My love of genealogy started with the research done from my step-grandfather, Wayne F Claire. After his death in 2004 I saw my sisters tree and input it into myheritage.com and have been adding to it since! I have always loved history and really enjoy walking through cemetary's taking in the feeling of love left by family.
My mothers family comes from TEXAS -Navarro, Henderson and Malakoff counties, around Kerens, TX and Corsicana, TX to be exact.......also Mclennan Co., Waco.
Surnames-
Tapley, Crocker, Ray, Burnaman & Courtney. My fathers name Salinas is associated with lower Texas in Brownsville originating in Nuevo de Leon, MX but now as far up as Houston, TX, upwards North into Chicago and of course California where I was born and still reside.

My love of genealogy started with the research done from my step-grandfather, Wayne F Claire. After his death in 2004 I saw my sisters tree and input it into myheritage.com and have been adding to it since! I have always loved history and really enjoy walking through cemetary's taking in the feeling of love left by family.
My mothers family comes from TEXAS -Navarro, Henderson and Malakoff counties, around Kerens, TX and Corsicana, TX to be exact.......also Mclennan Co., Waco.
Surnames-
Tapley, Crocker, Ray, Burnaman & Courtney. My fathers name Salinas is associated with lower Texas in Brownsville originating in Nuevo de Leon, MX but now as far up as Houston, TX, upwards North into Chicago and of course California where I was born and still reside.