I was first bitten by the genealogy bug back in junior high school when we were given a family tree assignment and my dad and I started to research our family tree. It was later in life that we took that interest to a new level and have really begun to explore our family history with the intentions of both preserving the memory of our loved ones for my sons who never had the blessing of knowing them and to also provide them with a different perspective of our world history through the eyes of family who lived during that time period.**My work here is exclusive to the direct line of our family (including that of my husband). I love to meet new cousins in the hopes that we might share information that only our individual families would have had, including photos, records, and written histories. I don't mind the copying of my photos (they are here to share as family); however, please do be respectful in noting the source of them when you reshare them on other sites.