I have now shared all the research that I currently have on the Sharp family in North Carolina. I will continue to update past posts as I gain any new information from readers of this blog or other sources. I will keep this blog active to share information and receive feedback from you. As I stated in the introduction, I created this as a changing history to be modified by inputs from others through the web. I invite you to take a look and let me know what you think. This is an update of the summary post first done in September, 07. There have now been over 27,633 pages views of this blog and 82 comments (July 2011 update). I welcome more.

Also, check out the Ives Family History Blog. My grandmother Gladys Sharp married Sumner Albert Ives joining the two families. Thanks for your interest, Bill Ives

Look in the categories on the right side to find information on the Sharps, Powells, Parkers, Winbournes, and Hares, as well as information on Southern food and travel and general genealogy issues.

I will continue to post on general genealogy issues on ocassion and share any new information on the Sharps. I also invite you to my other genealogy blog, the

I have now shared all the research that I currently have on the Sharp family in North Carolina. I will continue to update past posts as I gain any new information from readers of this blog or other sources. I will keep this blog active to share information and receive feedback from you. As I stated in the introduction, I created this as a changing history to be modified by inputs from others through the web. I invite you to take a look and let me know what you think. This is an update of the summary post first done in September, 07. There have now been over 15,000 pages views of this blog.

Look in the categories on the right side to find information on the Sharps, Powells, Parkers, Winbournes, and Hares, as well as information on Southern food and travel and general genealogy issues.

I will continue to post on general genealogy issues on ocassion and share any new information on the Sharps. I also invite you to my other genealogy blog, the Ives Family History Blog. My grandmother Gladys Sharp married Sumner Albert Ives joining the two families. Thanks for your interest, Bill Ives

This is a cross post from my other genealogy blog, the Ives Family History Blog. I heard from my Fast Forward blog colleague, Paula Thornton, that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has been working on a project to provide is one and only one instance of every individual -- to be shared in a global representation of genealogy. This allows all work done by individuals to be shared in an open collective.

At first I was a little skeptical. Some of what the Mormons do is extremely helpful. For example, I when I did some family history research a few years ago, I was able to get microfilm of actual church records in England in the early 1600s. However, what they put on their web sites was simply user contributions with no fact checking. I saw the same mistakes repeated over and over again. If you treated the material as clues to validate with actual records then that was sometimes useful. But many people treated the material as facts and so much misinformation was being spread.

Now the Mormons were not unique in this spreading of misinformation, all the other genealogy sites also do no fact checking as far as I can see. I could see the same errors repeated across sites. So I would be very suspect of the data that is conveyed.

However, Paula made a very good point, and this is the potential of web 2.0. She said that the whole purpose of the 'shared' space is for such 'errors' to be shared and fixed collectively. Then we can also see what facts might need more research and run off and do it (or take related trips). This is the point of the genealogy forums but they seem awkward to use which is one reason I started my genealogy blogs. I am sure there will be controversies and perhaps edit wars (like in the wikipedia). However, progress should be made.

Here are some of the things that the Mormons are doing which can be found at the their family history research site.

Record Search - helps you identify your ancestors by letting you search millions of indexed records and by letting you browse images of records that have not yet been indexed.

The FamilySearch Family Tree is their effort to combine their Pedigree Viewer and the Life Browser and combine them into a more full-featured application. The current version updates the person page and adds an event map.

Standard Finder allows for a search for a standardized name, date or place based on your input. The Standard Finder will present the standards that will be used in future releases of new FamilySearch.

The FamilySearch Research Wiki forms a community of research experts and interested genealogists that share up to date information on how to research sources for information about your ancestors

From the left Virginia Ives and daughter, Dwight Ives, J. Dunbar Ives, Alice D. Ives, Sumner Albert Ives, Jr., (unknown child) Sumner Abraham Ives, Sumner Albert Ives, Gladys Sharp Ives – 1914 Harrellsville, NC (see Ives Family History Blog for details on Ives family members)

FRONT: Henry Clay Sharp, Eulalia (Powell) Sharp) BACK: Bembry Sharp (Henry Clay's nephew), Helen Sharp (Henry Clay's daughter) in front of the Sharp family home in Harrellesville about 1915 (built in 1830s by Jacob Sharp).

Here is another content sharing site that seems well suited for genealogy. This site allows you to share stories behind your photos with MyFamily.com SnapGenie. You can build narrated slide shows of your pictures. As the site says, "Upload up to 50 photos per show. Use a phone to narrate your slide show. Publish it and share with family and friends. With the click of a button you are ready to share your SnapGenie show." This looks like a good idea, especially for family history. Is this the next You Tube?

I found little on the ancesters of Edward of hare. Any help would be appreciated.

John Hare was born around 1680 in Norfolk VA. He married Sarah Saddock (born 1697). They had at least one child: Edward. John died around 1740.

John Hare was born around 1650 in Norfolk VA. His father was James Hare, born in England around 1610. John died in 1703.

Edward Hare was born on June 1, 1702 in Isle of Wright, VA. He was a Quaker. He first married Mary Scott and they had one child: Thomas. Then he married Mary Bryan around 1720. She was born around 1703. On March 1 1719/20 he was granted 120 acres in Chowan precinct, joining John Pipkin, Chinkapen Ridge, Sam Hitchpate, and Mill Swamp. Edward’s will was made on August 27, 1756 and proofed at the October Court in 1757. It mentions his sons: Edward (lands in Chowan), John (lands in Bertie), Thomas, Bryan, and daughters Christian West, Mary Burges, and Ann Scot and his wife Mary. The witnesses were: William Skinner, Joseph Rooks, and Joseph Speight. Edward and Mary Bryan had six children:

1. Edward had land in Chowan Co. and was one of the executors of his father’s will. His own will was written in May 16, 1772 and proved on April 22, 1777 before Governor Caswell at New Bern, NC with his brother, Thomas Hare, as Executor and the following witnesses: Solomon King, John Lewis, Issac Pipkin, and Edward Warren. The will names the following: Thomas Hare (brother), John Hare (brother), Mary Hare (sister), Ann Scot (sister), Luke Lewis (son of John Lewis), Lucretia Hare (daughter of Bryan Hare), Edward Bryan Hare (son of Bryan Hare), John Pipken (son of Issac Pipken), Bray Warren (son of Joseph Warren), Eff Lewis (son of John Lewis), John Miller, Edward Warren, Mills Lewis (son of John Lewis), William Warren (son of Edward Warren), Phillip Lewis (son of John Lewis), John Gattellen, Issac Pipken, Jesse Barnes, Francis Speight, Henry Speight, John Goodman, Benjamin Wynns, Solomon King, William West. Edward left most of his estate to his mother and, in her decease, to his brother Thomas. The others received small, and very specific, items. He apparently never married.

2. John had land in Bertie Co. and was one of the executors of his father’s will

3. Thomas was the executor of his brother’s will in 1777 and had a daughter, Mary, named in it.

4. Mary married a Burges.

5. Christian married Peter West.

6. Ann married a Scot.

7. Sarah was born about 1720 and married Henry Winborne (see above).

8. Bryan was born on June 1, 1726. He went with Sarah’s husband, Henry Winborne to Bertie County, NC in 1742 from Nansomond County, VA (see Winborne family). She married Sarah Shepard. They had two sons: Jesse and Edward Bryan, and four daughters: Mary – married Joseph Pretlow, Ruth – married James Copeland, Elizabeth – married Samuel Copeland, and Lucretia.