Synopsis "Our Ancestors: A Narrative History"
We are James Elywn and Rebecca Rae Stanton and this is a narrative account of our family history. We started with almost nothing, in search of our roots, as have many others before us, and had the good fortune to find more than we ever dreamed we could find. It wasn't easy, we went down many blind alleys, were sure that we were on the right track many times only to find that we were wrong, dead wrong. We found that many of the tales told by our own parents were myths, distortions or exaggerations. But in spite of it all, or perhaps because of it all, it was a great paper chase; interesting, enlightening, and fun. It has been four years since we started it and we're still not finished. There are still unanswered questions, maybe they'll never be answered. We don't know that. We don't know if everything we have put down here is the gospel truth either, but we've given it our best shot, and we'll keep giving it our best shot. This book contains the history of four intertwined families, the Stantons, the Meads, the Lindemans, and the Wolfs. In addition to the narratives we include a section entitled "The Mysterious Charles S. Stanton" which recounts the perils and pitfalls our search for the most elusive of our ancestors, our Grandfather Charles S. Stanton. Our family trees are on www.ancestry.com, for access contact Rebecca at rstanton2@kc.rr.com.
