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05/13/2008
Welcome,
This site is dedicated to those family-hunters out there, otherwise
known as genealogists. It is a habit, a hobby, a blessing, a pride, an
addiction, a curse; bestowed upon a few of us from every family... to be the
Keeper of the Book. This is the sum of my
wife Jodi and my own research, and somewhat of a map of
the roads my wife and I have taken or crossed, that
we would like to share with you, as well as other research resources you
may find useful.
We are providing this site to the general
population of family hunters, to share resources and information that I have
found, not just for those who are tied in with my own tree, although of course,
since that is the focus of my own genealogy research, it will
take dominance.
Whats' New:
"Verba volent, Scripta manent!"
Words fly, Writing remains.
This is a motto I have adopted as my own, as it
is truth. I believe in the freedom of information sharing, because
writing remains, but the digital world is fluid and websites come and
go... so, the more copies of important historical facts and figures
published, the better. Copyright is
a sensitive and important issue, but when it comes to raw facts and data
(census for example), the information should be considered public
domain. This type of data should always be freely available for public
viewing. I will never charge users a fee to view this type of
information on this website. Whenever you see my
© symbol in conjunction with such data, let
it be known that I am only protecting my edition... the scripting (html/php/etc)
or formatting that I used to display the data. I plan to protect that
much of my work, as I spend countless hours preparing these web pages
for researchers use. I may however, introduce portable e-book compilations,
or other publications for a fee. These will always be optional
offerings. This website will remain FREE, supported solely by your
contributions, and revenue generated by sponsor links, which you will
see here and there, and top and bottom of the pages.
Please support this
site by visiting any sponsors that interest you, or by making a
monetary donation..
We receive THOUSANDS of page views a month, which costs us a lot in
bandwidth and server costs. Please
make a donation... every penny helps!
If my copyright is
placed on a signed article, narrative, or biography written by myself,
that text is fully protected, and not public domain. Please respect it.
Surnames we are researching include:
BLANK,
CONNER, ESTES, LILLIBRIDGE, MORRIS,
MAKINSON, NESS,
PEARLING, SAMPLE, SERIGHT,
KUYKENDALL, among
several others. Some of the main regions
we are personally interested in are: Oregon, Washington, Tennessee, North Carolina, California,
Arkansas, Minnesota, Idaho, Nebraska, England, Ireland,
and South America... as well as other states that are a part of the
Oregon Trail. I have a lot of interest in the
Oregon Trail
migration, as I am a direct descendant of pioneers (member of
SDOP*)... and
Civil War eras, and you will see that reflected in my genealogy research
data.
As a general disclaimer, not all of the data in
our GEDCOM is
verified, so if there is any mistakes, please let me know. (GEDCOM
is
here - updated July 27, 2006.)
If
you would like to help support this site, and my research, donations are welcome. We also welcome volunteers who are willing to do
genealogy lookups,
gravestone hunting, photocopying records, etc. - If you have your own family
history genealogy site, please
join our webring!
I have added several complete online
texts as a history / genealogy resource... including the
personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. See our new digital library
for other titles!
 Peace,
Shawn M. J. Mann
P. O. Box 3108
Clackamas, Oregon
97015
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Family Trees with confirmed connections to me:
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