Many times, while we are growing up, we hear stories about relatives that did great things or belonged to certain groups.  Many people try to link themselves to those people, when all along, you must start with YOU.

You, your parents and siblings.

By working your way backwards, you learn who you are related to and you learn if those stories were true or just tales.

We still need to hear the stores and tales from those that are of older age.. so we can record what they know. It helps us as we try to connect our own puzzle of family history.

Start with what you really know.  Have proof.  Each generation will unfold as you do this, little by little.

Most of all, have Faith.  You can find answers out there.

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~These lists are non-inclusive~

Our major Surnames:

Bell
Brockmiller
Burandt
Carlisle
Crookston
Deacon
Edge
Elmore
Foster
Fry
Gatz
Gonyer
Hartley
Hay
Hunter
Jaekel
Jeffers
Kowalke
Macnamee
McCormick
Peterson
Scripps
Sheppard
Smith
Spence
Splettstoeszer
Stalke
Thibodeau
Walace
Weeks
Whelan
Wilder
Willis

Our Geographic Locations include:

The United States:
Maine *Penobscot County*, Massachusetts, Florida, Georgia *Augusta*, Utah *Alpine, American Fork, and Salt Lake City*, California *San Diego, La Mesa, Alpine, and Coronado*, Minnesota, and Iowa

Acadia, Channel Isle of Jersey, England, Scotland, France, and Germany.

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