Condon, Kleckner, Gilles, Ethen, Milton, Meyer, Mitchell, and Liston Family History

Please note: it's been an interesting project to build this web site and to share the results of my genealogy research with others who are researching their own families.

Many people have contacted me--distant relatives from all over the U.S. and some from Europe and South Africa. It's a little disappointing that the state of the world has now made people more cautious about sharing personal information because of the danger of identity theft and other scams. When I first started collecting family data in the early '70s it wasn't uncommon for a source to provide names, dates, and places for things like births, marriages, and deaths. In fact, people were eager to share the details of their families.

I've been cautious about posting personal information on this web site about people still living, in the hopes that people contacting me will freely exchange family information in return for what they find here. The contacts have slowed down over the years, however, and the data have remained fairly static for some time.

As I've reached my mid-70s I've been thinking about winding down the continuation of this site. Technology, particularly in the area of security, has made certain revisions necessary to even allow users to access the site, and more revisions will probably be necessary in the years ahead. It may come to the point of needing a professional web developer to keep up with needed revisions, something which is beyond what I'm interested in doing.

I'm about to enter a 4-year billing cycle with the company hosting this web site, and I'm strongly considering letting the contract lapse at the end of that period, which will be in February, 2029. That will mark the 30-year anniversary of when I created my first web site to share family data.

So, I wanted to give fair warning to those accessing the data on this site and to let you plan accordingly. There is still plenty of time to contact me about acquiring data that is archived here, particularly the large amount of Ethen data from Europe. I'll keep this page updated as 2029 approaches to keep people informed about the status of the site.

This web site was created to encourage communication between family members and to share the results of my efforts in documenting the specific genealogy of me and my brothers and sisters, but also of use to other relatives. For those relatives interested in reconstructing their own family tree, the information on this site is a start to trace your own lineage.

The material here is divided into sections based on my father's or mother's sides of the family.

On my father's side there are sections on the Condon, Kleckner, and Gilles lines.

On my mother's side there are sections on the Ethen, Meyer, Milton, Mitchell, and Liston lines.

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It is my intent to not post any personal data on this web site about people still living. The family outlines on the Data Page only include listings for people down to my grandparents' generation, most of whom have passed away, to ensure that birth dates, marriage dates, etc. are not posted for individuals still alive.

On the other hand, I have included dates and places for deceased individuals, in the hopes that this information will enable others interested in their family origins to make connections and fill out their family trees. I haven't passed any of this information on to commercial genealogy companies, but rather, hope that users will keep the information only in their private files.

I'm willing to share information about current generations, but only with family members, and with the stipulation that the data remain confidential.