Mission statement updated Dec 2025:

Tracing my own family, BART-(formerly) BARATTER and TOKAR (formally) TOKARCIK, and my wife's FRAGA and BERTAO and one of my bro-in-law's PEASE.

See Richard Bart's Family Tree and Pease Family Tree From Great Baddow, England on Ancestry.

While living in Taunton, MA I worked with Deanne at the Taunton Catholic Cemetery Office and the staff at the Old Colony History Museum to document the deceased buried in the five Taunton Catholic Cemeteries. Feel free to ask them or me for help.

See Taunton Catholic Cemeteries Tree on Ancestry

I've been a volunteer researcher with the Heritage Library on Hilton Head since retiring in 2014, along with a great staff of super-talented and dedicated volunteers. I am now documenting the deceased of anyone who has lived on or has ties to Hilton Head Island, SC

See Hilton Head Island People tree on Ancestry

Of utmost importance, the real reason to document is to honor the deceased by keeping their memories alive on websites such as findagrave and ancestry.

As Mary Anne Evans 22 Nov 1819-22 Dec 1880 the English novelist who wrote under the male pen name of George Eliot, quoted

"Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them"

After reading other contributor's bios, I am amazed at some of the numbers of entries. I see a lot of claims of photo ownership along with the "please do not copy" statements. Please respect their wishes.

ANYONE is free to download any photo or entry I submit in Ancestry or Findagrave for their own personal use. Be nice