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It is my sincere hope that we can put together a comprehensive and informative family tree project. I have slipped a few times and called it a study. Don't get me wrong it is not a science experiment nor is it a social studies quiz. When I looked at an early version it looked more like an income tax form, AAAAAAhhh. When I realized what it resembled I changed the colors immediately.
On completion use the SUBMIT button to eMail the form to me directly. Compiled information will be entered to the master dBase. The form is composed as an eMail message within your browser to be mailed to me. A slight delay will be evident as it is send to me when you click the SUBMIT button. This is expected. The eMail message has the information you supplied with small leaders before each tidbit of information. If you are worried about security of the information supplied DO NOT send the form, contact me and we will use another method.

Please refer to the information page before starting. Which is likely where you just came from, but if not this should be read first.

1997 © D2M.

Due to the size required to write the survey as plain as possible and to keep the file size to a minimum, the survey is in TWO parts.
In a nutshell the first part is personal details about you, and the second asks more about your loved ones.

If you are printing the survey to paper and distributing it to those who wish a paper version, please let me know and I can compile a version of this nature from the master data base. It will have some fields entered and will be on a single sheet of paper. Much easier to read and enjoy.

1. Hints at the information page.
2. The first page of the survey starts here
3. If you have children by you or your spouse please complete the second page of the survey.
4. The survey will make sense once you get into it.

MORE about the information supplied:

All information submitted is kept here at the house and entered into the data base for family tree reasons. NEVER at any time will the information supplied be used for reasons of profit or gain. Never at any time will the submitted or compiled information be available for public viewing other than Names, and Relationships sorted in a manner to convey family generations. If a copy of the completed project is requested, please send media of suitable quantity or size and it will be immediately copied and returned. At the moment a Mac version only. Postage paid, I have to talk to the wife first though. She has the cheque book. :)

A note on the size. The printed version is sitting on a shelf in 4 3" binders, FULL of paper.
I have mailed this twice and it took about $30 of postage to get it there. We don't want to kill that many trees do we?
Please keep in mind the project is still in the research stages and will be nearing completion in I hope a year or two. Perhaps longer if this type of endevour does not get to all family members concerned or at least in the know.
A mass mailed survey by Post has been considered but as time so far has permitted not just yet. I still have to capture a fundamental understanding of the family size and depth. Also I would need to have a grasp on those who would be willing to have this arrive by mail rather than just showing up and discarded along with the junk mail.

As of this writing (980102) the project news is on another page. Please check the information page for current news on the project size and media available.

As explained above there might be information that is of a sensitive nature and since any and all facts would be helpful to the thorough completion of the project, you have the first right of refusal. Yes cousins do marry, crimes have happened, murders have occured, adopted family members are all around, there has been tragedies, there has been great joy and always there is bad news along with the good. My bad spelling does not help either. Really to be truthful there is no bad news when it comes to families, sometimes sad but we all grow and the family continues. This does not change who we are nor does it do any harm, what it does do is help to better make us who we are! I will not maintain any information that is forbidden by law or below common moral criteria. Adoption information cannot (by Alberta law) be revealed unless the adoptee is of the age of majority and then only by consent. I am not looking for skeleton's nor acts of uncertain nature.

Several years ago my oldest daughter asked me for a school project (about the family and how every one is loved & such), "Dad, Mom told me her Grampa and Gramma's names, what were yours?" I was speechless. I had very little ideas other than Gramma and Grampa. What else out of respect would a kid call their Grandparents, and through the years why wonder otherwise?
With a bit of research and talking to those elders of the time I found amazing stories of days gone by. As of today most of those stories are going to be lost but the project was begun and I have tried to get as many family members names as I could. Of those hundreds of names I have captured on paper I have come across only about 3 who have had some record of recent ancestors.
Beyond that I have used some (not much) outside resources to find others, the journey has begun.