A Family's Saga

Welcome cousins! For the past fifteen years I have been researching our family tree and gathering information about our grandparents and their ancestors. Their lives were often fraught with hardship, but they were strong, vital people. How bravely they sailed across oceans, journeyed across mountains, and kept rolling their heavy wagons westward until they finally settled near Jacksonville, Texas in beautiful, verdant Cherokee County.

Sadly, however, each passing generation takes with it a wealth of wonderful stories and memories that are too soon forgotten. So many of our beloved family--parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents--are gone from our lives, but not from our hearts. Those of us who remember them need to honor their lives by sharing their stories and photographs with future generations.

I hope you will join me in building a permanent record of our family's history for all of us to enjoy. I want our children to know who their ancestors were--not just their names and dates of birth--but to know them as real people: funny, cranky, optimistic, hard-headed, intelligent, skilled--whatever attibutes apply. Together we can leave our children a beautiful legacy of two true Texas families who helped to build a great state and a great nation.

In order for you to participate in this research project, you must be a family member (either by birth or by marriage) and you must register for a User Account. Once you are approved, you will have access to the entire site. For security purposes, only approved users will have access to the database. I would love to hear your thoughts or comments about this site, so please feel free to email me. I look forward to hearing from you!

Vickie Gibson Poe

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations; ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. Deut. 32:7