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History of Our Family

keeping the story alive

I started researching our family trees in 2001. Since then I have discovered many new places and people. I have always had a passion for history and family and this hobby of genealogy is the best of both worlds.

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In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again. To tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. Doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called, as it were, by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story. So, we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors, You have a wonderful family; you would be proud of us. How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say. It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who I am, and why I do the things I do. It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying - I can't let this happen.

Our Ancestors

Wm. Thomas Hardwick
William Thomas & Malinda Davis

William Thomas & Malinda Davis

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Married Malinda Davis

Ethil Ray Sowders
Ethil Ray Sowders

Ethil Ray Sowders

Married to Marjorie Pearl Barrett

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James Barrett
James Barrett

James Barrett

Married Nettie Burkhart

50th Wedding Anniversary

Jessie Hasten Sons
Jessie Hasten Sons

Jessie Hasten Sons


Mary Viola Lawyer
Mary Viola Lawyer

Mary Viola Lawyer

William Thomas Huffaker
William Thomas Huffaker

William Thomas Huffaker

Mahalia Jane McClintock
Mahalia Jane McClintock

Mahalia Jane McClintock

Calvin Wisley
Calvin Wisley

Calvin Wisley

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Our Favorite Genealogy Quotes

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  • Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.
    ~ Mark Twain
  • Everyone has ancestors and it is only a question of going back far enough to find a good one.
    ~ Howard K. Nixon
  • We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business.
    ~ Jimmy Carter
  • Some family trees have beautiful leaves, and some have just a bunch of nuts. Remember, it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking.
    ~ Unknown
  • My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.
    ~ Ellen


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