With much appreciation to our members.........!

 

Honorary Lifetime Members

These members have been honored by the HFGA board for their major contributions to our Hatcher research.
 
 
 Roy Shelton Hatcher
1919 - 2008		   My entry into the world of genealogy research occurred in late 1996, not out of any overwhelming desire to find my ancestors, but only out of a sense of curiosity after clicking the Genealogy link on the Library of Congress site.

After fumbling around and failing to discover my own family ancestors, I decided to search out my husband's Hatcher family. And that is how I came to meet Roy Shelton Hatcher who ended up sending me his Hatcher family on a floppy disk.

That was the beginning of a long and enjoyable friendship until his death in 2008.
     
 Robert Earl Hatcher   Robert Hatcher, known as Ala Bob, also sent me a floppy disk. Over a period of years, having come into possession of the research of S C Moore, he sent me every document relating to the Hatchers. These records represent the majority of the documentation found on our file for the family of Maj. John of WilkinsonCo, GA. Had he not rescued those records, we would have had to start from scratch in documenting this very large family.
     
Kenneth Smith   Ken, too, sent me a floppy disk. I now had 3 files that I, thru my lack of experience and ignorance, merged into 1 file - a major disaster - but a mistake that kept me in this game, for I was a wee inch away from finding another "hobby." The contradictions, bad connections and outright impossibilities I was looking at was a challenge I couldn't pass up. And the rest is history.

Had I not received those floppies from Roy, Ala Bob and Ken, I might have ended up crocheting booties..............
     
Nel Hatcher   =========================
     
Cecil Q Larsen   Cecil dropped into my life sometime around 2001 with a routine inquiry on his ancestor. Daily communication continued until together we were satisfied we had this family thoroughly documented. I was impressed with his obvious experience and analytical skills but figured he would soon disappear into the woodwork. He didn't. And soon we were working together on a daily basis. His 2-3 annual week-long trips to SLC produced an abundance of records that has, more than anything, helped to create the files we have today. Cecil's work can't be estimated with any degree of accuracy but he clearly "owns" a huge percentage of the documentation on our files and is responsible for cleaning up much old and bad research. He is still with us as a co-administrator for our site and............still Sherlocking!
     

Joyce R Harrison		   Joyce, too, was an early member of our growing group and a descendant of Maj. John. She was an experienced researcher whose input into many long discussions about Maj John was instrumental in sorting out a difficult problem. She was always ready to do a library run searching for new records. Most importantly, she was responsible, whether aware of it or not, for teaching me the importance of good documentation. You rock, Scarlett!!
     

John and Darleen Chipman		   John and Darleen, while Quaker Hatcher researchers, have always been "family friendly", collecting Hatcher data wherever they found it. Summer finds them on the road traveling through the midwest states, collecting courthouse records and snapping Hatcher tombstone pics in cemeteries large and small, accessible or barely accessible. Their abundant contributions can be found scattered through several of our files. The Dyno-duo!
     
 Rena Worthen Our Rena, a VA native, while usually staying in the background, has been with us since the earliest days and has been a consistent and devoted contributor of Hatcher data and documents over these years.  But this is only a small part of her contributions to the world of genealogy. In her spare time she has walked and recorded dozens of cemeteries, compiling and publishing at least 11 cemetery books. She is also the GenWeb county coordinator for  Salem City, Nelson, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Loudoun, Rockbridge, Botetourt, Roanoke and Patrick counties.  She has also been a Findagrave contributor since 2007. Phew! She's making me tired!
 

10-yr Members
 
Charles R Price Dec 2017     John Landon Hatcher Dec 2019
Maxie Hatcher Dec 2017     Daniel Rolph Dec 2019
Kevin Hatcher Dec 2017     John L Hatcher Dec 2019
Charles M Hatcher Dec 2017    
Jan Wilbanks Dec 2017     William Lloyd Hatcher Jul 2020
In Memory of Louis J Hatcher Dec 2017     Thomas C Hatcher Oct  2020
William S Hatcher Dec 2017     Connelee Shaw Dec  2020
Jack and Rhoda Hatcher Dec 2017    
Jimmy Crumpler Dec 2017     Susan Conley Jan  2021
Evelyn Arthur Dec 2017     John Harris Jan  2021
Mary Wilkes Dec 2017      Sharon P McCollum Apr 2021

Marcus Hatcher May 2021
   
Steven and Carolyn Hatcher Dec 2018 Donna White-Dropkin Dec 2022
William Wayne Hatcher Dec 2018
Jonathan Hatcher Dec 2018    
William Hatcher Dec 2018      Carroll "Chris" Hatcher Dec 2027 
 

5-yr Members
           
Shirley Willingham Dec 2012     Christa Sterling Dec 2014
Joyce Stewart Hatcher Dec 2012     Samuel Hatcher Dec 2014
Brenda McKean Dec 2012     Dale Volberg Reed Dec 2014
William J Watson Dec 2012     Beverly Scoggins Dec 2014
        James Hatcher Dec 2014
Cynthia Benua Dec 2013     Barbara Benton Dec 2014
Lillian Stanley Dec 2013        
John T Clisby Dec 2013     Alma White Jun 2015
Helen Holmes Oct 2015
Gregory Hatcher Oct 2015
David Halle Mar 2016
James Maloney Oct 2016
           
 

2-yr Members
Ralph HatcherMay 2012     Carolyn Welch Jan 2014
Carolyn Janis TaylorJune 2012 Cynthia Fuerst Jan 2014
 Barbara Mosegard Aug 2012    
Nancy Simmons Aug 2012
Beverly Scoggins Dec 2012

Richard & Caroline Hatcher Apr 2013
Audrey B VinerMay 2013
Patrick Hatcher Sept 2013
Jim Poole Sept 2013
Charles D Knight Nov 2013
Melissa RoghaniDec 2013
 

1-yr Members ..............2011
           
Phyllis Peppard
Feb 2012
Peter Perrott Sept 2012
Carolyn Coleman  May 2012     Janet Rice Nov 2012
Steven Craig  May 2012      Daniel Hatcher Nov 2012
Thomas Hatcher June 2012      
Anthony Barreto-Neto Aug 2012 Laurie Merz Jan 2013
 
 
Past Members

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