I decided to start this blog to fill you in the with information I find researching about my family, the history, the stories, the legends, and the things that they endured...to honor them, the learn from them and to carry the history forward. I have learned thru my research: the extent of what I do not know is vast, what we glean from our parents and grandparents in the duration of our brief time together is far from complete and statistically speaking, those of us currently reading these words shouldn't be alive-which gives credit to the belief that we all have a purpose. I hope that you will find my endeavors as interesting as I do, in least I hope that you learn something and propagate the desire to learn in someone else. I hope that you can offer input and suggestions to continue the search, picking up the pieces and filling in the voids.