Because of a computer crash, I recovered work that ended up with many holes in it.  I 
am currently attempting to fill in the holes and have learned a hard series of 
lessons.  I located my back up disks and (sadly) they were dated 2005....On August 
23, 2009, I took on the huge task of combining all of my files into one so I could 
place all of my information on the page here at Tribalpages.  If you find any 
information that is not correct or find multiple listings for the same person, please 
let me know and I'll do everything in my power to fix the problem.  I can be reached 
here or at my e-mail addy, digginroots@yahoo.com.  If you're offering a correction, 
please send me your source and I'll make sure it's documented.  Please learn from my 
mistakes and back up your files frequently.  I'm trying to catch up for the three 
years of research that I've lost besides....

The information contained in the Kathy Londo Barnes Genealogy Quest page, is 
an on going work.  Since having children and losing parents, I've come to 
believe that it is very important to know about your family.  I like to think 
of it as "a look at the past and a vision for our future"!  This is a huge 
hobby to me and I take the accuracy of the information, very seriously. Not only do I 
think it's important to know where your family came from and what they encountered 
along the way, this information can be used for medical back ground searches.

My mom worked on the family tree for about 20 years.  After her death, I 
packed up her office with the intent of entering her information on a computer
program.  When I started reading some of it, I began to take a deep interest 
in what I saw there.  I always enjoyed history in school, so some of the 
details interested me.  It's come to the point, where Jim and I have planned 
vacations around research. It has taken us to places we probably never would 
have gone to, otherwise.  I've used mom's information as the starting base and 
have been able to expound on it, adding many "twigs, branches and trees" to 
her original work.

Again, I'm open for corrections, please provide your sources. I'm very big on proving 
the information to be correct.  If you have information that can be used for 
updating a line, please e-mail it to me at:  digginroots@yahoo.com  I don't 
want to miss anyone!!  I give permission for family members to use the 
information contained on this site.  Please include sources when you do.  I DO 
NOT give permission for ANYONE (I'm not yelling, just trying to get my point 
across.), to post any information taken from this site, on any PUBLIC message 
board, family tree site, or genealogy site etc, about any LIVING person/s. 
Information on anyone deceased, is a matter of public record.  Please 
site sources when using information on someone who has died, when you've taken 
the information from my site. Thank you. 

Use of this private site is by invitation and if you contact me, I will 
provide you with a pass word, that you'll be able to use to check out the site.

So remember, right now, as you're looking through this site, if you don't see 
your information (and you know that I have it) please be patient. It probably ended 
up in one of the holes and it's taking some time to get the thousands of family 
members, (yes-thousands) back onto the tree.   

The work I'm doing on this tree for 2009 is dedicated to our grandchildren.  We're 
currently at 13 and any new ones the Lord cares to send our way, no matter how He 
cares to send them, we're more than happy to welcome them into our family.  He chose 
to give us six wonderful children.  Four of them & their spouses have contributed to 
the tree, and for that, we are thankful.

The following poem sums up the work that I'm doing.

                                 Dear Ancestor

                      Your tombstone stands among the rest;
                               neglected and alone
                       The name and date are chiseled out
                            on polished, marbled stone
                          It reaches out to all who care
                            It is too late to mourn
                        You did not know that I'd exist
                            You died and I was born.
                        Yet each of us are cells of you
                          in flesh, in blood, in bone.
                      Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
                             entirely not our own.
                       Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
                            one hundred years ago
                       Spreads out among the ones you left
                          who would have loved you so.
                        I wonder if you lived and loved,
                             I wonder if you knew
                        That someday I would find this spot,
                            and come to visit you.
                                -Author Unknown