A Little About Me...
In 1991 I received a copy of a book that was self published by one of my family members with 180 years of my family history.
Being raised in a military family and traveling the world this book was facinating to me. I knew my family was BIG with Irish Catholic roots and now I had names and places I could confirm this with.
The Genealogy bug bit me, and soom became an obsession as I have found this hobby usually does for many people.
I knew some of the facts in the book relating just to my direct family were wrong so I had a feeling there were other things that were too and I had the urge to fix them but I had no clue where to begin.
In 1991 I had already been using a computer for 6 years.. I was addicted to the vast number of things it could do and since the "web" was just getting going I was also really excited about the amount of information that was becoming available. I had a gut feeling that THIS was going to be the tool to help me in my research.
Over the last 20 years or so, first using "snail mail", stake centers, interviews and good ole fashioned library research and then "graduating" to the internet I have expanded my family tree from a couple of hundred people, with no real sources or citations to over 18,000 people with some serious proof and only doing my research in "fits & spurts".
Through this website I would like to share with you what I have learned over the years, what I continue to learn, and share tips, tricks, articles, links and other resources to hopefully help you in your research.
Here's to "Our Family Roots".
Candace