THIS WILL ALWAYS BE A PROJECT IN THE WORKS. I ADD TO THIS SITE ALMOST DAILY SO CHECK BACK OFTEN !! IF YOU DON`T SEE YOUR NAME AND YOU KNOW IT SHOULD BE IN THERE, EMAIL ME WITH YOUR INFO SO I CAN ADD IT OR TELL YOU I ALREADY HAVE IT BUT HAVEN`T GOTTEN AROUND TO ADDING IT YET.

HAVE PHOTO`S YOU`D LIKE TO HAVE WITH YOUR ENTRY? SEND THEM TO ME AND I`LL ADD THEM TOO.

I STARTED THIS PROJECT IN 1992 BUT THE INTEREST WENT WAY BACK TO WHEN I WAS ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD HEARING MY GRANDADDY(CANTER MILBURN) TALK ABOUT`THE GOOD OLE DAYS`. I WONDERED FOR YEARS WHO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WERE.
 NOW I KNOW.

MY JOURNEY TOOK ME TO COURTHOUSES,ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES. I`VE BEEN IN TOO MANY CEMETARIES TO COUNT. I`VE MET DISTANT RELATIVES IN PERSON OR THROUGH EMAIL AND MAIL IN MISSISSIPPI,KANSAS,MARYLAND AND ALL OVER THE U.S.. WHO WOULD`VE THOUGHT WHEN OLD JOHN(I) MILBOURNE CAME TO FREDERICK COUNTY,VA. IN 1743 THAT SO MANY LIVES WOULD BRANCH OUT IN SO MANY DIRECTIONS? THERE ARE DOCTORS AND LAWYERS AND BRICKLAYERS AND FARMERS. WE COVER ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND ARE A VARIED GROUP.

ONE THING I FOUND IN EVERYONE I`VE MET OR TALKED TO ,THE ONE COMMON THING IN ALL OF THEM IS...THEY LOVE A GOOD LAUGH. THIS IS A FUN-LOVING FAMILY!!! GREAT SENSES OF HUMOR.
  
 CERTAINLY LEAVING ALL THEY KNEW AND THEIR HOME IN ENGLAND,COMING TO A NEW WORLD AS AN INDENTURED SERVANT WAS NOTHING TO LAUGH AT BUT ,THEY DID COME AND THEY SURVIVED, WHATEVER CAME THEIR WAY.
  
 THESE PAGES ARE THEIR STORY AND OURS.  ENJOY THEM AND SMILE!                            SHARON