We Are the StoryTellers...

"We are the chosen. In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again, to tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve.

Doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the storytellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called, as it were, by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us, "Tell our story!" So, we do.

In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors, "You have a wonderful family; you would be proud of us." How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say.

It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am I and why do I do the things I do. It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying, "I can't let this happen." The bones here are bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing something about it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish, how they contributed to what we are today. It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family.

It goes to deep pride that the fathers fought and some died to make and keep us a Nation. It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for us. It is of equal pride and love that our mothers struggled to give us birth. Without them we could not exist, and so we love each one, as far back as we can reach.

That we might be born who we are. That we might remember them. So...we do. With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because we are they and they are the sum of who we are. So, as a scribe called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to that one called in the next generation to answer the call and take my place in the long line of family storytellers.

That is why I do my family genealogy, and that is what calls those young and old to step up and restore the memory or greet those whom we had never known before."

~Author Unknown~

Some "Famous" Relatives:

Jacqueline Kennedy (1929-1994)-9th cousin 2 times removed on Lillie Narron (Granny Steve)side of family. Flora Hawkins (1695-1730)10th great grandmother to living Creeches and 8th great grandmother to Jacqueline.

First Lady
 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was married to President John F. Kennedy until his assassination in 1963. Her name has become a symbol of fashion, grace, and glamour.

John F. Kennedy, Jr.(1960-1999) and his sister Caroline-10th cousin one time removed on Lillie Narron(Granny Steve)side of family.Flora Hawkins (1695-1730) 10th great grandmother of living Creeches and 9th to John, Jr.

American Icon
 John F. Kennedy, Jr. was a lawyer, journalist, socialite, and publisher. The son of President John F. Kennedy, John Jr. grew up mainly on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. On July 16, 1999, John Jr. along with his wife and sister-in-law, were killed in a plane accident over the Atlantic Ocean.

Vann/Strickland (Carrie Lee Vann- Granny Craig) Some of the Many Famous Family Relations:

William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)-Newspaper magnate.
 Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893)-19th President of the United States. D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)-English Author.
 Isaac Newton (1643-1727)-Scientist, Mathematician
 Edward Tilly (1588-16210-Mayflower passenger.
 Eli Whitney (1765-1825)-American Inventor.
 Walt Disney (1901-1966)-American Animator.
 Julia Child (1912-2004)-American Gourmet Chef.
 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)-American Author.
 Orville Wright (1871-1948)-American Inventor.
 Lillian Gish (1893-1993)- American Actress.
 J. P. Morgan (1837-1913)-American Banker.
 John Steinbeck (1902-1968)-American Author.
 Elvis Presley (1935-1977)-American Entertainer>
 Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)- 40th President of the United States. William Holden ( 1918-1981)-American Actor.
 Elizabeth Browning (1806-1861)- English author and Poet.

Just to name a few…