April, referred to above.

Jun 2012 – "2012 Annual General Meeting – Agenda". The DGS AGM will take place on the Saturday morning as part of our conference and the formal agenda for this meeting can be found by clicking here.

Everything is in place for what we hope will be an exciting, interesting and informative weekend. For those of you who are attending we very much look forward to welcoming you to Hull at the end of the month. Individual details of your bookings and other information about the programme, including joining instructions, are due to be emailed to all delegates shortly. If these have not been received by 15 July, please let me know. For those who are unable to be with us, we will of course be reporting on the Gathering here in the August 2012 edition of "Daltons in History", and in the DGS Journal.

Future DGS events

For 2013 we are returning to Ireland. We will be based in Dublin, as we were in 2005, and the event will take place over the weekend of Fri/Sat/Sun 26th/27th/28th July 2013. It is planned that we will stay at the Ashling Hotel, where we were accommodated in 2005. Since then the hotel has been considerably refurbished and I am confident that we will be very well looked after. You can see more about the Ashling Hotel on www.ashlinghotel.ie. Ciaran Dalton, our Irish Secretary and Chieftain of Clan Dalton, and I are now working to put a detailed programme together, and further details will be provided at our Hull Gathering, on this website and in the DGS Journal. In the meantime please reserve the dates in your diary. We will hope to see many DGS members there and particularly those with Irish Dalton ancestry.

For 2014 and beyond we have a number of suggestions already. But, if you have any particular thoughts about where you might like to meet, or a particular Dalton theme you think we should incorporate, we would really like to hear from you with your ideas.

The Dalton International DNA Project (DIDP)

We are indebted to our DNA consultant, Chris Pomery for all his assistance with the project over the past six years, which includes the preparation of three issues of the very comprehensive project progress report, and most recently a series of six reports covering individual genetic families. He has also given informative presentations at our annual gatherings on three occasions. We now have approaching 180 participants in the project, and well over 80% of these are members of one of the 15 identified genetic families. The latest DIDP update was published in February and can be found in the "Dalton DNA Project" section of this website or just click here. This reviews the current status of the project and looks ahead with our plans for further work in 2012.

The DGS Journal

Volume 56 of the DGS Journal for June 2012 is due to be published shortly and will be posted out to members as soon as available. Any member who has not received their copy by the end of August should contact their local secretary in the first instance.

A list of the contents of Volume 56 will be found below as part of this issue of "Daltons in History". As always this latest volume of our award winning Journal contains much of interest and, if you are not a DGS member, please think about joining the Society. This will entitle you to receive the Journal regularly, and much more. Full details are in the "Join the DGS" section of this website, or just click here.

John always welcomes articles and other items for publication in the Journal. Any material for publication should be sent to him as early as possible, so that he can plan the content of future issues. John is happy to advise and assist contributors and, if you have any questions or need help, please contact him by email at johndalton78@hotmail.com.

Back issues of the DGS Journal continue to be available. On this website you can access the "DGS Journal Index" from the homepage or by clicking here. Here you will find a full synopsis of the contents of the Journal of the Dalton Genealogical Society commencing with Volume 1 published back in 1970 through to Volume 41 published in December 2004. Lists of contents are given for Volumes 42 to 56 and the full synopses will be uploaded in due course. Copies of all back numbers are available for purchase and these can be obtained through your local secretary using the order form that you will find on the link above. Details of prices, including postage and packing, will be found there as well.

We are most grateful to DGS member Mrs Pat Robinson, who holds stocks of back numbers for the Society and arranges for their distribution in response to requests from the local secretaries (address: Mallards, 3 High Street, The Green, Barrington, Cambridge CB2 5QX, UK email: gandprobinson@waitrose.com.)

Conclusion

Enjoy this month’s issue of "Daltons in History", your regular monthly update on everything that is happening in the world of Dalton family history. We will be back again in August 2012 with a full report on the Yorkshire Gathering.

Thank you for your attention

Yours very sincerely

Michael Neale Dalton
Chairman and Honorary Life President of the Dalton Genealogical Society

VOLUME 56
June 2012
 
Contents
 
Letter from the Chairman
2
Births, Marriages and Deaths
13
    Births
13
    Deaths
13
Patricia Winifred Adams nee Dalton by Jilly (Dalton) Warren 14
Victor Lawrence Dalton's Eulogy by Heather McGaw nee Dalton 15
Memories of Fr. Vic Dalton by Gerry Dalton 17
Family History Events in 2012 19
The Dalton International DNA Project (DIDP) by Michael N. Dalton 20
Silver War Badge Records 21
Miscellaneous Notes and Queries
22
    M. N. & Q. 56.1 Frederick Dalton
22
    M. N. & Q. 56.2 Lieutenant Dalton
22
    M. N. & Q. 56.3 Apethorpe Hall 23
West Yorkshire Archives 23
Documents Online moves to Discovery 23
A Dalton Clock Returns to its Family by Martin Griffiths
24
A Brief History of the Daltons of Thurnham
26
G.R.O. Certificate Service
28
From the Lucy Slater Archives Part 1 by Michael N. Dalton
29
Lancashire BMD
36
News from Australia by Maureen Collins 37
Letter from America by Karen Preston, our North American Secretary
38
New Members
40
Changes of Address
40

 

From Maureen Collins our Australian and New Zealand Secretary

The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies

The School of Family History

www.ihgs.ac.uk

Newsletter No. 131– July 2012

Welcome to our latest Newsletter!

Next Open Courses:

Grow Your Family Tree
6th August 2012 - Residential Course

This residential course welcomes beginners to the subject of family history but even the experienced will benefit. All the sources needed to have a good grounding in family history will be discussed focusing on both original documents and online sources. Practical experience is gained with the help of a simulated genealogical exercise and research time in the library alongside individual advice and guidance.

The full fee includes all meals and accommodation, which is provided at a local guesthouse, and there will be plenty of free time to make use of the Institute's library or explore the medieval splendours of the city. Day attendees not requiring accommodation are also welcome.

The price for the course is £480.00. Day attendees are welcome at a reduced rate of £240.00.
The closing date for bookings with accommodation is 1st July 2012. The closing date for bookings with no accommodation is 1st July 2012.

Click here to book online with your credit card.

Wills and How to Read Them

1st September 2012

Wills are a wonderful source for genealogists- they can give you not only family relationships but also an idea of how our ancestors lived and even who they liked or disliked. The course will show you how wills can help you research your family, how to find them and their associated documents and practical advice on how to interpret the handwriting. Reading exercises will be included to give you hands on experience to reading wills.

The price for the course is £37.00, or £30.00 for IHGS Members and correspondence course students.

The closing date for bookings is 24th August 2012.

Click here to book online with your credit card.

News

GRONI News

The General Records Office of Northern Ireland will have its birth, marriage and death indexes and images digitised and placed online. Claire Santry has had confirmed that Births 1864-1913, Marriages 1845-1938 and Deaths 1864-1963 are to go live in 2013. Internally, staff will have access to the same up to the present date as well as Adoptions 1931-date and Civil Partnerships 2005-date.

New Family History-based comedy Family Tree

The television show, mostly improvised, will star The IT Crowd’s Chris O’Dowd and be directed by Spinal Tap’s Christopher Guest. See here for (a few more) details.

Britain from Above Images

A new website has been launched to display the Aerofilms collection of photos of Great Britain, taken from 1919 – 1953. View your ancestral home or current abode as it was, in this case, before the Baedecker raids and slum clearances of the 30’s and 50’s – 60’s.

Europeana Combine European National Libraries and University libraries

The new European Library (theeuropeanlibrary.org) enables cross searching of over 200 million sources across 46 European countries, including the British Library, the Wellcome Library, Russian State Library, National Library of Germany, etc.

Scottish Catholic Archives Closure

User will have been surprised to find the Archives closed last week with only twenty four hours’ notice. Details may be found at http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/anger-over-decision-to-close-church-archives.18001562.

Website Updates

The National Archives’ latest Podcasts are The Golden Stool, Colonial Office records from 1900, Lost in London, Sedition, Transport and Treason: The Case of the London Corresponding Society, and Edwardian Roller-Skating. They have also changed their fee structure.

FindMyPast

Have partnered with the Royal Archives to digitise and release Royal Household staff records

Have added (to their .ie site) Petty Sessions order books 1850-1910 with more to come

Have released:

Devon baptisms, marriages and burials 1538-1911

Suffolk baptisms 1754-1905 and marriages 1754-1812

Kent burials 1788-1983 for Northfleet, Dartford and Gravesend

Military nurses awarded the Royal Red Cross nursing award 1883-1994 (men eligible from 1976)

A second tranche of Welsh Parish records (Church in Wales), that’s thirteen new counties up to the twentieth century

New Yorkshire records for Allerston, Birdsall, Rillington, Helmsley, Malton and Lockton

Irish prison registers (Republic) 1790-1924 (fewer details available on FamilySearch)

Ancestry have

Added Poll books and Electoral Registers for the UK 1538-1893 (the franchised only, of course)

Increased the coverage of the National Probate Calendar at each end to 1858-1966. These usually include probate date, name of deceased, death place and date, and the registry where it was issued.

Added London Land Tax records 1692-1932 – useful for finding addresses pre-1841 for heads of house. Try abbreviations and initials rather than full forenames.

FamilySearch have split the Community Contributed IGI from the Community Indexed IGI (wonderful news) and added:

Durham Miscellany 1705-2005

BillionGraves.com’s database

British Columbia Wills 1861-1981

Scotland Census transcriptions for 1881 and 1891

http://www.ukcensusonline.com/ is a new fee-based website for English and Welsh Censuses 1841-1911. Try it if you can’t find your ancestors at other providers in case your ancestor’s page is missing or mis-transcribed.

Fibis have added more records from the Times of India

Military Archives will release a finding aid for the German U260 Submarine Collection on Monday.

MyHeritage have added a family history search engine called ‘SuperSearch’ for their records (eg. Historical newspapers and UK censuses 1841-1901) and acquisitions such as WorldVitalRecords and FamilyLink – this is available in 38 languages and will translate a query (including to other alphabets) as well as catching variations. An innovative feature will even allow you to find individuals who are siblings without knowing a surname.

Kent Archaeological Society have added Kent and Kentish parts of Greater London will indexes

Origins.net have added Somerset will abstracts 1385-1556, Surrey Peculiars Probate Index 1660-1794 and Kent wills and admons at the National Wills Index website.

Forces Reunited have relaunched Forces War Records, containing over 4 million records from the Napoleonic wars to WWII and now Japanese POW records. Subscription is needed to view full search results for some collections.

Library and Archives Canada have made a finding aid for WWI veterans’ personnel files available. The collection is divided into 99 sections named after the first entry, so do scroll through.

TheGenealogist have added:

Over 467,000 records, including baptisms, marriages, banns and burials for nine counties

More (9.1 million) civil birth transcripts

Aberdeen and Glasgow directories 1948-1949 and 1907-1908 respectively as well as a selection of English countyDirectories

Complete coverage (1842-1869) for the Illustrated London News & Harper’s MagazineLancashire Wills 1457-1680

Constables’ accounts of Manchester 1612-1647 and 1743-1776 and other interesting records

RootsIreland.ie have added more Antrim records

Forthcoming Events

2012

August

6-10 IHGS Residential Course "Grow Your Family Tree"

24-26 Heraldry Society Conference, Oxford

September

1 IHGS Day School "Wills and How to Read Them"

24-28 30th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences, Maastricht

October

5-7 Correspondence Course Tutorial Weekend- Intermediate to Advanced

13 IHGS Day School "Military Records"

9-6 Nov Tracing Your Roots - Morning Course

26 Correspondence Course Day Tutorial Intermediate

27 IHGS Day School "The Parish and The Manor"

November

17 IHGS Day School "The Foundations of Family History"

2013

March

9 IHGS Day School "The Professional Approach"

April

6 IHGS Day School "How to Trace Your Family History"

20 IHGS Day School "Family History: Beyond the Internet"

May

18 IHGSDay School "Heraldry"

Book of the Month

Armigerous Ancestors - C.R. Humphery-Smith (1997)

An essential guide and index to the Herald's Visitations. Armigerous Ancestors is a comprehensive introduction to the study of the Visitations of the Heralds and a clearly produced reference source to the original and published manuscripts. This month the book is £20.00, post free within the UK (usual price £65).

From David Preston

Neil Dalton's Family Tree

I was contacted by Neil's wife last month with a request to post their family tree information as part of the Databank. Having done so, I now wonder if there might be others who would be interested in having their tree information on the DDB site.

Note: There are some trees already available under the various DNA Groups, but they require username / password for access.

All information with respect to living persons has been blocked, and the software does a good job of creating tree diagrams as well as other charts. Please have a look if you have not already clicked through Neil and Linda's tree and let me know your thoughts on wether it could be offered as another service from the Dalton Genealogical Society.

http://www.daltondatabank.org/Neil_Dalton/persons/person584.html

Just about all of the information is "clickable" (Names in Context, Partners, Kinships, etc) as well as the Charts (click them twice to see a large version of the graphic).

NB: Neil is NOT currently a DGS member, so perhaps we could either use this service to promote the DGS, or to restrict future trees to DGS-only members.

Comments and any further suggestions to either David Preston (dpreston@golden-hills.com) or the Editor (dairneirwin@ntlworld.com).

From Maureen Collins, Australian and New Zealand Secretary

1. Donald Dalton Menzies

Author: patjim68

http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.general/19565/mb.ashx

Message Board Post:

On the 1901 census, says he was born in Scotland (living in England with mother etc). I was told that his father died before he was born. He was born 1899 in Scotland. His mother was Maud Mary Dalton Menzies. On the 1901 census she did have Menzies as her last name. I have not found anything on Donald's birth in Scotland. Maud Mary Dalton, Menzies married a Hall (don't know 1st name) and had three more children Trudy, Percy and Eve. I can not find anything about her and her new family.

From Janice Panoho, New Zealand

2. Dalton Whanau in Aotearroa

I am the Grand-daughter of Richard Hyatt Dalton, his grandmother and grandfather are Anne Wells and Thomas Dalton. I was born on the 3rd of April, 1961 and it was lovely to read that Thomas and Mary Hyatt were married on the 3rd of April.

I am one of 5 children my mother is Richards Hyatt Daltons daughter and her name is Mate Dalton and married to Cyril Panoho.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Please reply to janice.panoho@psa.org.nz

1940 United States Federal Census

Ancestry are now well on the way to making the 1940 US Census fully available to everyone.

You can now search for people by name in the 1940 Census in the following states: Alabama (AL), Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Colorado (CO), District of Columbia (DC), Delaware (DE), Georgia (GA), Hawaii (HI), Indiana (IN), Kansas (KS), Kentucky (KY), Maine (ME), Michigan (MI), Montana (MT), Nebraska (NE), New Hampshire (NH), Nevada (NV), New York (NY), Ohio (OH), Oregon (OR), Pennsylvania (PA), Tennessee (TN), Virginia (VA), Vermont (VT), Washington (WA), Wisconsin (WI).

You can also use the Browse tool to locate people in states that are not yet indexed.

I hope you are all enjoying your summer! And, Happy Fourth of July to our US members. Summer is a great time to work on genealogy research. Here are some ideas for seminars and web sites that may help.

Member Cathy Negrycz in Florida has forwarded an announcement for a seminar that will be held in August at the Allen County Public Library in Indiana.

Readers of "Daltons in History" may recall that Cathy submitted an article on the Melungeons in the March 2012 issue.

You can go to the "Daltons in History" archive to reread the article. This seminar may be of interest to those with Dalton roots in the Appalachian Mountain area. Here is a link to the article http://www.daltongensoc.com/diharchive/15_3_March_2012/text.html#4 And, here's the announcement:

"Saturday, 4th August, 2012, Roberta Estes is returning to the Allen County Public Library with a number of her colleagues for a day-long seminar on DNA and Melungeons. The DNA work that has been done with Melungeon populations is truly remarkable, and answers age-old questions about their origins. Now, before you say that you don’t have any Melungeon ancestors, let me hasten to tell you a bit more about the day. The seminar will begin with a general introduction to DNA and genealogy. Ms. Estes does an excellent job with this presentation. So, if you have been wondering about how DNA findings work with genealogical research, this is a must-attend session, Melungeon or not. In addition, the question and answer period at the end of the day will likely cover DNA findings as they relate to African Americans and Native Americans. Even more good news is that the seminar is free. Attend the whole day or just sessions of particular interest - it's totally up to you".

David has been following several genealogy groups on Facebook, and has offered a host of genealogy web sites that you may not be familiar with. Here is his list:

As a result of doing some social media (Facebook Groups) research, here are a few interesting generic (non Dalton-specific) genealogy research sites:

http://freeirishgenebooks.blogspot.co.uk - The availability of FREE eBooks and eJournals on the internet seems to be growing by the day. This site lists (with links to open the books) over 4,000 free Books and Journals on the topic of Irish, Irish-American, Irish-Australian and Irish-Canadian Genealogy which can all be read online - most of them can also be downloaded to a reading device such as Kindle, iPad, Tablet, etc. (check the host site for available formats). Many of these books are 'out of print', rare or otherwise unavailable in paper format. Some of the family histories were printed for 'Private Circulation' in fewer than 100 - 200 copies but are now available to anyone online.

http://www.digitalnz.org/ - Digital New Zealand - A collection of text, images, audio and video relating to New Zealand genealogy. An excellent search function for the site is available, and searching on Dalton returns over 66,000 results!

http://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Edinburgh_Almanack_Or_Universal_Scot.html?id=RAMsAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y - The Edinburgh Almanack, Or Universal Scots and Imperial Register, 1828.

http://www.scotlandsfamily.com/deaths.htm - Scotlands Family - Births, Marriages, Deaths, Poorhouses, Ships & Passenger records, Occupation definitions, Reference books & Surname origins and histories.

http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Photos/Pimpama_Island-Gold_Coast/index.php - Pimpama Island, Gold Coast Australia

http://www.nzolivers.com/links.html - New Zealand Genealogy links to Passenger ship records, Archives of New Zealand and New Zealand newspaper archives.

New Members:

Last, but certainly not least, we have a new member to welcome;

Sharon Dalton, Ball Ground, Georgia - Sharon descends for the Dalton of Thurnham Hall. Robert Dalton of Thurnham Hall is her 11th great grand uncle; Elizabeth Brereton is her 14th great grandmother. The family went from England to Virginia.

Now to the usual monthly stats provided by David.

Web Sites Update:

For the period from 1 June to 30 June 2012

Updates to the Data Bank:

20 June, 2012: Northern Ireland - Added link to From Ireland Website Contributed by David Preston, Nevada

20 June, 2012: Republic of Ireland - Added link to From Ireland Website Contributed by David Preston, Nevada

15 June, 2012: USA - Added link to Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Contributed by David Preston, Nevada

15 June, 2012: England - Added Neil Dalton's Personal Family Tree Contributed by Neil Dalton, Ford Street, Somerset, UK

DDB Web Site Usage Statistics:

13,933 visitors came from 104 Countries / Territories

DDB Web Site Usage Statistics

Top 10 pages visited

Visits by date

Dalton Forum:

There are a total of 287 Posts in 180 Topics by 402 Members.

During the reporting period, there was 1 new topic added, 1 new post and 5 new members added.

DGS Web Site Usage Statistics:

1,427 Visits from 55 Countries / Territories

DGS Web Site Usage Statistics

Top 10 pages visited

Visits by date

Google Ad Campaigns:

Dalton Data Bank Site:

11,649 Visitors reached the Data Bank by clicking on one of the 1,673,219 Google Ads served during the reporting period.

“Join Us” Ad Campaign for the DGS Site:

56 Visitors reached the DGS UK Site by clicking on one of the 9,042 Google Ads served during the reporting period.

Now for something light before I go:

I Climbed My Family Tree

I climbed my family tree and found
It wasn't worth the climb
And so I scrambled down convinced
It wasn't worth the time
Some branches on my tree I found
were rotten to the core
and all the tree was full of sap
and hung with nuts galore
I used to brag my family up
before I made the climb
But truth compels me now to tell
Of those not worth a dime
I beg my friends who boast aloud
of ancestors so great
To climb their family tree and learn
Of those who weren't so straight
I've learned what family trees are like
Thats why I scrambled down
They're like a "tater vine" because
The best are underground.

Author UNKNOWN - posted by Yvonne Hurt to the David Dalton, Sr. Descendants Facebook Page

Happy researching and best wishes,

Karen Dalton Preston
North American Secretary

Thank you to all who have contributed to the July 2012 issue of "Daltons in History".

Mel and I hope you have all had a good month.

Sorry we are late but we have been away touring the Lake District.

The annual Gathering in Hull is now under two weeks away!! See you there!

ANYONE WHO STILL WANTS TO ATTEND BUT HAS NOT BOOKED, PLEASE CONTACT MICHAEL! (michaelndalton@aol.com).

We are not getting any response from members to our appeals for information or interesting articles. Make use of "Daltons in History" for your queries it does work. Mel is at an interesting stage with finding Dalton relatives in the United States and has been helped by an american member to obtain certificates, etc. There is still work to be done and we will keep you posted.

Please make use of the new "Correspondence section". We need your contributions. This section is your chance!!

Please consider contributing a short description of any Dalton-related travels you may have undertaken anywhere in the world. Also members who are travelling to do research, visit a Dalton-connected site, or have made a connection to a distant cousin through the DGS. might be interested in letting other members know what they are doing through "Daltons in History". Photos from your travels would be appreciated. Also, it would be a way of helping members get to know each other a little better, and might help members who are widely dispersed geographically to feel a bit more connected.

Contributions for the August 2012 issue need to be with me no later than 5th August, 2012. (e-mail: dairneirwin@ntlworld.com). You have extra time use it!

Please stick to the new deadline!! There is no excuse for missing it this time around - PLAN AHEAD!!