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Welcome! This website was created on Jul 06 2011 and last updated on Jul 15 2019. The family trees on this site contain 540 relatives and 97 photos. If you have any questions or comments you may send a message to the Administrator of this site.
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About The Great Cosmic Scheme of Things!
Hello from Jerry Cahill and Welcome!  In 1988 I started asking questions of relatives and trying  to assemble a family tree. At that time I developed the cartoon that appears above in the photos.  It was called "the Great Cosmic Scheme of Things....You are Here."  The name of the site comes  from the cartoon.

For help using this site, see the Getting Started paragraph below.   You can also watch the help video from Tribal Pages at http://www.tribalpages.com/tpsupport.html

Today with internet technology we can find things a whole lot faster and  share them a whole lot more easily. So I have put my research online. But this site is not just  about my ancestors...the Cahills. If you see your name here, it is about YOU TOO!  I invite you  all, whether aristocrats, Irish gypsies, saints or sinners to delve into the past, present and  future.  Was your great great ancestor a king or a horse thief? :-) Clearly there are whole  lineages from the 1800s and earlier we would all like to know more about. Contact me so we can add  those stories about Uncle Tom, Uncle George, or Aunt Mamie!  I look forward to hearing from you.

WHAT YOU CAN SEE
 __________________________________________________________________________ First, choose an INDIVIDUAL to start with.

1) Select a family name from the PEOPLE button on the Menu bar above, or  click on the NAME LIST below, then select the name of an individual.

A PAGE will be displayed with the person you chose in the middle of the screen and boxes  representing their parents(above) and children(below).

You can use the links in the boxes to walk backwards to parents, grand parents, great grand  parents etc. or forward to view spouse and children.

Click on the ANCESTORS link on the top menu bar to see a chart of up to 7 generations of ancestors Click on the DESCENDANTS link at the top menu bar to see thier descendents. Click on the REPORTS link to generate a number of interesting fan charts and reports.  Click on the PHOTOS links to open a window with one or more photos for that person. Poke around a bit! There is a lot more to see than just a list of names!

ABOUT INVITATIONS AN LOGGING IN.
 _____________________________________________________________________________ You do not have to log in or be a member to look at this site.

As you look through the site, you can see dates, details and notes about our  deceased ancestors. I am allowing this information to be viewed by anyone, because someone,  somewhere may be looking for their ancestor, and may find it among ours. The farther back you go,  the more detail you can see.

BUT...Information about living persons is NOT available to the general public. You will see only a  name.  This is deliberate in order to supress any personally identifiable information.

If you should wish to help with extending the tree, you can request an INVITATION using the small  box in the upper right hand corner of the main page. This will allow you to become a "Member" of the site.  As a member, you can edit the information for your node, your  parents, grandparents, and children. There is no cost to you. You just provide an email address that I will link to your node so you can log in, when you wish to update your part of the family tree. As a member, you can see birthdays and addresses within your node.


Getting Around
There are several ways to browse the family tree. The Tree View graphically shows the relationship of selected person to their kin. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Do you know who your second cousins are? Try the Kinship Relationships Tool. Your site can generate various Reports for each name in your family tree. You can select a name from the list on the top-right menu bar.

In addition to the charts and reports you have Photo Albums, the Events list and the Relationships tool. Family photographs are organized in the Photo Index. Each Album's photographs are accompanied by a caption. To enlarge a photograph just click on it. Keep up with the family birthdays and anniversaries in the Events list. Birthdays and Anniversaries of living persons are listed by month. Want to know how you are related to anybody ? Check out the Relationships tool.

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