ABOUT THE JAMES - EVA FAMILY TREE:
 
     First and foremost, I must give credit to my grandmother, Carol Ann (Atcheson) 
Eva, without who's plastic bin full of genealogical research, documents, and old 
photos (in no particular order), this website would not have been possible.

     My family research began with opening this plastic bin (The 
Blue Box).  As I sorted through the names, stories and photos, my knowledge of my 
ancestors grew, but what grew even more was my curiosity of the missing ancestors, 
the un-researched branches that had names, faces, and stories that had yet to be 
discovered and put in their rightful places.

     In the four or so years since I first opened the Blue Box, I 
have expanded on my grandmother's information and begun my own research on the 
missing branches, which included all of my father's side - something I am 
particularly 
proud of as I had to begin it on my own, from scratch.
 

     Along the way, I've found many interesting ancestors like 
Thomas Newcomen who invented the Newcomen Steam Engine that lead to the Industrial 
Revolution and his great great great great great great great great great great great 
great great great grandfather, Hugh le Neucomen who hobnobbed during the Crusades 
with another ancestor of mine, King Richard the Lion-Hearted.  More recently, the 
Hauswirth family, who were some of the first people in my home town, played a very 
important role in the city's growth and development.  My great great great great 
grandfather John R. Hauswirth was the third to sign an 1875 petition establishing the 
city I live in, in what was still called the Montana Territory at the time.
 

     I've discovered my deep roots in America, including immigrants 
to Virginia and the realms of the Pennsylvania Dutch, decades before The Declaration 
of Independence was even an idea as well as grandparents who only recently came to 
the U.S. from Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, England, and Ireland.
  

     I've collected many photographs (seven generations, in some 
cases) and have been amused by the family resemblances passed from parent to 
child.
  

     I've heard and read stories, both saddening and hilarious, 
from books, websites, and talks with family members.

     It has been quite an experience that has blossomed into a 
mildly obsessive addiction that both my mother (whom I must also give credit to for 
her equal effort in this tree) and I have grown to love.

     As of now, I am in the process of putting my work so far 
online, hoping to share it with others while adding to it as I trudge onward in the 
never ending battle with old census records, birth certificates, Google searches, and 
the great mystery of Prussian records.
 

     As anyone who's ever done research into their own genealogy 
knows, some branches are easier to find information on than others.  So, if you 
happen across this site and have any information (names, dates, photographs, stories, 
or anything at all) you believe pertains to this family and would be willing to 
share, 
please feel free to contact me.  Also, if you notice any mistakes, as this is a work 
in progress and I am only human (and sometimes a bit spacey at that), please let me 
know.
   

     Enjoy the site, and sign the guest book if it strikes your 
interest.

     For privacy reasons you cannot view living members of the 
James - Eva Family Tree without a visitor password.  If you are a member of the 
family and wish to obtain a visitor password, please contact me.
  
                                                                
Thank you,
Justin James


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Alberton, Montana - 1942