I've been doing family research since the 1970's. Both of my parents family trees go back to the Great Migration to America and are some of the first or early immigrants to New England. I grew up in California, lived in Oregon for 40 years and now I'm in Missouri. DOCUMENTATION is essential to good record keeping. Any entry here or anywhere without documentation, should be questioned. FACTs really do matter. PS. Please don't use FindAGrave if your info is incomplete regarding where someone is actually buried. It's one thing if you know they're in a cemetery but there is no stone, or buried at sea, etc. But FINDAGRAVE is just that, FINDING a LOCATION where someone is buried! It is NOT just someplace to add family tree information. My PHOTOS are for sharing, if you use them, include a footnote to say where you got is required (that's a common courtesy and good documentation). PLEASE DO NOT just copy and paste, and not just from me, from anywhere! If you copy a "record" that may be disproved, wrong for whatever reason, but you fail to document where you got it, and someone else copies it from you, then you perpetuate something incorrect. I've seen this time and again. Even with my own information that I've had to go back and correct. Someone should be able to look at your entry(s) and be able to find the same records you found. Not everyone knows the abbreviations you may use to document something, especially if they're new to research. "Grt Mig. - Anderson" may work for you, but someone who is just starting may have no idea that means "The Great Migration" or who Anderson is. We (probably all of us here) have a passion for this (family history), and or helping others. I know I've been over joyed when someone has helped me, and many have. If I can help you, let me know. If you find errors of mine, let me know, I'll try to fix them. Again documentation matters, so if we have differing information, I'll try to follow the records.If you've read this far, thanks, and good luck in your research!Tim Sherman

I've been doing family research since the 1970's. Both of my parents family trees go back to the Great Migration to America and are some of the first or early immigrants to New England. I grew up in California, lived in Oregon for 40 years and now I'm in Missouri. DOCUMENTATION is essential to good record keeping. Any entry here or anywhere without documentation, should be questioned. FACTs really do matter. PS. Please don't use FindAGrave if your info is incomplete regarding where someone is actually buried. It's one thing if you know they're in a cemetery but there is no stone, or buried at sea, etc. But FINDAGRAVE is just that, FINDING a LOCATION where someone is buried! It is NOT just someplace to add family tree information. My PHOTOS are for sharing, if you use them, include a footnote to say where you got is required (that's a common courtesy and good documentation). PLEASE DO NOT just copy and paste, and not just from me, from anywhere! If you copy a "record" that may be disproved, wrong for whatever reason, but you fail to document where you got it, and someone else copies it from you, then you perpetuate something incorrect. I've seen this time and again. Even with my own information that I've had to go back and correct. Someone should be able to look at your entry(s) and be able to find the same records you found. Not everyone knows the abbreviations you may use to document something, especially if they're new to research. "Grt Mig. - Anderson" may work for you, but someone who is just starting may have no idea that means "The Great Migration" or who Anderson is. We (probably all of us here) have a passion for this (family history), and or helping others. I know I've been over joyed when someone has helped me, and many have. If I can help you, let me know. If you find errors of mine, let me know, I'll try to fix them. Again documentation matters, so if we have differing information, I'll try to follow the records.If you've read this far, thanks, and good luck in your research!Tim Sherman