What is it?

Well, first and foremost, this site has been developed to help organize and to get to know my own family history.  In the process, I hope to illustrate some of the processes in which this information is collected and analyzed for anyone else's benefit.  Am I a professional genealogist?  Heavens no.  Am I a professional writer or blogger?  Again, a resounding no.  Will we find skeletons in the closet?  Who knows, but that's the fun of it.  During this journey I hope to make new friends, discover lost people, and visit new places.  And I hope to do justice to tell their stories.  Ready?