Welcome!
You are standing at the threshhold of the largest project I have ever undertaken: my family's history. Because the genealogy is a work in progress, so is the web site. You won't find much here, now, but more is on the way. You also won't find family trees here. That file has already been uploaded to RootsWeb. You can see some of what I have through searching there. These pages are almost more of a tribute to my family than scholarly. Hopefully, it will grow into itself, and become research-oriented, as opposed to anecdotal. Nevertheless, anecdotes are also an important part of a family's history.
A legacy is defined as money or property received, as through a will, or anything handed down from an ancestor. This site is "Diana's Legacy" because I am giving her a history of her family, which I will hope she will find more precious than an inheritance.
Surnames located herein:
Abernathy • Auten • Baird • Bettice • Bickerton • Boughner
Cannon • Faulkner • France • Fruits • Grim • Grizzle
Kelly • Martin • Millward • Offutt • Pogemiller
Shunk • Thompson • Whipple • Wight • Willey
These surnames make up my family and my husband's. This site is my daughter's heritage. You may find very little on some of the pages above, or (depending on what I have gotten accomplished) you may find several mini-biographies. Since I have so many other responsibilities and wear so many hats, my ability to compile and research is hindered. I hope you will bookmark this page, and continue to check back often to see what I have added. (The date at the bottom of the page will tell you when I last updated a page.) Before you email me with a genealogy question, please read this request, first. Thanks!
One recent change I made to the site was to unify the backgrounds in different colors to make it clear to what line the name belongs. My father's ancestry is blue, Mom's is yellow, my father-in-law's is green, and my mother-in-law's is lavender.
A more general tribute to women contains short biographies and resources on where to find more information about heroines in history.
In addition to the surname pages, there is also a page dedicated to my daughter Diana (I am a mom, after all), and one for collecting eggs, something I began doing when I inherited my maternal grandmother's collection. Advice on creating a family cookbook may help you with your next project (link will take you to a new site).
I will update the pages as time allows.
Visit Cyndi's List of Genealogy Websites. The information she links to can answer just about any question you have. Need to find a library? LIBWEB has a directory of libraries in the US, as well as everyplace else. If you click on "public libraries," you will find listings arranged by region. If you're doing long-distance research, this may be useful to you! Are you new to computing and genealogy? Researching Your Family Tree: An Introduction to Genealogy is a self-paced tutorial for either Windows or Mac users. The Martha Stewart website has available for purchase two beautiful items that are a perfect way to display your heritage. There's a huge frameable 8-generation fan chart, and a personalizable family tree. The frames are sold separately (and rather expensive). For other related items, search for "family history." FamilySearch.org is the website of the Latter-day Saints. In addtion to the genealogy database they maintain, they also have research forms and worksheets. GeneaNet.org: "Our Mission: to make the power of the Internet available to our users by setting up a universal register of all the world's genealogical resources, whether Net-based or not, and whether free or fee-paying." And their search engine, GeneaSeek: "a 'full text' genealogy research browser. It goes through web to index pages that deal with genealogy. GeneaSeek comprises a few millions of genealogy pages. Center for Life Stories Preservation. Helping you get it all down. Rootsweb, "the oldest and largest FREE genealogy site," they are supported by Ancestry. On this day in history... A great source of history for scrapbooks or for your own perspective. Find out how much a gallon of milk (or a car!) cost on your birthday. This is a great site! Places Named is a fantastic reference. You can find surname popularity indices, you can find out what county a town is in, the population of a given town, etc. You really can find a lot of great information here! Surname message boards at FamilyHistory.com may help you connect with others who are reseaching the same families you are. BMD Certificates: "We locate and obtain UK (England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) birth, marriage or death certificates." Fun Stuff for Genealogists: T-shirts, buttons, & more! Parish Chest: supplies and information for genealogists Writing the Life Story of Others and Writing Your Life Story has lots of useful information for the budding biographer. Family Tree Magazine is a publication aimed primarily at enthusiastic amateur family historians. There are product and book reviews, how-to articles, and entertaining anecdotes. Family Chronicle Magazine takes itself a little more seriously than FTM, and is another valuable resource.
Look for books on Genealogy at Amazon.com.
I use Reunion for Macintosh, and I have used Family Tree Maker on PCs. I am a Mac-user, and I really love the Reunion software. (Click on the banner above to go to their website, and see what others have to say.)
available now! My book, based on the webpage "Creating an Family Cookbook," was written to help people like you compile an heirloom cookbook, and avoid the mistakes I made when I compiled our family's cookbook. Creating an Heirloom: Writing Your Family's Cookbook is available from PublishAmerica.com for $14.95, or visit CreatingAnHeirloom.com for more information!
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