TO RECIVE THE PASSWORD FOR THIS SITE YOU MUST SIGN MY GUEST BOOK, GIVE A LITTLE 
INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR RELATION TO THE TREE AND INCLUDE YOUR E-MAIL 
ADDRESS SO I CAN FORWARD YOU THE INFORMATION.  I WILL RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND 
WILL NOT REFUSE ANYONE WILLING TO FOLLOW THESE STEPS.  I DONT WISH TO DENY ANYONE 
ACCESS WHO IS LEGITIMATELY INTERESTED IN THE FAMILY HISTORY, BUT I MUST ALSO DO WHAT 
I CAN TO PREVENT IDENTITY THIEVES FROM PINCHING INFORAMATION.

Hello to All!

Building this site has been a fascinating journey into the past as well as the 
present.  The biggest reward has been the contacts made with lost or previously 
unknown relatives.  I must acknowledge that this website would never have been 
possible were it not for the contributions of many other geneophiles who have been 
kind enough to donate their knowledge and resources.  Where possible I have tried to 
credit these individuals with the information they provided, but I must admit that in 
some cases I have lost track of who provided what.  If you are one of the 
accidentally neglected, please drop me an email and I will be sure to give the proper 
credit.  I have included links to the websites of many of these people. If you have a 
site you would like me to provide a link for, do not hesitate to ask.

I also have to acknowledge my father Eugene McEvoy for getting this project started 
and for contributing hours of his own research to the effort. Also, I must acknowledge
my mother Betty Lee McEvoy (Forrest) 1928-2001 who never threw anything away, and 
Albert Croft who provided some of the lineage and fascinating memoirs before his 
passing in the late 1980's.


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HELP THIS SITE BE ITS BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CONTRIBUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The information compiled here is literally the result of hundreds of hours of 
squinting in front of a computer monitor and waking up late for work from lack of 
sleep.  No matter how many hours I spend digging through old records, I will never 
see those photos tucked away in that shoebox on the top shelf of your closet. Those 
photos are what give a face to the people in this tree.  Without them many of the 
people here are still somewhat lost to history.  By contributing you are not only 
giving other people the chance to enjoy them, but you are also preserving them for 
the future.  We recently discovered a box of dozens of my mother's old family photos 
tucked away under the eves sadly placed in the exact spot where the roof decided to 
quietly spring a leak.  Perhaps years of this unnoticed slow drip turned photos that 
had survived the generations from memories into pulp. I hate to think what was lost.  
I only wish I had scanned them and shared them with someone so that they could at 
least be digitally recovered. If you are not inclined to share them, take the time to 
scan them, you are their custodian and time is not their friend. With that said, I 
hope you enjoy this site.

LASTLY, PLEASE VISIT MY COMPANION SITE AT www.mcevoyfamilyhistory.com