Greg Lamberson's Genealogy Website

About this site

This site serves as a surname clearinghouse for Lamberson and Lambertson families as well as a place to publish my personal genealogical material and associated area and other history. My mother's family come from Fayette and Bond Counties in central Illinois, and my dad's come from the northeast Missouri counties of Pike and Ralls. Some of my parents' ancestors lived in counties adjacent to those listed above (most notably Montgomery Co., IL, and Marion & Shelby Co., MO). In most cases, I have my lineage traced back to previous generations and places. Please view the family pages and browse the database for more information on these families.

    Here are some of my guiding principles in publishing this site.

• Content Over Design  This site will always be more about its content than its design. I am a computer professional with over 10 years of experience in the field, but website design is not my favorite thing on earth. More importantly, if I spend time on the design, data does not get published. Also, there are limitations on what types of design elements I can implement due to the hosting services of Rootsweb.com (but I love them!). Therefore, data will always win out over design here.

• Data Integrity  I will always try to provide reliable data here. If you have any questions about any data you see here, please contact me so I can look into it or give you proper source information. While I expect to incorporate information from other researchers who have more information on certain Lambertson and Lamberson families than I do, I will make every effort to ensure that any information provided meets high standards.

    The genealogy software that I use to house my data and publish this site consists of two products:

• The absolute best genealogical project management and database software available, The Master Genealogist version 6.x from Wholly Genes Software, Inc.

• A companion product for publishing TMG databases (also the best of its kind that I have ever seen, hands down) from John Cardinal called Second Site.