The Roots of My Life

The pages that will grace this web site are dedicated to all those souls who lived and loved and gave me life. To all those men and women who have gone before me, I give thanks. Without each of you, I would not be.

I spend time reviewing Ancestry.com family trees. The primary problem is that most people have no concept properly authenticating the data. Primary sources must be found. Inconsistencies must be addressed. I find children born before their parents. People immigrating and then getting married where they immigrated from, which might occur but seldom does. I find people in trees that lived well past the date the treemaker entered and appear on public records but the treemaker didn't bother to check the information. If you use Ancestry, beware of family trees. Many, many are plain wrong. I believe people just want to have ancestors, right or wrong, and don't give a damn about being correct. I am a stickler about being correct. I have been researching failmy since 1960. I have documented hundreds of people. I don't put in everybody with aa certain surname. I stick to my lines with just enough outsidfe information to allow others to connect. But I have primary documentation for my family history. If I question anything, that info is NOT added to my lineage. May God Bless and guide your work.

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