Hello and Welcome

This is an attempt to compile over twenty-five years of research on my Family Tree into one location with links to websites and physical locations of the facts, hearsay and suppositions that make up a family story.  I have learned after all this time, that many things that are written can be just as incorrect as passing a phrase around a circle of people to see what comes out the other end.  But I have also learned that I am related to about half the population of these here United States.  I think that America has been here long enough that we have established our own nationality with bloodlines, as well as beliefs, desires, and birth advantages. 

I have garnered enough information in my own tree to take the next jump in my research that I have had as a goal for a goodly length of time.  I am joining the Daughters of the American Revolution, hoping that I can set a personal best by proving over 40 direct ancestors as participants in that momentous event.  I have three so far - so it is just a matter of time.   Maybe another 25 years, who knows.

It has been my pleasure to work with many distant family members over the years and I wish to take this opportunity to thank all of you for all your assistance with this project.  I also hope that my descendents will take advantage of this work to help them understand where they came from and why they are who they are.

I have not found anyone (so far) that is incredibly famous, or who has achieved something that has effected all mankind.  I have found people that are humble, hardworking, honest, family oriented, religious, and willing to die for what they believe in.  They have served in the military, worked their farms, raised their families and improved their local and national administrations by participating at many levels.  It is an admirable family tree and I hope that you as an investigator find the same satisfaction from this work as I have.

When I get done with the 40 veterans of the Revolutionary War, I am crossing the Atlantic.  Bon Voyage!!!