Hello Family Members!!!
We all know how difficult it is to stay in touch. Life keeps getting in the way of finding out what is going on with that cousin, second cousin, aunt, or uncle that we’ve lost contact with for whatever reason, right? Facebook has come along to close the gap to some degree. However, not all things are as interesting to friends as they might be to relatives.
For some time, I have been collecting information about our extended Clemons family. It is an amazing journey to learn more about our family members!!! Some information is the simple day-to-day happenings of life, while other bits of data define who our ancestors/relatives were and what they did.
For example….did you know that a member of the extended Clemons family was the florist for President James Garfield’s funeral in Cleveland? That a family member was a published author? That President Ulysses S. Grant is a distant relative? Do you know who stood 5 ft. 4 ½ in. tall at the time he served in WWI? Do you know who was a locomotive engineer before becoming a Michigan dairy farmer? Have you heard the story of the tragic fire and wondered how it all happened? Do you know a family member who witnessed the preparations for the use of the atomic bombs at the close of WWII? These are but a few of the facts and stories captured to date…so many more need to be documented before they are forgotten…and lost.
While doing this detective work, I ventured a guess that other family members might be as interested in this “stuff” as I had become. Galen Terry could tell I had been bitten by the bug just as he had been. Great genealogy job, Galen!! Thanks!!!
So….with the help of our son Chad (IT guru), we launched into building a website/blog to store and share what had been found. The objective of the website is really very simple: to capture, store and share our family ancestry information. My hope is that in so doing, others will want to do the same, adding to the time capsule of memories.
To go to the website, click on www.theclemonsfamily.com, or copy & paste it into the address line of your browser.
Located just below the banner picture, you will find easy “click” dropdown page menus for Albums & Pics, Memories, The Attic, and Woodland Cemetery. View, read and printout!!!
Access to the Documents and Genealogy pages has been restricted and requires a login procedure. A unique id/password combination will soon be sent to each family member for whom I have an e-mail address.
To open the Documents and Genealogy pages, click on the blue “Login” button located in the upper right hand corner of the Home page. A sign-in box will appear. Enter the id/password combination sent to you. You now have access to all the features in the website. Oh…and be sure to Log-out when you leave. This procedure will provide better security and privacy of the stored family information.
Please jump in and explore the website!! While there is already a lot of information, there is always room for more! Each family branch is an opportunity to learn more about our extended family!!! Dates of family happenings are very important, giving us the limbs of the family tree. The stories and remembrances are the leaves that fill-out the tree.
Special thanks go out to early contributors Claudette, Nels & Kevin Larson, Betty & Dick Lapp, Doug & Suzanne Burger, Nancy & Gary McCollum, Galen Terry, and Roland Hammer. Thank you all so very much!!!!!!
If you have questions, and or problems with the website/blog, let me know! I’ll consult the guru and get back to you!!!! And remember, send contributions and suggestions!!!
Enjoy the journey!
Best to all,
david clemons
2707 E. Westchester Dr.
Chandler, AZ 85249
david@theclemonsfamily.com
Home tel # (480) 664-9669
PS. In the near future, we plan to add family videos, some you may not have seen before!! You won’t believe what you see….and yes……once upon a time, we were all much younger!!!!!
PSS. Just a note….when sending pics for the website, please identify the date, people and (if possible) the location. Thanks!!