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March 10, 2012:

New gedcom upload with these additions:

244 new individuals
90 new families
14 new obituaries
8 veterans
Betty Banner's 2011 Year in Review

Along with the above there have been many exciting developments to report:

several new cousins who've generously contributed their own family genealogies including photos and other scanned images
I'm anxiously awaiting the 1940 Fed Census release on Apr 2, 2012
I've been working closely with Cathy Haar in tracking the Keenan lines. We've made much progress. Patrick Keenan was an ancestor of Grace Russell Banner.
The addition of an "Awards Page" because, yes, we have won a couple of awards!
New "Guest" login available. Now you can see dead people. The privacy of the living still restricted to registered users who qualify (ie. related).
I still have much to do and add - stay tuned.

October 10, 2011:

I've copied these memorial guestbooks to the website so that they won't be lost:

Recently, I had been notified that Ed's was going to expire 10/14/2011.

Jul 31, 2011:

I attended Keith Banner's memorial service on Saturday at the Preble Congregational Church. Myrna Foster, Keith's sister, conducted the service and did a wonderful job. There were family reflections on Keith by David Brown, Jennifer and Melissa McCray and letters read from Ruth, Myrna's daughter and Berte Olsen. The Frank and Betty Banner family provided most of the musical portion of the service with Jackie Brown playing the organ and Paula Gustafson, Marilee Olsen, Christopher Olsen, and Troy Brown singing together beautifully. Afterward, we all gathered at Frank & Betty's house for some food and conversation. Copies of the program can be viewed here and with alternate cover here or it can be downloaded as a pdf file with both covers here.

May 27, 2011:

May 30th, 2011
Memorial Day

In remembrance of those who've died in service to their country:

Military Page HERE.
External link to the U.S. Medal of Honor winners for all branches of service HERE.
Medal of Honor winner, Col. Webb Cook Hayes, son of President Rutherford B. Hayes and Banner family cousin.
View all Military Records on our website.

May 7, 2011:

New additions to the family all born May 3rd, 2011!

Sy Donald Brown born 9:58am weighing 8lbs 6oz to Shannon & Amber Marie (Ford) Brown.
Identical twins, Richard Xavier & Benjamin Alexander Tordell born 8:30pm to Richard & Lottie (Brown) Tordel. Xavier weighed 6lbs 7oz & Benjamin weighed 4lbs 10oz.

New Babies Slideshow

Apr 12, 2011:

The 150th Anniversary of the start of the Civil War

That shelling of Fort Sumter on April 12th, 1861 was the beginning of one of the bloodiest periods in our history that lasted 4 years ending on April 9th, 1865 with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the Army of North Virginia at Appomattox Court House.

See our Civil War Ancestors HERE.