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biographies of living Mefford decendants

histories and photos regarding locations important in the Mefford history

a bulliten board for queries, questions and answers

David Mefford's main index for his Internet sites

A seahable genealogy database for the Mefford Family, including
Meffert, Peterson, McPherson, Kivett, Cox, Mershon, Hackney and Whitaker.
Also the Ja ckson Fa mily, including, Anderson, Madsen, Pederson, Vance and Perkins

FAMILY DATA BASES

Mefford	Peterson	Kivett	McPherson
Jackson	Madsen	Anderson	Vance
Cox	Whitaker	Pederson	Perkins

THE MISSION

1. Share genealogy information.
2. Assist others in understanding and appreciating their heritage.
3. Promote and encourage family organizations
4. Encourage and facilitate association between descendants.

Congratulations to all of us!!!
The Family Search Internet Genealogy Site added us to their list of
supplemental pages this summer. With this new exposure, we have jumped
to over 500 hits a month.

ANOTHER NEW FEATURE

Family Search Internet Genealogy Site
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (the LDS Church or the Mormons.) recently opened public access to the largest genealogy data base in the world. It is called Family Search. The LDS Church has over 2 1/2 billion names in their data bases, with several million names now in the searchable internet data base and more being added as time and resources permit. Many of these names are linked to other family members making it easier to connect families together. Please use your own resources to verify the information you receive. The information contained in the data base was submitted by individual church members and is only as accurate as the submitter. There are avenues to correct inaccurate information. Please use this resource. It is the best and largest in the world.
For more information regarding the site.

There is also a beta version of the Family History Library Catalog, a complete listing of all the millions of records in the Family History Library, including; books, microfilm and microfiche. These are the records which have been filmed or collected from all over the world over the past 150 years by the LDS Church. To give you a sample of what is available, a search for "wolverhampton" brought up the following results:

Place:
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton
Topics:
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Archives and libraries
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Archives and libraries - Inventories, registers
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Cemeteries
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Census
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Church history
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Church records
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Church records - Indexes
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Description and travel - Guide-books
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Directories
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - History
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Maps
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Occupations
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Population
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Schools
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Taxation
                England, Stafford, Wolverhampton - Vital records

Microfilm and microfiche can be sent to a local Family History Library in your area for your own personal perusal. It is available to you, whether you are a member of the LDS Church or not. The local Family History Centers are staffed with volunteers who are eager to help you in your search for your ancestors. Check out the list of local Family History Centers to find the one nearest you.

My Family.com

Check out My Family.com to organize a web page for your family. You can leave messages, set up a calendar of events and just simply stay in touch. It's just another tool to bring families together.

Ancestry Global Search

You can search for your ancestors from different data bases totaling several million names
using the following search engine. Let me know if it is of any value to you.

MY MOTIVATION FOR THIS PAGE

I remember as a youth, sitting in my fourth grade class on Veteran's Day, when the teacher asked who had relatives that had served in any of our country's wars. I was embarrassed because I knew of no one. To my knowledge, all of my ancestors had been farmers or blacksmiths. None of them had honored their country or me by serving bravely to defend our freedom. Now as a man, our family having done considerable research, I know that I had at least two Meffords serve in the Civil War. My great, great, great uncle, Sylvester Mefford, died at Mars Hill, Arkansas, and James M. Mefford, my great, great, great grandfather was captured by the Rebels but escaped before arriving at Andersonville Prison. I also had at least a dozen ancestors serve in the Revolutionary War. Not to mention the probability of those who served in Germany during the Thirty Years War when the Swedes besieged Wachenbuchen for months in the early 1600's. What a legacy of bravery, heroism and courage I have. I hope and pray that the information contained here can teach and motivate not only my children, but many of the thousands of decedents of these courageous individuals who risked all they possessed, even their lives, to preserve the freedoms we now enjoy.

David L. Mefford