Henry Z ("Hank") Jones Jr.,

FASG - Fellow and Past President of the American Society of Genealogists, and  FGBS

A Note On Retirement From Hank Jones

• Views of The Henry Z (Hank) Jones Jr. Palatine Research Center at the Germantown, New York Library.

Hank Jones' Genealogy Lectures:

• Partial List of Available Topics
• Read What Others Say About Hank!
• Contact Hank

Hank is the Author of Nine Books

• The Palatine Families of New York - 1710: A Supplement
  
• Memories - The 'Show-Biz' Part Of My Life
• The Palatine Families of New York- 1710
  (Winner, Donald Lines Jacobus Prize: Best Genealogical Book of the Year)
• More Palatine Families
• Westerwald to America
• The Palatine Families of Ireland
• Psychic Roots: Serendipity & Intuition in Genealogy
• More Psychic Roots: Further Adventures in Serendipity & Intuition Genealogy
• Even More Palatine Families: 18th Century Immigrants to the American Colonies and Their German, Swiss, and Austrian Origins
• Book Order Form
  

Hank's current CD's & Tapes on Epitomé Records:

• If You Were Mine **Newest**
• That Old Feeling
• Tender Moments
• Sweet Dreams
• You Were Always On My Mind

Learn More About Hank Jones

• Biographical Material
• Take a stroll through the Hank Jones Picture Gallery
  • Music
  • The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
  • Movie & TV Shows
  • Walt Disney Productions
• Hank's Resume:
  • Here a link to Hank's Lifetime Achievement Awards for his 60-plus years of researching colonial Palatine emigrants
    
  • Elected a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists (membership limited to 50 worldwide) and served as President from 2016 through 2019.
  • Received Award of Merit from the National Genealogical Society for Distinguished Work in Genealogy
  • Member and former Trustee, Association of Professional Genealogists
  • Charter Member and former Director, The Genealogical Speaker's Guild. Click for a list of Hanks Topics.
  • A 25-year acting career in motion pictures and television to include:
    • 8 Walt Disney movies
    • Several films for MGM, 20th Century Fox, and Universal Studios
    • More than 300 network TV Programs including The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
    • More than 500 national radio and TV commercials
    • Recording artist, appearing on RCA, Capitol, and Epitome Records
  • Here is a link to a television interview Hank did with noted genealogist and writer Sharon DeBartolo Carmack about his two books on Psychic Roots: Serendipity & Intuition In Genealogy and its worldwide impact
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  • Here's Hank 'talking Palatines' and sharing some of his thoughts and experiences  covering his 60 years of researching and writing about them with The New York Chapter of Palatines To America at a zoom meeting in June 2022
  • Here's an interview with Hank from The Wonderful World Of Disney podcast on his wild experiences filming Walt Disney's last personally produced live-action movie 'Blackbeard's Ghost' Link to Podcast
    
  • Here's a two part interview Hank did about the eight films he was featured in at Disney Studios. His years at "The Mouse House" were among his very favorites in his professional life. Part 1 | Part 2.
  • Here's an interview appearing in a recent issue of TAXI On-Line Magazine Hank gave about his songwriting activities over many years. Link to Interview
  • Hank was honored to be invited by ancestry.com to be the "Guest Blogger" during a recent Family History Month and write a column on his main area of expertise, The Palatines. For those who would like to knock down some of those genealogical brick walls, check out his "7 Genealogical Lessons For Researching Your Palatine Ancestors."

    Hank and Elvis! One of Hank's major discoveries in his now fifty-plus years of researching the Palatines was his finally finding the German ancestral home of Elvis Presley's Palatine ancestor Valentin Bresseler who came to colonial American in 1710. He was greatly touched when the Elvis Presley family put up this kind note of appreciation on their family website.

     

  For a lively musical blast from the past, take a look at Hank Jones and Dean Kay singing "This Little Light Of Mine" on ABC TV's "Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" back in 1962!	Here are Hank and his singing partner Dean Kay with Tennessee Ernie Ford and Attorney General Robert Kennedy in 1963. Ah, history! Take a look...
  Check out Hank, his singing partner Dean Kay, and other cast members singing along with "The Old Pea-Picker" on one of his famous hymns "Noah Found Grace In The Eyes Of The Lord" on the Tennessee Ernie Ford Show on ABC-TV back in the 60s."

Henry Z ("Hank") Jones Jr. FASG

Contact Hank via e-mail at: genealogy@HankJones.com