Hale Family Organization

We are starting to compile a list of external web links which may be used to help research genealogy and family history to add to our existing records or to provide source documentation for those that we already have. Please leave a comment if you find any others with important resources.

Other Hale Websites

After investigating many options, we have decided to host our genealogy data using an open source application, PhpGedView. Because this application is very interactive, it is easy to find the data you are looking for right on our web site. Authorized family members who are doing research on particular lines don’t have to worry about merging their changes with the master database. This application allows you to make changes directly into the master source after a review by other family researchers. Of course there is security to ensure that the privacy of living individuals is retained.

Take a look at the Family History Research section of our site and see what this has to offer! Family members who would like to see how they fit in personally to the rest of the family may request an account by clicking on the “login” link at the top of the Family History page. Be sure to indicate how you believe you are related in the comments section. (Be default you can only see the details of living individuals in this database for whom you indicate that you are closely related)

The Hale Family Organization (a registered non-profit organization) is offering familiy-related items to the public. All proceeds of these items and other donations go towards additional genealogical research. (We are still accepting special donations for the Jonathan / Olive memorial marker in Winter Quarters, Iowa.)

Order page: Items to Order

We will be having a family reunion on Saturday, July 30, at the LDS Stake Center in Grantsville, Utah. Activities begin at 9:00 am. If you are on our mailing list, you should have received additional details in the newsletter. For questions, please contact Lee Hale (president@halefam.org)

Saturday, July 30, 2005
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Grantsville Utah West Stake Center
(driving instructions below)

COME PREPARED:

* Genealogy:
Please bring your family records to check against the master Hale CD. This will help us update our records and help you find missing information.

* Personal Histories:
Do you have a written history of yourself or a Hale ancestor that we can add to the Family Archives? Please bring or send it to the Hale Family. We are especially interested in histories of Jonathan and Olive Boynton Hale’s grandchildren.

* Pictures
We would like to put together a CD of old pictures and make it available for family members. If you have any Hale ancestral pictures or documents, please bring a disk of the scanned item or the original that can be scanned at the reunion.

HIGHLIGHTS:
* Workshops/Classes
Need help starting you family genealogy? Want to write your own life story? Bring materials to work on. Use Family History Center computers and receive one-on-one help from stake specialists. Instructions and handouts available.

* “Especially for Youth” Conference
Youth 12 and older will be involved in youth sessions with many exciting things planned: mini-classes, musical presentations, heritage hayride, field games, lunch break, guest speaker, and other activities. Don’t miss the fun! Starts at 10:00 a.m.

* Displays
Original photos and documents, some bearing signatures of the early Prophets, Jonathan and Olive sketches, family history charts, artifacts, and miscellaneous.

* Items to Purchase
History books pedigree wall charts, computerized PAF disks, pictures, and other miscellaneous items of interest

* Lunch Break
Bring a picnic lunch to feed your family. Drinks and treats will be provided.

* Entertainment
Sit back and enjoy learning about our Hale heritage.

* Special Auction
Participate in the family auction. Proceeds will go to the Jonathan and Olive Memorial Fund. If you have something to donate (even baked goods), please contact Lee Hale (801-731-7397). Just a few of the items to be included: carved wooden replica of the Hale crest, wall charts, framed pictures, antiques, etc. This will be a fun auction and will benefit a great cause.

* Tour of Grantsville
Old-fashion transportation will take you to visit points of ilnterest significant to the Hale family (homestead sites of Aroet and Alma, site of the Hale co-op, the church the brothers helped build, Grantsville Cemetery, and others).

* Closing Family Meeting
5:30 to 6:00 p.m.

DIRECTIONS TO GRANTSVILLE:

Travel west on I-80 from Salt Lake toward Reno.
Take Exit #99 and go a few miles southwest to the Grantsville turnoff.
Turn right and travel approximately 9 miles to Grantsville.
Follow Main Street to Hale Street and turn left.
Turn left off Hale Street onto Cherry Street
Go one block and YOU ARE THERE.

After arriving in Grantsville, just follow the “Hale Family Reunion” signs!

Travel time from Salt Lake: approximately 30-40 minutes.

We can’t wait to see you!