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What is this site? This is a genealogy wiki covering (mostly) topics relating to the ancestors of a couple named Shari and Mike. Places, people, professions... and pets? (Of course!)
If you're looking for something in particular, try the menu on the right.
Mike's genealogy (which hasn't appeared here yet - I guess now we know who's doing most of the typing) is, looking on one side of his father's tree, Australian (mostly around Hunter Valley, New South Wales) to the 19th century with Glamorganshire, Nottinghamshire, the Isle of Guernsey, and a dab of New Zealand before that. So far. If you have Prices in Wales around 1860, perhaps we should talk.
(Oh, wait. Prices in Wales? That could be a long and frustrating conversation. Why not add in Jones? Or Williamses elsewhere in the UK? In fact, Mike does. This may explain, in part, why right now Shari's family is better represented here. That, and she's American, which the online databases tend to favour.)
On another side, Mike is Scottish from World War II Glasgow back to the 18th century Sutherlandshire highlands.
On Mike's mother's side, his ancestry remains mostly undiscovered, with a starting point in the Black Forest of Germany and a hint of Poland beyond.
Shari's genealogy is just all over the place, especially if you define "the place" as "the United States." When officially starting to research in 1995, she had the impression that she was one unknown generation from France, Ireland, England, and other Western European hints dropped by grandmothers and grandfathers.
No such armchair time travel occurred. Instead, Shari's people traveled America over centuries, some starting as early as the 1600s, eventually all coming together in Texas in the 1920s. Before that, "popular" states with both sides of her family were Louisiana, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and eventually leading back to Delaware, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Virginia, and a touch of Maine. Add in everything in between, and you have the picture.
But those travels did eventually give way to the expected motherlands, plus some surprises: Sweden, Finland, Scotland, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Wales, and... Canada? (Maybe.)
If you're a researcher and you get some clues here, welcome. Poke around all you like. (You'll find a link to our GEDCOM in the WorldConnect database in the FAQ section.)
If you're a family member who's just curious to see where we all came from, hooray! I hope you find the information interesting, and please give me a shout if you have any questions. (We're Facebook friends, right?) Oh, and remember, the research is far from done. (There's always room for more family historians, hint hint.)
And if you're just a stranger who somehow landed here, you're welcome here, too. Say, have you started your family history yet? (Never assume that some relative has "already done all that." Many researchers just work on branch or two. By the time you count up to your grandparents, you have four.)
Genealogy is like a treasure hunt, a slot machine, a TARDIS, and an excellent, weathered map of the world marked "Here there be interesting stuff" all rolled up into one. Enjoy.
