The February edition of the Theodore Turley Family Organization’s Newsletter is available online at www.turleyfamily.org.  You may click here to download the pdf file directly: Feb 2012 TTFO Newsletter[1].pdf (2.6 MB).  The submission deadline for the next edition of the newsletter is May 10, 2012.  You are welcome to send in any family news, stories, research efforts, or photos you would like to share.

Top Highlights of the February Newsletter:

1)      Question for everyone: Who is currently doing genealogy research?

2)      Job Description of a Family Representative, page 2

3)      Minutes of the last leadership meeting on September 30th in Salt Lake City, page 3

4)      Mystery Photo identified as Mary Ann Tomlinson, page 6

5)      Mission & Birth Announcements, pages 8-10

6)      Relatives Remembered:

·         Douglas Marion Turley (Hyrum branch), page 11

·         Mary Jo Bennett Rasband (Alma Rubin branch), page 11

·         Nina McLaws Turley Adair (Joseph Hartley branch), page 12

7)      Life stories or family spotlights about:

·         Esther Turley McClellan (Esther McClellan branch), page 15

·         Abby Haws (Isaac Jr. branch), page 18

·         Anthon Homer Turley (Ernest Tolton branch), page 20

·         Sarah Greenwood (wife of Isaac), page 22

·         Hyrum Turley (Hyrum branch), page 24

·         Charles Neil DeWitt (Alma Rubin branch), page 27

8)      Family Activity with 1840 Illinois Census, page 30

9)      Red Book Publishing update – DVDs have been published & distributed, page 31

10)   Theodore Turley family tree on Ancestry.com, page 31

Membership Information

Newsletters are provided free of charge to any person with a valid email address.  Please encourage other family members to participate in the Turley Family Organization and sign up to receive free newsletters by email.  If you receive multiple copies of this newsletter announcement, please respond with your preferred email address.

If you are interested in receiving a copy of the newsletter in the mail, please send in your annual donation of $10 to cover printing and postage expenses.  Donations may be made payable to “Theodore Turley Family Organization” and sent c/o Hilary Turley, 1122 40^th Street #408, Emeryville, CA 94608.  Due to the expense, newsletters will no longer be mailed to people whose paid memberships expired more than six months ago.

Thank you for your continued support.  I hope you enjoy all the great information in the February newsletter!

Red Book DVDs Available for Christmas – Order Now

A copy of the entire Theodore Turley family data project, including pictures and biographies that have been gathered in the last 2 years is now available for purchase as a DVD. A detail description of pricing is included below.  If you do not have Legacy software on your computer, a copy will be included on the DVD so that you can view the family information.

In order to receive your DVD order before Christmas:

1.    Send in your order information by November 25, 2011.   Include the number of DVDs you want, your name, address, phone number, and email address (to receive confirmation).  You may send in your order information to Hilary Turley by email to hnturley@gmail.com , or by mail to 1122 40th Street #408, Emeryville, CA 94608.

2.    Send in your payment by December 5, 2011.   You may send in your payment by check made out to “Theodore Turley Family Organization” to Hilary Turley at 1122 40th Street #408, Emeryville, CA 94608.  Or if you have a PayPal account, you may pay online using a balance transfer to “turleyfamilyorg@gmail.com”.  Please note, credit card payments by PayPal will not be accepted because of the extra fees incurred.

Red Book DVD Pricing

Member pricing (if you are currently paid-up in your TTFO membership):

First DVD:            $0

Additional DVDs:    $3 each

Flat Fee Shipping:  $3 for 1-5 DVDs, $5 for 6 or more DVDs

Non-Member pricing (if your TTFO membership has expired):

First DVD:             $10

Additional DVDs:     $5 each

Flat Fee Shipping:   $3 for 1-5 DVDs, $5 for 6 or more DVDs

Urgent Call for Pictures – Message from David Turley

!!!!!     Update Emergency     !!!!!

While completing the tasks necessary before creating the disks containing the updated Theodore Turley descendancy, a very disturbing discovery was made. Numerous pictures and multimedia items had been referenced in files sent to be included in the Master Database, but these items were somehow NOT actually included in the submission.

The result? Pictures were not received that should have been included with the submitted files. All that remains is a label of the picture in the database sent – but no picture. This discovery is VERY disturbing. It has caused a few sleepless nights and brought me to the brink of tears.

How to solve the problem or at least attempt to?

A.    If you submitted a computer-generated pedigree file that referenced pictures, please resend just the pictures with adequate labels so they can be matched-up with the proper individual.  Send them by email to davidturley@byu.net , before 9 November 2011 in .jpeg or .tif format.

B.    If you have not sent in pictures of your family or ancestors, or you are not sure if you did, but you would like to have photos included in this DVD publication, send them by email to davidturley@byu.net , before November 9, 2011 in .jpeg or .tif format.

C.   If you originally submitted pictures, either actual photos or digital copies, you do not need to re-send those pictures. They are now safely in the Master Database attached to the appropriate individual.

I sincerely apologize for this late discovery. This discovery will undoubtedly have an impact on the contents of the disk we are striving to have available for Christmas.

I encourage all those affected to respond no later than November 9, 2011. Please don’t wait until the last minute to respond, send as soon as possible.

Thank you in advance.     

The October edition of the Theodore Turley Family Organization’s Newsletter is available online at www.turleyfamily.org.  You may click here to download the pdf file directly: Oct 2011 TTFO Newsletter.pdf (945.86 KB).  Newsletters are being mailed this week to family members with paid memberships.  The submission deadline for the next edition of the newsletter is January 10, 2012.  You are welcome to send in any family news, stories, research efforts, or photos you would like to share.

Top Highlights of the October Newsletter:

1)      Agenda of the next leadership meeting on September 30th in Salt Lake City, page 1

2)      Theodore Turley family tree on Ancestry.com, page 5

3)      New picture discovered of Ruth Jane Giles, page 5

4)      Mission & Birth Announcements, pages 6 & 7

5)      Relatives Remembered: Ronnie Budel Turley (Hyrum Turley branch of the family), page 8

6)      Life stories or family spotlights about:

·         Nik Turley (Edward Franklin Turley branch), page 8

·         Charlotte Turley Bushman, daughter of Theodore Turley, page 9

·         William & Ann Greenwood, parents of Sarah Greenwood, Isaac’s wife, page 11

·         Carl Turley (Ernest Tolton Turley branch), page 14

·         Francis Turley (Alma Rubin Turley branch), page 16

7)      Red Book Publishing update, page 19

Membership Information

Newsletters are provided free of charge to any person with a valid email address.  Please encourage other family members to participate in the Turley Family Organization and sign up to receive free newsletters by email.  If you receive multiple copies of this newsletter announcement, please respond with your preferred email address.

The June edition of the Theodore Turley Family Organization’s Newsletter is available online at www.turleyfamily.org.  Click here to open the pdf file directly: June 2011 TTFO Newsletter.pdf (839.54 KB).  Newsletters were mailed this week to family members with paid memberships.  The submission deadline for the next edition of the newsletter is September 10, 2011.  You are welcome to send in any family news, stories, research efforts, or photos you would like to share.

Top Highlights of the June Newsletter:

1)      Recap of the last leadership meeting on April 1st in Salt Lake City.

2)      Next leadership meeting is Friday Sept. 30th at 10 a.m. in Salt Lake City (see page 1 for more details).

3)      Life stories or family spotlights about:

·         Ruth Jane Giles, wife of Theodore Turley, page 7

·         Joseph Orson Turley, son of Ruth Jane Giles and adopted son of Theodore Turley, page 8

·         Anna Priscilla Turley Van Wagoner, daughter of Isaac Turley and Clara Ann Tolton, page 9

·         3 children of Isaac Turley Jr., son of Isaac Turley and Clara Ann Tolton, page 13

·         Charles Merle Turley, grandson of Alma Rubin Turley, page 14

·         Laverne Brinkerhoff Pinto, granddaughter of Alma Rubin Turley, page 15

Membership Information

If you are interested in receiving a copy of the newsletter in the mail, please send in your annual donation of $10 to cover printing and postage expenses.  Donations may be made payable to “Theodore Turley Family Organization” and sent c/o Hilary Turley, 1122 40^th Street #408, Emeryville, CA 94608.  Due to the expense, newsletters will no longer be mailed to people whose paid memberships expired more than one year ago.

The newest edition of the Theodore Turley Family Organization’s Newsletter is now available. Click here to open: Mar 2011 TTFO Newsletter.pdf (749.59 KB)  Newsletters will be sent out by mail this week to family members with paid memberships.  The submission deadline for the next edition of the newsletter is May 10, 2011.  You are welcome to send in any family news, stories, research efforts, or photos you would like to share.

Top Highlights of the March Newsletter:

~ Hilary Turley, Newsletter Editor

The newest edition of the Theodore Turley Family Organization’s Newsletter is now available.You may open or download the pdf file directly: Oct 2010 TTFO Newsletter.pdf (898.76 KB).  Newsletters will be sent out by mail before the end of September to family members with paid memberships. 

The submission deadline for the next edition of the newsletter is January 10, 2011.  You are welcome to send in any family news, stories, research efforts, or photos you would like to share.

ISAAC TURLEY HISTORY by Marc Haws (presented at the July 5th 2010 Reunion)

This is a story about a man and his wife, and their son, and their house.  It is also about his country and his religion.  More specifically, it’s the story about Isaac Turley, son of Theodore Turley and Francis Amelia Kimberley.  It’s about the house he built for his second wife, Clara Ann Tolton in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and his life spent seeking religious freedom as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and colonizing in both the United States or Mexico.  Much of what I will tell you about is information that was related by his youngest surviving son: Isaac Turley Jr., my grandfather.