The Home Page of Walker Brents,
of Fort Worth, Texas, where the West begins!
Located in Tarrant County, North Central Texas.
I have many links here to reflect my interests; which include Amateur Radio (N5KZZ, Advanced Class), boating, weather, astronomy, law, linguistics, governmental philosophy of the conservative kind, genealogy, history, photography, model airplanes, and computing.SCROLL DOWN FOR MANY GREAT LINKS
My E-mail link is at bottom of page
Present day, date, and time: Sunday, November 08,2009, 05:41PM PST
This page was last updated: Sunday, August 01,2004, 12:19PM PDT
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United States Power Squadrons
A national organization for sail and power boating enthusiasts. There is a squadron here in Fort Worth! Click here to visit its web page. We preach and teach safe boating. Our advocacy of education is so dedicated that members who have completed our courses have navigated the Seven Seas in their own boats. We also perform public services, such as chart corrections and public boating classes.
Baylor Law School (the best in the nation), uses the quarter system, which has advantages over the semester system.
The University of Texas at Austin (which was just "THE University" when I went there), has a renowned department of languages.
Republican National Party
This is an organization with which I have been long aligned, including my family members who voted for Abraham Lincoln.
The American Radio Relay League
The definitive organization for licensed amateur radio operators in the United States. There are many local organizations, including:
Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
Lone Star DX Association
Go to the site of Russ Stringfield, KW5KW, to explore the wonderful world of hamdom, including SKYWARN storm and weather.
Go to this next link for a ham newsletter (Ham Radio Online).
Genealogy, History, and Family Stuff ===
Here is probably the world's greatest web site on genealogy related subjects. Has over Ninety-one Thousand links, including research tools, website design, and general information:
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the
Internet
HERE IS A FANTASTIC NEW GENEALOGY SEARCH ENGINE- Search Over a Million Files in the Libraries of Ancestry.com:
NAMES AND SURNAMES:
My full name is Walker Allen Brents, Junior. Senior is deceased. Lorna, my wife of 44 years, died December 25, 1999. Son, Walker Allen Brents, III, and his wife are teachers in San Francisco. Daughter, Barbara Gayle Brents, the mother of the latest grandchild, is a tenured professor at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Son, Barry Scott Brents, is an engineer in Boulder, and the father of another grandchild. We use Family Tree Maker software and are researching surnames APPLEBY, BRENTS (and its variants Brent, Brunt, Brunts, Bruntz, Bronts), BRUMMETT, CHRIS(T)MAN, DEAL, DENNIS, DICK, FLEMING, GHOLSON (and variants), GODDARD, GROOM, HAYES, HITE (and both German and English variants), HUDSON, LYNN, MCNAMEE, NEWMAN, POWELL, RHOADES, WILHITE.
The Civil War
is a monumental event with which we should be more familiar. I had ancestors on both sides; maybe you did, too. Click here for more on the Civil War Net site.
One ancestor, Abner Rhoades, served in Orrick's and J. A. Spears' company (Confederate), Texas State Troops. Another ancestor, Major John Allen Brents, pictured here,
(see book below) of Albany, Clinton county, Kentucky, served in the First Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (Union),
now website for some great scoop, including some exciting BOOK PROJECTS, including Sgt. Tarrant's book, Wild Riders of the First Kentucky Cavalry.VIEW NEW RARE OLD BOOK! FORMERLY ONLY IN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND MICROFICHE IN FEW LIBRARIES!
Please go to The Patriots and Guerillas of East Tennessee and Kentucky to freely view this book written in November of 1862 by the aforementioned Maj. Brents during the early days of the Civil War. For the first time ever, the entire text (all 171 pages) of this rare work is publicly available. Many thanks to Dennis Dio Parker of Kentucky and the fine people at his great website who have manually typed this book onto the internet for all the world to read.
Thanks to the hard work and dedication of Luther Conner and his associates, a newly re-published hard cover edition, with the original type style and size, is now available from the Clinton County Historical Society in Albany, Kentucky.
Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
Check out this fine site, created by webmaster and SCV officer, Jim Dark, for complete coverage of this organization, including locations of divisions and brigades, history, and many links.
Go now to this site for the home page of the counterpart organization, Sons
of Union Veterans of the Civil War, which contains useful data and some good music to boot. The SUVCW is the successor organization of The Grand Army of the Republic.
Hobby and Other Stuff ==
AT&T Lab's Text-to-Speech SynthesizerYOU MUST try this fascinatingly goofy and hi-tech website! Type in your words and back they come in varying voices of your choice. Click "Display a link for the audio file" and save it to your hard drive and use it; or just play it if you desire. My favorite voice is that of Audrey- UK English. I use her for announcing arrival of my email, and for other Windows events. I haven't tried all the dirty words yet!
"ONELOOK" DICTIONARIES
!!!
OVER 900 DICTIONARIES AVAILABLE for FREE LOOKUP
!!!
If you are looking for some SERIOUS WORDS, CLICK HERE for access to an excellent research area of 970
(the number increases regularly) DICTIONARIES. Don't be an illiterate bubba!CLICK HERE , then click on "Computer Dictionary" on the left side of the page, for COMPUTER JARGON, including etymology, in a humorous but informative vein. Learn to be a world-class techno-geek by using the nerd words. Be an expert at jargonification. This site also has many pages on computer help and tips
Dr. Barbara BRENTS, a professor of sociology, has a page provided by the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.
New York Institute of Photography
is a splendid site for all sorts of photography links and tips.
Astronomy Picture of the Day
is a good starting place for your star-gazing and latest space missions. Then try out Sky and Telescope magazine's home page.
Click here for great GAG SITES. They are called "AprilFools," TheFreeSite.com, and many others, but are broader than that. Send bogus awards. Accuse your friends of being smut surfers with official looking alerts. Send cards, fake computer crashes, and other joke stuff. You can also send nice, congratulatory things. Mostly FREE.
The Fort Worth Thunderbirds have a long history in the world of radio controlled model airplanes. Follow the links in Joe Jusco's swell page for more aviation, both model and full-scale.
HIT COUNTER:
A good tool to completely check your own website.
MY LINKS HERE ON THIS PAGE VERIFIED 26 April 2001