Welcome
Welcome to Genealogyland. For over three decades, I have conducted a search for my ancestors. Where many people take one line of research back as far as they can, I have chosen a wider approach to the search. Many of my family lines come from the same geographic areas and throughout the generations, they have intermarried. So what is often described as a heredity and family tree, has become a tangle of family vines.
| Some time ago....... I asked an artist cousin to create this picture. "Why an outhouse?", she asked. Because that's what this research sometimes reminds me of.... An outhouse covered with vines. |  Rochelle Lester 2007 |
That kind of thinking may be too deep for some of you to understand. But for those of us who have been Genealogists for a long time, it makes a lot of sense. Nothing you have been told about our ancestors holds up to deep scrutiny. I have found changes in ethnicity, religion, morality and locality. Those family stories rarely hold water and in some cases, investigating specific persons often brings surprises. Stories untold, adventures not rendered; the Genealologists finds them all.
I have put together a site based on my participation in Genealogy which has always been a mixture of hobby and business. I hope you enjoy your visit here and if you have any questions please contact me.