The purpose of this site is to provide the story of my family history for those who are interested. As a researcher, I have longed for depth of story regarding those who came before and I often have been disappointed.
Genealogy most often yields legal and transactional information, but leaves it to the writer to translate these sparse facts into hopes and aspirations. Ideally, we look at the facts at hand, first-hand accounts, the impressions of contemporaries, and the events of the time and location. We can speculate based on the facts, but and we shouldn’t stray into fiction that is presented as fact. Hopefully this work will endure long enough to help my contemporaries and those who come after to find here some of the depth I have sought regarding my forebears, and to provide some first or second hand accounts regarding my contemporaries.
The DMCXIV section is concerned mostly with the past. The ABOUT ME section is a my autobiographical summary. The BLOG section is my personal creative expression and photographic remembrance.
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Related Links:
Royalty/Nobility Quick-Reference
Dennis McClendon: Procession to my “XIV” Designation
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