December 05, 2008
Family
I am creating a new area on the web site for family history. I may move this over to a separate gallery down the road, but I need to start somewhere. Last week my sister Kathleen and I went to Drexel to visit with Lila Jones, the family historian. We got a fair amount of information from her, but clearly this is the tip of the iceberg. There is much more to be had.
Kathleen and Lila review some of Lila's research.
I am particularly interested in family photographs of previous generations. If you have any of these, feel free to image them and sent to me. I will post them on the web. Down the line, I would like to have an interactive site where you could view the family tree, press on a name, and see all the photos and other information I have available. That is pretty ambitious and time consuming, so we will have to see.
To get your appetite up, here are three generations of Jackson. From left to right:
Peter F. and Geraldine Eva McCormick Jackson (my parents)
Peter F. and Martha Elizabeth Courtney Jackson (my grandparents)
Peter F. and Minerva Stanley Hill Jackson (my great-grandparents)
This image was labeled Soloman A. Jackson, but I cannot guarantee that to be true. I believe this individual was my great grandfather's brother. I will verify this in time.
This is a picture of my mother's father, Henry Ray McCormick. My sister Kathleen had a photocopy with some tears and imperfections which I was able to clean up a bit on the computer. While far from perfect, the restored image is much better than where we started.
Here are some photographs from my cousing Louie White in Oregon. Sorry it took so long to get them out there, Louie.
