About

I have always been fascinated by my family's history,  but I never had the time or resources to do more than have an interest.  When I retired two years ago, I had more time, and with the ancestry websites that are so easy to join, I had research capability available at my fingertips.  What a gift!!    

In 2013, I created a book for my father William Older (85 years old at the time).  This book contains:

• Photographs from my father's collection that were taken between 1918 - 1989.
• Copies of documents handed down from his uncle Carl Thurman Older which had been retyped by my first cousin Linda Older.
• My personal research performed using Archives.com, Myheritage.com and Findmypast.co.uk and includes:  Family Trees, Marriage, Death, and Birth Records from England and the United States, World War I Registration Card for James Edward Older (my grandfather), newspaper articles, and other interesting findings about the family.

 

To view the entire book, click on the link just below the book image:

 

Generations - The Older/Deakle Heritage

 

 

The Older Family Heritage on Blogger was created for family members to access the book and other information I have gathered. 

With paid memberships at the sites listed above, I was able to search for information in the United States and Great Britain.  With that access,  I was able to piece together and verify a lot of information about my family's heritage from census reports, newspaper articles, military records, and records of birth, death, and marriage. With access to Findagrave.com, I was able to find burial sites and a lot of other valuable information pertaining to family descendants and ancestors.

Comparing my information to that in other Family Trees was very helpful, but I often found inconsistencies, so I preferred to do my own research to validate the relationships, but I did add family members when I felt the information was valid. 

Of course, there is still a lot more to discover so this site is definitely a work in progress.

 

Debbie Smith