William Thompson

Responsive Webpage Fixed?

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022messages

I think I fixed the “Responsive webpage problems” I’m aware of. Please checkout the hopefully fixed wepage https://www.campbellluggblackwell.com/WBTMemoirFamily_Dad.html It’s almost impossible to test all the combinations of device, operating system, os version, browser, browser verion,

Fix for Smartphones

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022messages

I followed “How To” articles about how to create responsive, “mobile-friendly,” webpages. But the results were unsatisfactory because font sizes didn’t adjust. I’ve found a fix and will implement it ASAP — but it will

Nelson Graduation

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022Family History, genealogy, History, non-family

Nelson school in background. Girl on left is my mother, Jessica HOYT Thompson. I believe the tall boy on the right is Wm. Sumner Copp. Perhaps 1910.

WikiTree Browser Extenions – Chrome & Firefox

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022genealogy

WikiTree has added powerful extensions for Chrome & Firefox and Safari will soon follow. See https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1490020/have-you-seen-the-wikitree-browser-extension

My Memoir Is Published

December 5, 2022December 5, 2022Bill's Memoir

It’s now all on the website. I’ll add some more photos from time to time. And I’ll add more write-ups to the Appendix for several months. But the “body” of the work is done. https://www.campbellluggblackwell.com/WBTMemoirTOC.html

Updated Page, Added Page

November 29, 2022November 29, 2022Bill's Memoir, Family History, Pennsylvania history

I added a photo of a stump fence to https://www.campbellluggblackwell.com/BeechersIsland.html And I added a chapter on my mother, Jessica HOYT Thompson, to my memoir, https://www.campbellluggblackwell.com/WBTMemoirFamily_Mom.html

Memoir Chapter on My Father, Walter F. Thompson, Sr.

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022Bill's Memoir

After a long struggle to get the slideshow working the way I wanted. https://www.campbellluggblackwell.com/WBTMemoirFamily_Dad.html

Condolences to the Family of Cousin Bradley Hackett, Sr.

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022Obits

See https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kenyonfuneralhome.com%2Fobituary%2FBradley-HackettSr%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3CzqgXrkFSLOJJmi0IOjp0PJjGAX1TIknnegIW29tTDLTOerAGm_eXyqI&h=AT1q3A17hog7eLJsHQ0l3r8ySUOvxOExGhGVHM9c9mJvTSFdnwcoaZ_uifWc0iI8cwghPexmDLcQatP6868gzDuF662abnCoDPcJU2x2iuvUkz0iOrXDbLzz1f3u-rnPIQ&tn=-UK-R&c[0]=AT05ici8Rmt2RSU1hdFP8clENMU_0UCNELpVkCrlkqWPfV6AiLjGBAR841ZlIFklBxtklR6pIJPwZBa3jfJm3Ysx_t4IVGko2cDpnRqeG_yTtfgb1Ik9WFCML3WVkinaQiLvjjMUk3ygM8F11rGptuqNgUdeK3urtQ3vwYiZGrt3321oZBoRxwZK6XVXD2HYU0e9bODcaLWNWBecGxdt_FE

First Installment of Mary HUGHEY Prescott’s Memoir – “A Scribbled Story of My Life”

November 11, 2022November 11, 2022Family History

Who Was She? Mary Estella HUGHEY Prescott, born 1899 in MN, died 1997in Seatle, WA, was a granddaughter of Elizabeth CAMPELL Hughey, daughter of Joseph and Ann Clinch Campbell. She grew up on a MN

Chapter 4 of my memoir – Career(s)

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022Bill's Memoir

I just published chapter 4 on our website. Much of it may be of general interest and evoke some smiles. Or even “Wow”s. Some of it gets into details that may only interest “data-holics.” I’ve