The Howard Historian Newsletter
The Howard Historian has been published since the 1980’s though I did not
become associated with it until 2000. The publication was the dreamchild of Curt Howard in Acworth, Georgia in, I believe, 1986. Many lineages were published during this time and sparked a good deal of interest in Howard ancestry. But it reached the point where Curt no longer had the time to devote to it, and at that time the HH made a trip across the United States to Portland, Oregon where it was turned over to Barbara Howard and Kent Haldorson in about 1994. They very smartly realized the internet was rapidly becoming the go-to source for genealogical information and began a website while continuing to publish the newsletter, garnering more genealogies as well as more interest in past newsletters.
In December of 1999 my mother, Mary Blystone, and her aunt, Ruth Berdine, heard the editors, Barbara and Kent were again looking for someone to take it over and they urged me to do so. While I published the first issue in early 2000, I knew nothing about web-publishing and could not keep that part of it going. Interest in print publsihing began to slow down astronomically and I knew Barbara and Kent had been right. I was using Microsoft Publisher to publish the newsletters and it had a web design program, so I made my first website. I think this is my third or fourth, using different web design programs each time (outgrew program, lost program in a move, program didn't fit my needs; I am very impressed with what I can do with this website). I decided that in addition to the website I still wanted to continue with the newsletters but in PDF format which makes it much easier to produce and I email it as well. So, though I have never raised the price in the 12 years I have had The Howard Historian, I have reduced the cost to produce them.
I am planning to scan all the old issues of The Howard Historian into my computer and redo them in PDF format for $6 each. I believe there are a few copies which were lost in transit and will let you know which ones. If anybody has a copy of those when the time comes I will send you a copy of a new one (your choice) in return for a copy of the old one. Don't you just love technology!
become associated with it until 2000. The publication was the dreamchild of Curt Howard in Acworth, Georgia in, I believe, 1986. Many lineages were published during this time and sparked a good deal of interest in Howard ancestry. But it reached the point where Curt no longer had the time to devote to it, and at that time the HH made a trip across the United States to Portland, Oregon where it was turned over to Barbara Howard and Kent Haldorson in about 1994. They very smartly realized the internet was rapidly becoming the go-to source for genealogical information and began a website while continuing to publish the newsletter, garnering more genealogies as well as more interest in past newsletters.
In December of 1999 my mother, Mary Blystone, and her aunt, Ruth Berdine, heard the editors, Barbara and Kent were again looking for someone to take it over and they urged me to do so. While I published the first issue in early 2000, I knew nothing about web-publishing and could not keep that part of it going. Interest in print publsihing began to slow down astronomically and I knew Barbara and Kent had been right. I was using Microsoft Publisher to publish the newsletters and it had a web design program, so I made my first website. I think this is my third or fourth, using different web design programs each time (outgrew program, lost program in a move, program didn't fit my needs; I am very impressed with what I can do with this website). I decided that in addition to the website I still wanted to continue with the newsletters but in PDF format which makes it much easier to produce and I email it as well. So, though I have never raised the price in the 12 years I have had The Howard Historian, I have reduced the cost to produce them.
I am planning to scan all the old issues of The Howard Historian into my computer and redo them in PDF format for $6 each. I believe there are a few copies which were lost in transit and will let you know which ones. If anybody has a copy of those when the time comes I will send you a copy of a new one (your choice) in return for a copy of the old one. Don't you just love technology!
