Getting started again

Our family has a long history of being record keepers. They have passed down meticulous typewritten charts and books full of faded photos.

I guess you might say our inheritance from our families has been learning to honor our ancestors.

About 10 years ago we began the practice of scanning every one of those treasured photos. We have 12,000 scanned, edited, and annotated photos, slides, and documents saved to Flickr for all to be able to access. Though this was a great accomplishment, it wasn't our final goal.

As with most lifetime projects our interest would wax and wane. Eventually  we became overwhelmed and frustrated because the technology just didn't exist to allow us to archive all of the information to tell the story of our ancestors lives.

Then DNA tests became affordable and we decided to find out where we really came from. The excitement of seeing those charts with our history for eon's of generations initiated a new interest for my Mom and myself. Our Ancestors began calling to us!

This blog is meant to document and celebrate our old and new finds as we share this journey of honoring our ancestors together. Please join us.

Fay and Cheri