APPLETREE.com - FREE FAMILY TREE ONLINE SITE

i look through sites frequently. often when im impressed to, or feel the desire, its not an actual HOBBY for me to do my family history.

allthough i would like to find my fathers family history, just to be able to complete that side of my tree.
so, i seek sites, family history, family trees, genealogy... looking for any and i mena ANY information about my dad: ROBERT ALAN MANNING..

occassionaly, i come across a gem of a site. like this one.

APPLETREE.com

you can input the data, build the family tree, and be connected to any number of other people because of  family connections, being one of the largest online trees in the world.

"Add yourself and your family to the single family tree of the world - it's free!

AppleTree.com is a free website, open to everyone, where facts, stories, photos and more can be openly shared with the world. We are building the human family tree of the world, and we need your help. Add your family to the world family tree at AppleTree.com, and discover a whole new world of information and collaboration with people all over the world.
Millions of people all over the world are actively recording the details of their family history. AppleTree.com is a great and safe place to share that research with the world. With free access and open collaboration, users can quickly and simply grow the information in their family tree.
A simple notification system keeps users informed when information is added or edited from family member profiles. This way we ensure that your content remains updated, and you stay informed."

so, naturally i have an account there.
as i have on any other number of sites out there, also free.

MICHELLE

WIKITREE.COM..And A Possible Lead On My Dad

so, because im starting back up into family history and family tree geneaology stuff, i looked online for all the free sites (very few out there anymore) that i could go to, and either put my family tree (as i know it) or add to it (if i already have an account there).

while i was looking, i found a NEW site...WIKITREE.com

and its kind of like a WIKIPEDIA site for your family tree. and ALLOT like the WIKIFAMILYTREE idea i had myself.

anyway, its completely free and i opened an account, and added my family as much as i can remember:

me, my mom (GAY JOANNE SUITER MANNING)
my dad (ROBERT ALAN MANNING)

my grandparents (mothers) (GERTRUDE LOUISA SUITER/WILBUR RAYMOND SUITER)
my aunt (LYNN GOMORA/DAHL)
my uncles (LEE SUITER/MICHEAL SUITER)
and as many extra relatives off of these individuals as i can place with names and dates.

and, of course i hope that someone would want to lend me some info about my dad.
ive never had a hit on him, on any other website. i never in a million years ever expected to have a hit on this one either.

but tonight. i did!
i came home from picking up my son from a weekend camping trip, and looked in my email to find a COLBY MANNING had left me a message on WIKITREE.com

"Looking for information on my grandfather,

MANNING, ROBERT ALAN (birth)23 Jan 1931 (Death)21 Jun 2008 (P) 77 96720 (Hilo, Hawaii, HI)

Wondering if this might be the same one.

Thanks

Colby"

now, whats really weird, is a few days ago i sent an email off to an individual who has an email address on the LDS site FAMILYSEARCH.ORG about this same individual. waiting a reply back.
and THIS kid comes along, asking me about the very same man im inquiring about.

and...yes theres more.

if you noted the birthdate...january 23 1930, i have suspected , because i saw a calandar a long time ago i used to have but have since lost that had a notation IN january for the name "BOB" (my dad) Birthday. i thought it was noted on the 16th. and....hes older than my mother, i never knew HOW MUCH...but my mom was born in 35, so anytime before that would make him older. EVEN 1930.

the records on FAMILYSEARCH.org say he wasnt married.
but aparently he had children, because this individual who is inquiring says hes his grandson.

could this be my half nephew?
could be.
ive asked him to share with me ANY info he has about his grandfather...so we can trade info and see if theres some kind of connection.

maybe, MAYBE...ive finally found my missing link.

out of ALL the family histories for the MANNING clan, the ONLY name i can find for anywhere within the 1930s is this man ROBERT ALLEN/ALAN MANNING who passed away in 2008 in HILO HAWAII.

if this is the link, i can finally start this side of my tree.
heres to hoping!

MICHELLE

FOUND MY COUSIN JANET ON FACEBOOK

while im rooting around online for information on my dad, i also take breaks to search out info on family members i havnt talked to in years,

just did a google search for my cousin JANET SUITER, and came to a site that had several Janet Suiters (of different ages much older than her) listed, and at the bottom was one name..JANET SUITER MCDONALD and her age was listed as younger than myself. i cant remember the exact age difference between us.

so, because i hang out on Facebook allot, and have had family hit me up on Facebook, i went looking there, and low and behold, there she was!
and she looks exactly the same as she did about 20 years ago! not one day older!
and it seems she has a son. :)

i asked to connect. i need to have her moms address,

and her brothers address as well

..so i can continue on with my family tree, which does include her mothers side of the family.

well see, if she wants to connect.

MICHELLE

and SHE CONNECTED!

I NOW HAVE DREAMWEAVER CS5 FOR DUMMIES BOOK

had craig purchase this DUMMIES book about Adobe Dreamweaver Cs5, so i can get a starting knowledge of how to make a website with this program.

MICHELLE

I HAVE ADOBE DREAMWEAVER WEB BUILDING PROGRAM

i wanted this for the ability to have and utilize the BEST web building program on the planet.

so i have it now, and a world of possibilities are open to me.

MICHELLE

SO DISAPOINTED

my order for the book about part of my family history...wont be coming.

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MICHELLE

WEBPAGE FOR FAMILY TREE BEING PROCESSED

ive decided to have a place for this HUGE project, i needed a web presence for it.

i went around in my mind of weather i wanted to sub domain the family tree web page off of my current existing web page (www.MichelleAWIlliamson.nativity4me.com/ "name would be here", or have its OWN page...

well, i decided to have it have its own page.
reason? i felt the "nativity4me" part would be hard to remember if someone was telling someone else where to go...now, i realize that most transactions for info would be digital, and sent over the web..but there might be a few people who might actually talk about it, and for those few and far between, i wanted the name to be easy enough...

so, i had my wonderful, dear hubby add a new domain for me...

and its currently being processed.

http://MichelleAWilliamson

and it will have a sub domain:

http://MichelleAWIlliamson/MyFamilyTree
DONT GO THERE NOW (5/21/2011) YOULL HIT A DEFAULT ERROR PAGE UNTIL ITS UP AND RUNNING...

simple enough!
and there, ill add, and post, and have everything i can find to do with every branch of my family tree..

MICHELLE