I originally became interested in researching our family’s genealogy when my Grandparents, Cliff and Jeanette Burnett had written down thier story for the family and it made me really start to question...where and who did we come from? I have heard stories for years, but they were more myth than actual accounts of events. I was determined that my children would have an actual record of thier ancestry to pass down. I have used ancestry.com and other internet tools to help me in this journey. While I can't answer all the questions, I have tried to be diligent in confirming my sources of information. I initially thought this would be something that I could do pretty quickly, but over the past few months I have realized how arduous of a journey this is and at times it begins to generate more questions than answers. There are spaces that I hope you, my family can help me fill, but even more than that, I hope you come away from this knowing more about the amazing people that came before us and in turn have a better appreciation for the blood that flows in your veins and the name we carry(ied).
While I could just post a diagram on a webpage with all of the trees, I wanted to actually tell the story of these people. I want them to be more than a name on a piece of paper for you and me. I decided to start with the Roberts side of the family since there was little information available to me about my last name. All the while though I have continued research the Burnett, Monk, Green & Griggs families too. After months of research, I have discovered some famous connections, pictures of relatives long dead and people who despite thier lack of air conditioning and motorized vehicles, are not all that different than us. Please enjoy...
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| Click on the picture to see a larger version of the family tree. (Peepaw-his 2nd great grandparents) |
