I Started collecting history about my family in the 1970's thanks to my grandmother who was still young and very knowledgeable about her roots. She told me stories like they had just happened yesterday not missing a detail which included names, dates and places. I keep a note book and I took every opportunity I had with her to listen and write it all down. That's been over 30 years ago. Even though she is no longer with us, I am still learning new things about our family everyday.
It has taken me years to put it all together. I find it very rewarding to know where you came from. I hope to share our family tree with my children and grandchildren someday when they are ready. Until then, I will keep searching for that circle of life, because it never ends.

My Family related names: Shepherd, Wallace, Dixon, Evans, Applegate, McCreary, Smith, Lundberg, Kujala, Wheaton, Baglan and Nguyen.