This index page leads into a family history archive maintained by me, Dave Smeds. If you’ve come here intentionally, chances are you’re a relative of mine, and want to look at the genealogical information I’ve prepared. It is almost as likely that you’re only a relative on one side of my family or another, and your interest is limited to the kin to whom you have the greatest connection. If so, please proceed on to one of the four major sections of the database. These are:
The Branson/Ousley site is devoted to my great-great-grandparents John and Martha Jane, and contains not only a description of their own lives and ancestries, with pictures, but goes on to include a biography, with pictures where available, of each of their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
The Martin/Strader site does the same for Nathaniel and Hannah, another pair of my great-great grandparents, with special emphasis on the family of their daughter Nellie, my great-grandmother, and her husband, John Warner.
The Smeds/Mickelsdotter site is similar to the other two, but starts one generation closer to modern day. After Greta’s death, Herman and his children became immigrants to America, which strikes me as a natural beginning for a genealogy.
The Warner/Alexander site is a little more modest in scope, and in a sense functions as a sub-section of the Martin/Strader area. Only the couple and their children receive full biographies.
I hope you enjoy the site. Please be aware that this is a work in progress. The Branson/Ousley section is complete, but small portions of the Martin/Strader section and Warner/Alexander section still need to be filled in and only a token part of the Smeds section is available. If you want a particular page and it isn’t yet available, my apologies. Rest assured I’m getting to it all as fast as I can.