Recent changes to this website
03/12/08
A complete site redesign. Follow the "Photos" menu option to view old and new photo albums. For genealogical updates select "family history" and then "what's new."

06/09/07
Photo of William and Angeline Gravitt Channel.

"This must have been taken in about 1899, as my dad is one of the twins, and they were born, July 14, 1898.(I noticed that they were born,on their grandfather, James H Gravitt's birthday) The oldest boy,(with the blond curls) is William Gifford, (d age 23) the twins are Dewey and Lewey." Photo and quote from cousin Lorraine Boling.

Shauna Allen recently sent some information about the Ellis family. I had let my Ancestry.com subscription expire pending our move. After Shauna's email I took advantage of a free 3 day trial on Ancestry. I was delighted to find that Ancestry now has online images of Iowa and Kansas state census records. The 1925 Iowa census records are particularly helpful because they list the mother and father of all those enumerated. If you check out those records on Ancestry, note that the 1925 Iowa census record for a family include 3 consecutive images.

Deb Townsend sent information regarding the Robert Palmer family which presents a new view of the Palmer/Hart/Stout (Bills) line.