About

Welcome Message

Hello and welcome to Our Family Expressions communications portal, a system for sharing family information as each of of search for answers to the age old question of where we come from. This site was established to document the history and lineage of our extended and interrelated families. It is not possible to fully document lineage for any one person or family group through this site. The most we can achieve is sharing of information and knowledge which can only be accomplished when each of us contributes to this family repository. Family members are encouraged to seek information through extensive government records and resources in their communities. The internet does provide us with some resources and allows us to share pictures, news, events, and other information and is important for and with each generation.

When you recognize persons in pictures, please add identity/comment information. If you wish to have pictures updated to the site and shared, additional albums and categories can be created and your pictures will be carefully scanned, slides can be scanned and pictures from floppy or cd or dvd can be uploaded to the site. All source materials will be handled with care and returned to you.

Pull out old boxes of pictures. Have them scanned into your computer or schedule a picture scanning event. Enjoy the site. Contribute to the site. Knowledge improves each of us and family knowledge makes all of us stronger and more connected–for the kids and for the future.

There are many categories of information on the system where you can comment and add information that makes the site more usable for all family members and visitors. One of the main features is the Photo Gallery where thousands of pictures are stored and many thousands more will be stored. Historical documents and historical pictures will be researched and posted and we all will have a connection to past generations.

How This Site Was Developed

This website was developed after months of planning and was promoted to a higher level of importance by a need to know after seeing many pictures from earlier generations of people we do not know. Also, as we all lose elder family members, knowledge of the names of persons in stored pictures is lost.

Our parents, grands, aunts and uncles and your parents, grands, aunts and uncles very likely have boxes of pictures too. We would like to capture family information for this website regardless of the immediate or extended family branch. We all have stories of meeting a family member in a different city and even our home city–someone we never knew was a family member.

The overriding purpose is to identify people in pictures, to provide a repository of old family recipes, to share stories and information, and for extended family members living in different cities to have a sense of connectedness as family branches extend further.

This is a beginning, one beginning, which takes a different approach because of the availability and use of the internet. Join the site, embrace the site and contribute to the search for family knowledge.

Copy of Site for Your Family Branch

At your request, for a nominal fee, this site can be duplicated and configured with a new website name for your family or family branch and you can build the site photo content and other content as you wish.