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A Family of History

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Some families know a great deal about their roots; others know very little. 
 
I am one of the lucky ones - my roots have been passed down to me from some wonderful women who had the foresight to preserve our family history for over 175 years!
 
This website is my way of sharing what I have learned about my family history from these women;  my mother, Kathryn; my grandmother, Aileen; and my great-grandmother, Edna.  Most of all, it is my way of paying tribute to all the terrific family history they shared with me. 
 
Even though our family roots are now world-wide, my hope is that this site will help us all re-connect.  I look forward to hearing from any cousins; no matter how distant.  So please feel free to email me if you would like to share about your own branch of our "Family of History".

Through this site I will try to provide as much information as I have learned that fits into my 5MB allotment.  Since I don't always have the source documents for proof, I am always open to someone who has.  If you believe you know something else, please share what you can as I am trying to be as accurate as possible.  Some of this is my own research and some is from kind relatives who were willing to share what they knew.
 
Yet, no matter the source, in the course of researching my family tree, I have discovered that I have many more terrific relatives than I ever thought possible...    And, it is truly wonderful to have such a large family!  Thank you all.

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5 Generations of Kirkham First-Born Daughters

A Few Acknowledgments -

I would like to thank my husband and children for their hours, days, weeks, and months of quiet patience while I searched through the boxes and boxes of family files, sorting and categorizing materials.
 
I would also like to thank my many cousins who found our family tree on Rootsweb.com (titled "A Tree Grows In...") and took the time to email me so I could correct or add information to their family histories.  The excitement I found at identifying unmarked family pictures thru them was truly wonderful and I can't thank you all enough.
 
You are truly a generous group of people and I am proud to call you family.

Please get in touch and let me know if you have any updates for our family tree barnard6@verizon.net .
 
PLEASE EXCUSE THIS "Work In Progress" WEBSITE - IT WILL ALWAYS BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION because that's the way family is...