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Dick Eastman, in his weekly Online Genealogy Newsletter, asks: "What makes anyone so curious about his or her family tree? What drives us to dedicate time, effort, and sometimes great expense to find dead people? Is it simple curiosity about our origins and ourselves: Where did I come from? How did I end up being born where I was? Is it part of an intriguing puzzle that we wish to solve? Is it because it is a religious requirement?"

He feels there are two different kinds of genealogists. There are name gatherers, and then there are family historians. Dick believes (and I agree) that most family historians are motivated by a desire to understand how we are ALL related to each other. Pick up any good history book and you can learn about the history of our people. But that book will not answer one question: How do I fit into all of this?

This web site portrays my efforts, along with the contributions of family members and many other researchers, to define how I and my family fit into the big picture. What values, ideals and morals have been passed on to us by our ancestors?

Dick suggests that this is the answer to the question posed above. Many of us who are true family historians study our family heritage in order to not only learn about our ancestors, but also to learn more about ourselves.

(Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - Plus Edition, 15 September 2009. Used with permission)

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Charlotte Jane Dorney

27 Sep 2009 - Added a whole new look to my site.

02 Nov 2009 - Upgraded to TNG v. 7.1.2

Kansas and Iowa State Census Records Added - Many new records have been added for our ancestors who lived in Kansas between 1855-1925 and Iowa between 1836-1925.

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