Henry Hendricks �Family Organization

The Starting Point

Presentation prepared by

Desiree Frederick

1901

W.D. Hendricks Family Reunion

May 15, 1957

Abraham Hendricks Family authorizes publication of Henry Hendricks family book

1963

Henry Hendricks Genealogy

book printed

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Fondly called the

“Red Book”

Title Page

1967-1972

Combined James Hendricks and Joseph Smith Hendricks Family Reunion – Richmond Utah (Aug 1967)

• Proposal to join together as one family organization.

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• Henry Hendricks Family Organization formally organized

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• Mary Hart recruited to be family genealogist

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• Dale Walker assisted the Henry Hendricks Family Organization to obtain IRS Tax Exemption Status as a 509 (a) (2) organization.

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1970-1980

• Family Branch Genealogists tasked with gathering updated family group sheets

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• Mary Hart’s first assignment was to validate whether James Hendricks had more than one wife.

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• Hendricks Herald newsletter first printed.

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• Family member addresses computerized.

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• Family Group Sheets entered into computer at BYU (this was before PAF).

Research Results

1979

Reunion with Kentucky Hendricks cousins

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1980-1990

• Dale Walker develops database to computerize the Red Book and merge the digitized family group sheets stored on tapes.

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• Blue book ancestry file imported to database with new indexing system.

01 08 11 02 11 04 01 01

• Harold Hendricks takes over as family archivist.

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• Dale Walker finishes the Red Book conversion to GED format.

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• Ancestry file uploaded to internet.

1999

Family representatives met with Dr. Andrew Hendricks to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the building of the Reformed Dutch Church of the Navesink, the very congregation that Henry Hendricks and Sarah Thompson attended.

The earliest starting point of the HHFO was taken from this 287-year-old record at the Old Brick Reformed Church in Marlboro, New Jersey. It is the christening record for Henry’s younger brother, Albert. The parents named in the record are Hendrick Hendrickson and Aeltje Couwenhoven.

16 Jul 1732

Found in August 2009

• The new starting point for the Hendricks(on) family is Hendrick Willemsz.
• So far, this is the earliest document dated on the 14^th day of September 1677 showing the mark H W of Heyndrick Willemsz van Barnevelt, made with his own hand.
• The more we learn about Hendrick Willemsz of Albany the better chance we have of trying to determine just who his parents are. [DelLynn Leavitt]
• Our joint efforts between the east coast Hendricks(on)s and the Henry Hendricks Family Organization will open up new research lines to tie our family to our early Dutch ancestors.

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Henry Hendricks Family Organization Ancestral Genealogy Publications

1963 - Henry Hendricks Genealogy - Marguerite H. Allen

(reprinted 3 times with gray and tan soft covers)

1991 – The Henry Hendricks and Sarah Thompson Family -

Carol H Cannon,

Mary Lalene Hart

2013 – The Ancestral Archive of the Hendricks and Dorris Families – DelLynn Leavitt

2015 – The Three Brothers - DelLynn Leavitt

Henry Hendricks Family Organization

We invite you to continue the research and family history work of our family by doing one or more of the following:

• Pay annual dues of $20 each April 1 – can pay online
• Donate to research or other funds
• Volunteer to be a member of a board or committee
• Purchase published family books – give them as gifts
• Subscribe to the email newsletter on the website
• Keep your contact information current
• Invite other family members to participate
• Attend the HHFO five-year reunions
• Attend and/or host a cousin party – bring your records, photos or memorabilia, to scan/photograph for sharing
• Make certain your grandparents and great grandparents have recorded histories and are not forgotten