WELCOME TO OUR COLORFUL
             AND DIVERSE FAMILY TREE!


Mission Statement
 

This website was created to share our family history
through, stories, memories, photos and collected
information. For the past twenty-three years, my sister
and I have been researching our family history, our cousin
Jeanne has been collecting family history for longer than
that. We have been the family 'griots'.

From the past to the present, our journey has taken
us to places near and far. On a quest to gain insight
of how we came to be who we are, from Mexico,
France and Africa they came, some by choice, others
by chain.
Our goal is to continue to capture, preserve and
share our family history. For history not shared is
history lost.

Griot: (pronounced gree-oh) A West African
tradition passed down through many generations
by which a designated clansman functions as an
oral historian for the tribe. The griot often recites
ancestral history through poetry, music and story-
telling.

So in the spirit of the griot, this is our story.