I started this journey in the Fall of 2000.
Never took a genealogy class...
just started with some simple software and went from there.
Alot of hit and miss...learned from many mistakes.
But with all that I have found so much information and have discovered and rediscovered distant family all over the United States. At this date I haven't found any family in other parts of the world.
But the World Wide Web, I think eventually I will find new family and friends.
I will give you some of the sites which have helped me on my journey
...some I haven't used in awhile and some I use constantly.
Also on this page I will be adding family photos I have and have been given by various family members...direct and distant. With my father's sister passing away, I have been inundated with numerous family photo albums and I am slowing going through and scanning all of them.
My link to my Family Tree on Rootsweb.com
And if you want to start your journey into your family history,
go to Rootsweb.com's main page
This will tell you everything you need to know.
Another good site is Ancestry.com.
It is a subscription site but they do offer some free access to various records now and then.
This is a photograph of maternal grandparents, my mother, and uncle.
Ruby Evelyn Pemberton Dougherty, James Charles Dougherty, Jr., Patsy Jean Dougherty Chase, and James Charles Dougherty, Sr.
To view additional family photographs, click HERE.
And this is a photograph of my paternal grandparents, father, and aunt: Carolyn Marchant Chase Casey, Clyde Emery Chase, Clyde Emory Chase, and Clare Chase Fanini.
To take a peek at more family photographs, click HERE.