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| Greetings fellow family history researchers--technically known as "Genealogists!" Whether you are a novice researcher, like me, or a seasoned professional, you must love what you are doing. I've been conducting research on my family's history since mid-1995, and it is my humble opinion that Genealogy is not something you "try, to see if you'll like it or not." Asparagus or broccoli is something you try, to see if you'll like it or not. Genealogy, on the other hand, is something you have to have the desire, dedication, and perseverance to do. It is frustrating, educational, filled with surprises, time-consuming, costly and sometimes emotionally draining, as you find lost relatives and discover the lineages of your ancestors. But the rewards are everlasting!
I have two simple rules I suggest to anyone who talks to me about wanting to start researching their family's history: #1) Be very sure it is what you want to do. As I said earlier, genealogy is not something you try. It takes lots of time and energy, you have to want to do it. #2) Do not wait until everyone who could provide you with valuable information is dead! This was my problem. When my last grandmother died in 1995 at the age of 95, it was then that I decided to start my research. Oh, how much important information I missed by waiting too long. I believe the Indians have a saying, "When an old person dies, a generation dies with them." Don't wait, do it now! My unofficial signature line is, "Good luck in all your genealogical endeavors. But remember, it's not just in finding those elusive names that we should gain pleasure, but more so in the history surrounding those names, for there is where our true roots lay." Well, enough of my personal opinion and on to the purpose of this website. I wanted to develop a site where I might be able to share information with other genealogists who may be researching the same surnames that I am. I am not a professional "webmaster" so it goes without saying that this site will be changing a lot in the beginning as I add information and make changes to the layout. I hope to make it as user-friendly as possible and easy to maneuver through. As I said earlier, I am a novice genealogist, which is my way of telling you not to take everything on this website at face value. In the beginning of my research I went at it rather blindly without any guidance from anyone. Hence, a lot of the information I collected early on lacks substantiated documentation. I am in the slow process of "backtracking" to try and find just such information. Once you get back earlier than the year 1700 it is difficult--but not impossible--to find documentation due to the lack of or just plain poor record keeping of agencies then. I have found some documentation through the use of published genealogies and family histories, also in published marriage records and other vital records. PLEASE! If you have any information that can help confirm or refute anything I have on this website, feel free to contact me with such info and I will be glad to make any and all corrections. Also, if you have any data that could be added to this site that would help make it more accurate, I would appreciate receiving such info to add to the site. All sources will be cited and properly credited to the submitter. AND ALSO: If you find any information or data on this site that you believe was taken from your posting(s), PLEASE, contact me and let me know about it so I can make the correction and give you proper credit. |
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| From Muskingum & Perry Counties in Ohio |