Read and Learn!

Welcome to my Ancestry page. I have begun the slow process of completely re compiling my family history data. Please be VERY patient with me - this is going to take me eons! For those new to genealogy research, please learn from my mistake and make source notes of every seemingly useless bit of information you are able to get your hands on or you will regret it later! The data I have accumulated may very well be reliable information....I'm just not sure because I don't remember where I found most of it!

I made the decision to pull my information until I could verify accuracy or at least quote sources so another researcher could decide for themselves the validity of the information. My family and I spent decades derailed on several of our lines because of erroneous information we had been given. I don't want to be guilty of doing that to someone else. When I took this over from my mom, I was very naive. I truly believed if it was found in print it must be gospel! NOT SO! I also never dreamed other researchers would have a need to know what my sources of information were so they could compare the reliability of my sources with the reliability of theirs when there was conflicting data. SURPRISE!

I still have my information tucked away for future reference, but I am essentially starting over from square one and verifying my data as I go. At least I have the old files to use as a road map.

The EARLY family link is below. I just started on this line in earnest this year. I have documented my sources on this line, so the information I have is probably as reliable as you can get without being there. You will find some EARLY families in this database that are not yet linked into the rest of the family. I know in my heart they belong there somewhere but I have not been able to prove relationship....YET!

The EARLY Family