It was not many years ago that we decided that we'd like to assemble our family trees. The good, the bad, the skeletons, the whole idea of digging into the past is a great way to spend time on a winter's day. Not only is genealogy about looking into family history. It is also a great way to study American as well as World History. Geology as well as Geography. The information that can be found gives us a sense of what it was like to live in a different time. Beware, however, that digging into the past can get very expensive and coming to road blocks in your search can be downright frustrating. In any case, you will find here pictures of our families as they were then and as they are now. if you have anything to add, please drop us an e-mail. We'd love to hear from you.

http://www.ancestry.com A great site for many of your genealogical needs. Ancestry has images from all the Federal Census records that were taken every ten years. They start with the 1790 United States Federal Census and are complete through the 1930 Census. Ancestry also has a fantastic collection of World War I Draft card images as well as enlistment records for World War II. The Social Security Death Index as well as hundreds of other records can be found on there site. Fees to access the databases vary depending on subscription requirements.

Other Sites we use for Genealogy include: http://www.acgs.org (American-Canadian Genealogical Society, Manchester NH), http://www.cyndislist.com (A site where you can find over 250,000 links to family history), http://www.rootsweb.com (A free genealogical resource supported by Ancestry.com), http://www.familytreemaker.com and http://www.genealogy.com (We use Family Tree Maker software to store research information and Genealogy.com to search their data collections).