The material at this site is copyrighted. By this I mean that the design and organization of this website, the images, photographs and the personal commentaries that I have written are my work and are protected under copyright. I do not have a copyright on records from the public realm, such as vital statistics, census records, etc. You will also find some work here by other authors and researchers, which I have identified, and which remains the property of the originator.

I enjoy sharing and want you to feel free to make copies of material that would help you in your personal research. If you wish to republish small portions of text from these pages in written form, on a personal website or in a genealogical database, etc. please give appropriate credit. A suggested citation appears at the bottom of every page. If you wish to use photographs or a significant portion of material from this website, please contact me for permission. Please do not use this information for profit or submit it to an organization or database that might compile and sell it. Thank you.

If you are interested in family history and genealogy, particularly in the surnames represented at this website, I would appreciate your links to my pages. I will reciprocate by including your URL on my links page, if you will give me the opportunity to review your family history and genealogy website. We must share a common interest though.

My approach to genealogy is to learn as much as I can about individuals and family groups. I make an effort to stretch beyond the vital statistics whenever possible. I am not interested in having the largest database of names. I enjoy puzzles and I work to find the correct answer when there are conflicts in data. Speculation is a necessary step in genealogy. Sometimes I need to make assumptions from what I know, in order to move on. You will find some speculations at this website and I have tried to identify them as such. I know there are some errors in the material that is presented here. I encourage you to follow through with your own research.

One of my favorite parts of family history is meeting new cousins and fellow researchers. If you share an interest in any of the families at this website, I would enjoy hearing from you. I am open to thoughtful suggestions and corrections to the information presented here.

Pam Garrett