About this Website

• Registered Account - With a FREE registered account you will be able to access the full site with only some restrictions on access to living individuals based on your relationship to family members. If you are not related you will have full access to non-living individuals only. If you believe you are related to members of this family, please include your relationship in the comments box when you register so I can give you the appropriate access to living individuals in your branch of the family. Please read and agree to the website Privacy Policies and Terms of Use prior to registering for an account.


• Please note that registered accounts must be verified before they become active. Usually this takes no more than a few hours and is often done much sooner. You will receive an email when your account is activated. You may use the Guest login while you wait.


• If you forget your username, please follow the instructions on the login screen and it will be sent to you at the email address you signed up with. (If your email has changed and you can no longer receive email at your old address, you will need to contact me directly to obtain your user name.)


• If you forget your password, please follow the instructions on the login screen to request a temporary password which will be sent to the email address you signed up with (see above).


• Guest - You may login as a guest (username=guest, password=demo) to view the Demo Tree only (see Trees under Site Menu below). This login is for the purpose of getting a glimpse of the site to determine if you would like to see more. You will be able to access limited functions and to view some of the Surnames that appear on this site. You may also use this login while you are waiting for your registered account to be verified.

• For ease in viewing, surnames are capitalized.


• When I don't know the maiden name of a female spouse I have used the married name, but that name appears inside parentheses. This makes it easier to match names with families.


• Likewise, when I don't know the surname of a male spouse the wife's maiden name appears in parentheses.


• When I don't know a given name, I have also used parentheses to designate this. Common substitue given names are: (Mr.) adult male, (Miss) unmarried female, (Mrs.) married female, (Son), (Daughter), (Child) and (Infant). (Unknown) may also appear, but will be phased out in time.


• Royal names often are noted as a given name (sometimes followed by a number) and a title, such as 'Elizabeth II, Queen of England'. These titles are displayed as surnames but are surrounded with brackets: e.g. [Queen of England].


• Surnames are listed alphabetically ignoring prefixes, as those prefixes appear in some records but not in others.

• The Demo Tree is all that is viewable to those who do not have a registered account. It contains only our direct ancestors, no siblings, no living persons. Photos and other media are not attached to this tree. Updates other than corrections are unlikely to be made to this tree. This tree is refered to as "Tree-Demo". Note: As the primary purpose of this tree is to demo the site, you may no longer be able to view this tree while logged in with your registered account.


• Farnham Side and Paradise Side both refer to the primary tree though have different starting points. Surnames within parentheses appear in the first and second ancestrial generations. This tree is accessible only by those who have acquired a registered account. All information in "Tree-Demo" is also available in this tree although this tree may be more up-to-date. Having a registered account will allow you to view all persons in this tree. Note: Depending on your access rights you may or may not be able to view data other than initials and surname on some living persons. This tree is refered to as "Farnham-Paradise".


• Selecting either "Side" will bring up a tree diagram showing a "root" individual (myself or my husband).


• Navigate the tree by hovering over "down" arrows or clicking on "left" or "right" arrows for a "New pedigree".


• Clicking on an individual will bring up their "person" page which shows personal data, family data, notes, sources, attached photos, documents, albums, etc. From here you can select other people related to them, return to tree mode, discover relationships, download gedcom files (if your account contains those rights), etc.


• To view other people, photos, etc. click on the underlined links or thumbnail images.


• To view trees, relationships, and download gedcoms click the appropriate tab at the top of the page. Note: Timelines have not yet been entered.


• The medium blue bar contains additional options depending on which tab is selected.

• Surnames - Displays the most common surnames in this database and allows for searching of surnames by beginning letter or character.


• Bookmarks - Displays bookmarks you have set. Bookmarks are only available to the user on the computer they were set up on.


• Places - List of places where events have occured for persons in our tree. Go here to find out what places are most common in our tree and what happened there.


• Dates - Go here to see what Births, Marriages and Deaths occured on Today's date. You may also choose other dates. Same as "Dates and Anniversaries" on Site Menu.


• Cemeteries - Displays Cemeteries with a link to Headstone records. On the cemeteries page click on a location to view all cemeteries in that location. Note: Clicking on USA will bring up all cemeteries listed on this website that are in the United States. If more than one cemetery is in a selected location clicking on the cemetery name will bring up more information about that cemetery. If only one cemetery exists in a locality that information will automatically be displayed.


• Search for Names - Displays the Advanced Search form for finding individuals. See Search for more information.


• Search Families - Displays the Advanced Search form for finding families.

Media can be displayed in either Descriptive View or as Thumbnails Only. Rolling over a thumbnail in Descriptive View usually gives you a preview of the photo (except for histories, recordings, videos and folios). Rolling over a thumbnail in thumbnail view will display photo title. Click on a thumbnail or title to display the photo or document full size. Clicking on a linked individual or family will bring you to that person's or families' personal information page.

• Photos - Displays list of photos (thumbnails and brief descriptions) of family members. Note: Not all photos may be displayed depending on your access rights. When viewing the large image of a photo containing a group of people, rolling the cursor over family members will display that family members name.


• Documents - Displays a list of documents. Documents include Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates, Bible Pages, Census Pages, Ship Passenger Lists, WWI and WWII Draft Cards, etc.


• Headstones - Displays a list of headstones (thumbnail images, brief description and cemetery).


• Histories - Go here to read personal stories about our ancestors. Included are letters and personal memories. You will find additional "Histories" under "Folios".


• Recordings - Displays list of audio recordings (currently unpopulated).


• Videos - Displays list of videos (currently unpopulated).


• Folios - Folios are multi-page documents or collections. Here you will find collections of articles about our ancestors, and pages extracted from genealogy and other books relating to our ancestors. Many of these entries also include a link to a digitized copy of the original book on Internet Archive.


• Albums - Albums collect multiple media items related to a particular family name together in one place. Some items will appear in multiple family albums.


• All Media - Displays list of all media items listed above except family albums.

• About Site - Brings you to this page for help in navigating this site and other information. Please let us know if other topics of information would be helpful.


• What's New - This gives you a quick view to the last 10 additions to this site. This is most useful for the frequent visitor.


• Most Wanted - This link leads to people that I am researching but have hit a dead end on and need help with, or to photos that I am missing information on. Maybe you can contribute something here.


• Reports - Contains various reports generated from the database. Additional reports will be added as I get requests.


• Statistics - Want to know how many records of a particular type are in our database? What ancestors lived the longest? This is where you may find some of the answers.


• Notes - Displays a list of notes related to individuals included in your access rights.


• Sources - This is a link to a list of all sources currently cited. Note: Much of the data on this site is not sourced or sources are incomplete. Updates will be coming as I get them entered.


• Repositories - Displays list of source repositories.


• Privacy & Site Use - Links to the Privacy and Terms of Use document (also available at the bottom of every page).


• Contact Us - Links to Contact Us form allowing you to send us your suggestions, comments or questions.

• Avanced Search - This will bring up a form for entering additional information on an individual to narrow your search. Note: Searches are currently limited to 5 criteria for security reasons. From Advanced Search you are also given the option to search for families.


• Surnames - Displays the most common surnames in this database and allows for searching of surnames beginning with a paricular letter or character.


• Upon performing a search, select the person (or family) you wish to view. This will bring up their individual "person" page which shows personal data, family data, notes, sources, attached photos, documents, albums, etc. From here you can select other people related to them, view an ancestrial tree or decendent tree, discover relationships, download gedcom files (if your account contains those rights), etc.


• To view other people, photos, etc. click on the links or thumbnail images.


• To view trees, relationships, and download gedcoms click the appropriate tab at the top of the page.Note: Timelines have not yet been entered.


• The medium blue bar contains additional options depending on which tab is selected.