Copyright 1998,1999, 2000 Jeffrey Linn Engle,  All rights reserved. Descendants may use and copy the information contained herein, please note original credits in Bibliography.pdf.  This document is a compilation of research notes.

First Edition, December 25, 1998

Second Edition, April 20, 1999

Third Edition, December 25, 1999

Update January 23, 2000

Update October 23, 2000

 

Trademark Credits:  PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems, Incorporated, which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.  ACDSEE is a trademark of  ACD Systems.  Family Tree Maker is a trademark of Bøoderbund.

Updates, corrections, and additional information is welcome.  Please send them to:

Jeff Engle

8415 Royall Oaks Drive

Granite Bay, California 95746

916.791.2984  email: jeff_engle@hp.com

 

Eber Hought on the Left

Table of Contents for Section 1 (Web Version)

v Research Section Links

v Introduction

v Where to find that Darn Genealogy Information

v  Navigating the CD/Web Site

o    Surname Lists

o    Detail Pages

o    PDF Book Information/Structure

o    If you get lost

v Soundex Codes

v Civil and Cannon Law Definition

v Additional Research Information

v Back to the Home Page

Click on the appropriate title below to read the PDF version

 

The Hought kids - Noonan North Dakota about 1938

 

Opa (Grandpa) Christen in the center with Ulrike Falkenberg on the right, Peter Falkenberg front, and Annie, Opa Christen's wife

Family History Introduction

Jessica Lynne and Jeffrey Linn Engle

 

Glenn Bry Engle shown left

 

This book is dedicated to the memory of all of our parents,  grand-parents, and their ancestors who instilled a belief in family values and love.

 

I also would like to share the dedication from "Our Haug's in America":

 

"This book is dedicated to the unveiling and promotion of the true spirit of the vanguards of the trail-blazers of our Haugs in America.  Let us borrow a significant line from a noted poem: "They planted their banner with sea-foam still wet."  Their banner was their old Bible, perhaps with tear stains enshrined.  It was their shield, their weapon and eternal refuge.  Under this emblem of faith they fought their battles often in mental frustration while they were physically and spiritually endeavoring to lead their loved ones to bypass the many pitfalls laid before tender feet.

 

Through toil, sweat and sincere endeavors they earned the Golden (Posthumous) medallion which we alone can give them by sincere appreciation for their loving example set before us in kind deeds and a dedicated life.  Tired, but joyfully they marched under their banner to life's vanishing point and over the horizon.  Their upright living bespoke of true followers of the master.

 

May their image dwell before us "Towering o're the wrecks of time" (Quoting the meaningful phrasing by a Psalmist of old.)

 

I would also like to thank Christine Engle for her patience and support.

 

The Engle Boys, Bry, John, Glenn

The effort of putting this book together for the grandchildren of Glenn Bry and Helen Ann Engle, and Karl Heinz and Hannelore Falkenberg is a continuing labor of love.  We wanted to share the efforts of those before us, including C. M. Howg who authored "Our Haug's in America" and  "The Hought Book".  Fred Hagemeister put together much of the initial information on the Engle family.  Hannelore Falkenberg continues to share information she has collected about the Falkenberg and Griep families as well as her own experiences.  Two videos and a CD-ROM accompany the 1998 book providing a more complete experience regarding the early years of the Hought and Engle families.  The Hought videos was narrated by Helen Ann Engle and the Engle video was narrated by Jeff and Glenn Engle.  The 1998 CD-ROM included many pictures which did not make it onto the pages of this book, as well as electronic versions of all the books produced for the children and grand-children.  The 1999 CD-ROM only has new pictures scanned in – primarily on the Falkenberg/Griep side.  Contact Jeff Engle if you would like a copy of the videos or previous pictures.

 

Liberal borrowing of text from C. Magnus Howg of the 3rd generation of Haug's in America and Winfield S. H. Engle’s The Melchor Engle Family History and Genealogy is provided so their work can be shared amongst the descendants of Einar T. Haug, his wife Mathea, and Melchor Engle and his wife Mary Magdalena.

 

We would also like to thank the cooperation of Richard Godown, Charlie Dodds, Linda Hileman, Emogene Conrad, Sarah Thompson, Billie Snead Webb, Mark Tompkins, Melissa Knoch, Donna Smithson Andersen, Jane Poore, Jo Mills, Tracy Reynolds, Vada Witchey, Addie Dyal Rickey, and growing list of other family members who take time to search through boxes, files, and attics for letters, pictures, and keepsakes to share with us all.

 

 

This is a family history, and as such we want to report your direct ancestors, as well as your aunts, uncles, and cousins, and share whatever information we have about the conditions, movements, and life events of our family.   It is these later items which give us an indication of how your ancestors lived.  To show all the descendents of each primary ancestor (in the Register Reports) there is some duplication of individuals reported in the different lines.

 

 

The current content of this book is in the form of research notes.  The forms this book may take are paper, CD-ROM, and via the World Wide Web.  There is an additional variation - privatized and not.  The privatized versions are open to the general public and all information on living individuals other than name has been removed.  If you are a member of the Engle - Hought - Falkenberg - Griep - Christen web site at MyFamily.com you have access to the latest non-privatized (uncensored) version.

 

A Note About the Sections – and where to find that darn genealogy information

 

For the 2000 edition the primary focus is on an electronic presentation of the material.  On the CD and the web you will find several ways to access the genealogy information.  First you can browse your family history information using a web interface that is easiest for quick look-ups.  Second you can access (read and/or print) the family history books that give you all the detail in an easy to understand format.  Third you can use Family Tree Maker (your copy), the demo copy of Family Tree Maker included on the disk, or the genealogy program of your choice to view the genealogy information.  I’ll go over these options in a little more detail.  If you want to ‘get to it’ jump down to the CD-ROM software and Contents chapter of this Introduction Section.

 

Electronic copies of the family history books are provided with the CD-ROM in Adobe PDF format and are located in the \book directory.  The Family Tree Maker FTW file and a Gedcom file is included for those of you who which to do your own research and use this as a jumping off point in the \ftw and \gedcom directories respectively.  I now have hundreds of pictures in TIF format, which I understand is best for printing and can be found in the \pictures directory (a separate CD starting with the 1999 edition).  They are easily convertible to GIF or JPEG format which is friendlier for html publishing.  The free Adobe Acrobat PDF reader is included in the \Books\viewer directory.  The Shareware ACDSEE picture viewer is included in the \pictures\viewer directory.  Some additional backup files are included in \Backup Docs and \research.  MOST of the files in the \research directory are accessible through the RESEARCH link on the web interface page \index.html on the CD.

CD-ROM QUICK START 1.  PLACE CD IN DRIVE 2.  IN 'MY COMPUTER’ OR WINDOWS EXPLORER SELECT CD-ROM 3.  DOUBLE CLICK ON \index.html You can now browse the CD viewing the genealogy and family history information using the web interface to the CD If needed 4.  INSTALL ADOBE PDF READER FROM CD TO READ BOOKS – See the LINKS page 5.  INSTALL ACDSEE PICTURE VIEWER FROM CD TO VIEW PICTURES ON PICTURE CD  See the LINKS page

 

Web Interface to the Genealogy Information

 

The 2000 Family History CD provides a web based lookup of Family History Information.

Quick Start to the 2000 Family History CD web Interface

1.  PLACE CD IN CD-ROM DRIVE

2.  IN 'MY COMPUTER’ OR WINDOWS EXPLORER SELECT CD-ROM

3.  DOUBLE CLICK or SELECT  \index.html on the CD-ROM

You can now browse the CD viewing the genealogy and family history information using the web interface to the CD

4.  Click on SURNAME – Persons List

5.      The Web index shows ranges of surnames to select until you get to lists of individuals.

See the CD-ROM software and Contents chapter of this Introduction Section for more detailed instructions.

 

Opa (Grandpa) Hans Griep and his wife Gertrude Griep (nee Haack) shown below

 

Family History Books

These are electronic books in PDF format.  PDF is used because it is so widely available and has a free reader, which is included on your 2000 Family History CD.  If you have problems with the books in your PDF reader you may want to install the latest version, which is on your CD in the ‘LINKS’ page.

Organization of the Family History Books

Section 1:  Overall Introduction of the 2000 Family History book (You are reading this section now).

 

Section 2 Part 1:  Introduction to the ENGLE Family History, including Engle, Smithson, Horner, Furr, Randleman, Godown, Clapp surnames

 

Section 2 Part 2: Family History Reports.  These are reports from your ancestor’s point of view, showing their descendants and would include all your cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. on the surnames listed in the introduction.

 

Section 3 Part 1: Introduction to the HOUGHT Family History, including Hought, Kornstadt, Mikkelsen, Hansen surnames

 

Section 3 Part 2: Family History Reports. These are again, reports from your ancestor’s point of view showing their descendants and would include all your cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. on the surnames listed in the introduction.

 

Section 4 Part 1: Introduction to the Falkenberg, Griep, Christen Family Histories, including Falkenberg, Griep, Christen, Dahms, Vick, Lübbe, Lindemann, Martens, Haack surnames

 

Section 4 Part 2: Family History Reports. These are reports from your Ancestor’s point of view.

 

Section 5 Individual Genealogy Reports: These reports are from the descendant’s (your) point of view so the genealogy report would only include direct ancestors – no aunts, uncles, cousins other than the kinship report.

 

Additional Information: Complete list of Sources arranged by individual (bibliography)

 

 

How to access the Family History Book

Follow the instructions in the chapter entitled CD-ROM software and Contents to load the CD and start the web interface then click on Review our Family History Books, very much work in progress.  On the BOOKS page click on START HERE which loads this Introduction section.  The Introduction section has links to all other sections.  If you scroll down there is also a table where you can directly load each of the sections.  It is divided into ‘Press’, ‘Print’, and ‘Web’ versions.  The ‘Press’ and ‘Print’ have the same content but the ‘Press’ has the best graphics.  ‘Web’ quality is fastest, and is also privatized which means that all information about living individuals has been omitted.

 

On the web select the ‘BOOKS’ link.

 

You don’t need a genealogy program to access your family history information, but if you do or would like to generate your own reports or import the data into your own database, follow the instructions below:

If you have Family Tree Maker

You can easily directly access the Family Tree Maker files which are included on the CD by opening up the jle_uce_2000.FTW file in the FTW directory on the CD-ROM.  This file is using Family Tree Maker version 6.  A version 4 file is included under the name jle_uce_v4.FTW as well as the jle_uce_1998.FTW file which has the 1998 Family Tree Maker file.   In 1998 I used Family Tree Maker to create all sections of the books, in 1999 I used Microsoft Word for all INTRODUCTIONS and Family Tree Maker for the genealogy report sections.  The difference between jle_uce_1999.FTW and jle_uce_2000.FTW is the addition of the Dugger family (descendants of George Engle, son of Melchor Engle).  The jle_uce_1999.FTW file was used to create all individual reports for the 1999 CD.

If you have your own genealogy program

You can also import the genealogy information into your own genealogy program by importing the gedcom file included on the CD in the \Gedcom directory.  Follow the instructions of your genealogy program to import the jle_uce_2000.ged gedcom file.  This file is available on MyFamily.Com and Ancestry.com.

If you don’t have a genealogy program

You can also install the demo copy of Family Tree Maker included on the CD to review the Family Tree Maker file.  You can only read in the Version 4 family tree maker file.  On the LINKS page select Family Tree Maker Demo to install the demo version on your PC.  Once you have installed the program open the jle_uce_v4.FTW version 4 file

Purpose (C. M. Howg)

 

I'd like to share C. M. Howg's Purpose, original Author's Acknowledgements, and Clarifications from "Our Haug's in America".  I cannot better explain what this work is about, the spirit of which is expanded to include the genealogies of Glenn Bry Engle and his children and Grandchildren, and the genealogy of Karl-Heinz Falkenberg and Hannelore Griep.  C. M. Howg originally wanted to share the information he gathered in book form - the easiest way at the time of the original work in 1967.  Now, an electronic version will be available to share with the 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th and future generations still to come.

 

In brief  the purpose of this book is to give, as near as reasonably possible, an authentic genealogy of our Haugs in North America, comprising the direct descendants of Einar T. Haug and wife Mathea.  At the same time our endeavor is to get the numerous family branches acquainted with one another.  The prolific tendency coupled with their frontier spirit has brought our clansmen to all corners of this English speaking portion of our vast continent of North America and into Quebec, Canada as well. So This Book is presented as an arsenal of information data pertaining to the lives and activities of our people including their present where-about and general status in life, past and present.  We hope by this for a closer tie and shortening of miles.  We do not expect to escape due criticism, constructive nor otherwise.  Perhaps, however, even with our inexperience in book-"making" we could possibly have come up with a closer adherence to the formality route, but right or wrong, the author wanted, if possible, a more personal touch to emanate from these pages to help foster a smoother concept of our narrative by camouflaging some of the statistics against a background of varied patterns of events, thus attempting the implementation of a newer approach in statistics.  Both clerical errors and other regrettable mistakes from varied sources will no doubt have seeped into these pages.  Therefore, let us forgive one another knowing fallibility is inherent with us all.

Author's acknowledgements (C. M. Howg)

 

With sincere reluctance I accepted the title of author of this book.  Although it has been my phantom baby in embryo for an evasive period of time, the task always loomed so big, and beyond reach, while time and funds were also factors to consider.  The project finally got under way when my two oldest daughters volunteered to put their shoulders to the wheel to get the ball rolling.  Ellen, Mrs. John Martin, had the time, ability and urge for the venture.  You all have felt her persistence in collecting vital information to the point of unconditional surrender.  Lillian, Mrs. Murl Jones, ably rendered valuable assistance from her already over-burdened time-table as housewife and co-pilot in their grocery store.  In united efforts to the best of our ability we have given our all for the purported good of our beloved clans-men.

 

My heart-felt appreciation goes out to the many cheerful contributors for invaluable information rendered, not for the material help alone but for the boost to the lagging enthusiasm at times when we felt that perhaps our efforts might not be so well received.  Names are too numerous to mention but may you all feel rewarded for your cooperation in making and finding this book interesting.  But as a climax to our appreciation let us all pay tribute to our oldest living relative for her clear cut information related in facts and saga, none other than everybody's loveable aunt, Marie Hagen.  May long live your cheery disposition in the years of those you love beyond words.

 

Thank you "Lita Faster" (Little Aunt).

 

Oma and Opa Falkenberg shown at left

 

We are much indebted also to the various archives in Norway for courteous and informative replies to our inquiries pertaining to our roots in our fatherland.  And to he same extent and with the same sincerity we thank the court house officials in Minnesota and South Dakota for their co-operation in making this book authentic.

 

Clarifications  (C. M. Howg)

 

We do not mean to give the impression that the blood relatives herein tabulated are all 100% Haug, but our stem-father here in America is recognized as 100% Haug and the second generation would be half Haug, and so on down the line by steps to the seventh and last generation so far.  So for instance, the seventh generation would have but one drop of Haug blood in their veins out of every sixty-four drops.  Far be it from our intention to try to build up false prestige, but we do want to point out that this small percentage can be a potent factor in a mixture with the other sixty-three parts for the betterment of mankind.

 

How much or how little we wish to draw from this source is our own privilege, but no matter what we think, do, or say about it we still remain as much Haug as to the proportion of the generation we stem from.  It would have been ever so interesting to have and a history of all the admixtures from the beginning up to the present day.  The numerous, worthy and varied ingredients in the make-up of our clan would have been a most informative and breath taking narrative.  But, let us keep in mind that such a history would take up a whole library of its own.  Let others pick up the tributaries that we had to by-pass in our quest.

 

 

Author's notes – 1998 – 1999 (Jeff Engle)

 

Trying to research each of the Engle, Hought, Falkenberg, Griep, and Christen children along our ascendancy and our cousin's families is a task beyond the scope of this work.  However, I'd be glad to provide others with this information, or to incorporate other's research into subsequent editions.  The Melchor Engle book was received just prior to putting this year’s edition out.  If you find mistakes – especially in the reports section, let me know – whether it is grammar or spelling – so it can be fixed for the next edition.

 

To access the electronic version of the family history, first from the CD-ROM drive double click on the \index.html file.  Updates will be published every year or two, via CD-ROM and the web.  If you wish to print a copy of one of the books, you can print the pages you want yourself, or printing offices such as Kinko's offer printing and binding services if you wish a paper copy of these or future books.

 

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Family History Index Page (CD or Internet)

 

Your page may vary slightly from the one shown depending on whether you are accessing the CD, the Internet, and the date.  Changes are posted regularly on the internet.

Family History CD-ROM Index Page links

 

·       Surname - Persons List
This is the interactive genealogy information that you can browse from the CD and internet.

·       Favorite Genealogy Links
As the title states, these are links to many genealogy sites and software applications I use for the Family History project – Here you will find the viewers required to read the PDF files and graphics files.

·       My Ham Page for N6QPF

·       Review our Family History Books…
Links to PDF files containing the various sections and parts of A Window in Time CD.

·       http://www.MyFamily.com link

·       Research page: CD
State maps, county maps, country maps, flags, census samples, getting started in genealogy information downloaded from the web, etc.  Most items in the \research directory should be available using the links on this page (notice the words most and should!)

·       Research page: Web
List of surnames we are researching

·       My email address (n6qpf@hotmail.com)

 

 

 

 

Sophie Hought (Jacobsen/Jakobsen) and Helen Ann Engle (Hought) 1970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interactive Family History Access - Index of persons

 

To access the Family History information on interactive web pages using your browser, select "Surname List" on the index page.  You should see the Index of Persons screen:

 

From here you can:

 

·       Email me (of course!)

·       Go to the next level of the index by selecting a range of names

·       Go to a SURNAMES index page

·       Go back to the home page

·       Go the web site for the GED2HTML software used to create the html pages.

 

On subsequent levels of the index you can move forward and backward by selecting NEXT and BACK at the bottom of the page as shown below:

 

 

 

 

 

Interactive Family History - Detail pages

 

Once you select an individual, you should see a screen similar to the one on the left:

 

 

Scroll down to see children.  Numbers indicate SOURCE and NOTES which are located just below the family page.

 

Full Notes and Source information is available in the PDF versions of the book  (See Bibliography) and Family Tree Maker software.

At the bottom of each page you have the option to return HOME.

 

 

 

 

Index of Surnames

 

 

 

The Index of Surnames is another method to navigate the index pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accessing the PDF Books

 

·       From the Index page, select  Books link.

·       Select the 'Start Here' link for A Window in Time.

·       The first pdf file is this document that you are currently reading, with links to the other sections on the fifth page:

·       Click on the appropriate underlined title to link to other Sections/Parts. 

 

Use the [ENTER] key, the scroll bar on the right, or the triangle keys on the top bar of the screen to navigate Adobe PDF reader.  Use the Arrow keys to move to previous or next view.  Select help if you have further questions about the Adobe PDF reader.  Use the browser back - next keys to move around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you get lost …

 

Soundex codes are used to help researchers find records where possible misspellings have occurred, transcription errors, or changes in the way an individual may spell their name.  For instance the name Engle can also be spelled Engel, Angel, Angle, Ingle, and Ingel.  This results in 6 different spellings, but only 3 slightly different Soundex codes.  The soundex code is based on the first letter of the word or name, then number indicating the sound of the next letters.  In the above example, Engle would have the following soundex codes to account for the different spellings:  E524, A524, and I524.  Only 3 searches now instead of 6.

 

What the codes are:

Number                   Represents  letters

<small>1.................... B P F V</small>

<small>2.................... C S G J K Q X Z</small>

<small>3..................... D T</small>

<small>4...................... L</small>

<small>5...................... M N</small>

<small>6....................... R </small>

In coding your surname, disregard: A, E, I, O, U, W, Y, and H.

Double letters are treated as one letter.

 

On short names, if there are less than three numbers, add zeroes to the end of the coding.  On long names, once you have three digits, disregard any additional ones.  If your surname has a prefix such as van, Van, Von, D', de, De, dela, Di, du, or Le, code it both with and without the prefix because it might be listed under either code.  Mc and Mac are not considered prefixes in the Soundex.

 

Your surname may have different letters that are side-by-side but have the same number on the Soundex coding guide. For example, in the surname Jackson, 2 is the number for C, K and S. In such cases, these letters are treated as one letter. Jackson is Soundexed as J250, not J222.

 

Soundex codes for some of the families we are researching:

 

Engle	E524 A524 I524
Randleman, Randelman	R545
Smithson	S532
Clapp, Klapp	C41, K41
Davison	D125
Davidson	D123
Furr	F6
Hought	H23
Haug, Howg	H2
Lemons	L552
Lemon	L55
Jacobson, Jakobson	J212
Horner	H656
Horn	h65
Godown	G35
Hurlbert	H641
Hurlburt	H616
Rittenhouse	R352

 

Civil

 

The degree in civil law represents the total number of steps through the bloodline that separate two individuals.  For example, there are 2 steps from you to your grandparent and then 2 steps back down to your first cousin, so the degree is 4.

 

Canon

 

The degree in canon law measures the maximum number of steps from the nearest common ancestor your grandparent is to to the nearest common ancestor between you and your fist cousin, so in this case the degree would be 2.  Canon law is used in most of the United States.

 

Note: From Family Tree Maker, "Users Tutorial Reference Guide", 1998.  Brøderbund

 

Herbert Edwin Harris III in his Great Grandfather Hought’s shop.

 

 

We hope that readers of these family history books will want to do research on their own.  As a start, here are the places that I've been looking.  As indicated, in the tradition of C.M. Howg, we want to document whatever history we can, along with the genealogy.

 

 

The Web Resources

 

Updated links can be found at our web site http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~engle

 

http://www.usgenweb.net/  - The USGenWeb Project

http://www.familytreemaker.com/  -  Famiy Tree Maker, Online

http://hostville.com/family/ - Charlie's Genelogy Launchpad

http://www.gendex.com/  -  Gendex.com

http://www.genealogy.com/ - German oriented Genealogy

http://www.hist.uib.no/arkivverket/index-en.htm - National Archives of Norway - 'Digitalarkivet' inc. 1801 census

Check out the LINKS page on the CD-ROM, if you have access to the Windows in Time: Engle, Hought, Falkenberg, Griep, Christian CD Rom.

 

LDS

The Later Day Saints have local satellite family research offices (two in Sacramento), which is a good place to start.  Also, their main center in Salt Lake City is open.  More on this later, as I visit them.

 

Other Family Historians

As you start doing research, you come across individuals who share your passion about collecting family history and genealogy information.  Contacting these individuals are a way to share information, techniques, etc.  Many of the records from Family Tree Maker CD's are based on family historian research. 

 

Opa Christen at the left.

 

Software

I use Family Tree Maker, along with several CD's made available through this software publishing company (Brøderbund).  We can distribute our data files either in Family Tree Maker (.FTW) format, which will include pictures and books, or standard genealogy gedcom (.GED) file formats.

 

Family Records

Descendants of the Houghts are lucky that C.M. Howg took the time and made the effort to gather the hundreds of cousins, aunts, and uncles that have descended from Einar T. Howg.  He also researched the Howg motherland of Norway to go back another few generations.  Our Uncle Fred Hagemeister also documented some family information, along with Hannelore Falkenberg's notes and Ope Hans Griep had done a large amount of genealogy research.  These serve as a good starting point.   Winfield S. H. Engle did a tremendous job compiling the 1940 edition of The Melchor Engle Family History and Genealogy.

 

Documentation

It is important as you go along, to document where you have picked up each bit of information.  As you do research, dates will conflict, name spellings will differ, etc.  It becomes very valuable to remember where the information originates.

 

Getting Started in Genealogy

A number of web sites offer tutorials in getting started.  I’ve included one set on the CD-ROM.  Access it by clicking on the RESEARCH link on the index page on the CD.