So far you havenÔt asked any questions so I will answer ones that I imagine you have but are afraid to ask ;-)

Who are you and why are you doing this?

I am a daughter of a woman who taught elementary age children for many years, (one of her students thanked her, Òif you hadn't stuck with me I would have never learned to read.Ó), and a man who farmed almost his entire life, starting with horses, and was only able to finish to the eight grade so his sisters could go on to high school, but he would read from the encyclopedias bought for his daughters.

I am the older sister to a fabulous woman who quilts, gardens and moves houses.

I am a mother to one of the most intelligent, delightful and beautiful young woman on Earth.

I am a friend to really creative, passionate people; IÕve even brushed shoulders with a few individuals of newsmaking note.

I am a Gemini, an artist, a curious person.

I am a spiritual being.

I am a serious introvert (extroversion strikes my introversion as shallow and flighty and yet I long for the extrovertÕs easy courage to advance into any situation).

For those into Jungian typology I am a NFPI.

I am a teacher whether I am employed as a teacher or not.

I am a web worker- I canÕt call myself a web master but I do control several domains where I toil to put up the best possible (high content, easy to navigate, curiousity inspiring) web sites. I might add it is a bit like one of the tasks of Psyche of Greek myth- sorting out the seeds....

I am also a granddaughter many times over to a lineage of individuals I can only know by faded facts inscribed on fragile paper and in memory.

ThatÕs why the genealogy pages. I am not looking for ÒimportantÓ lineage, I am seeking life stories, struggles and outcomes.

ÒI am, therefore I link.Ó, just a play on Decartes famous, ÒI think, therefore I am.Ó

Rae Petersen

(Please check back as I will post additional info as it becomes available.)