McDowell & Bates Family Saga - Family Tree for Bates, Palmer, Sherwood, Lee, McDowell and 239 other surnames.

Welcome! This website was created on 07 Sep 2004 and last updated on 05 Jul 2008.There are 993 names in this family tree.The earliest recorded event is the birth of Sherwood, Thomas 1586 in 1586.The most recent event is the birth of Cox, Brady Paul in 2008.

My name is Kathie McDowell Eastin and I am the webmaster of this site. Please contact me if you have any comments or feedback.

About McDowell & Bates Family Saga

 A special thanks to Mina Townsend Bates & Kelly McDowell Schifferle for they 
  did the real work in pulling together this wonderful history of our family!

         "Part of accepting who we are is knowing where we came from.
   This is for all of those involved in creating the McDowell`s & Bates...
            for all of us now...and for all of us in the future!"

      "This family will go on. We`ll live and love and stand together.
           Beyond today, across the years, this family is forever!"

List of Last Names
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Useful Links

Getting Around
There are several ways to browse the family tree. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Your site can generate various Reports for each name in your family tree. You can select a name from the list on the top-right menu bar.

In addition to the charts and reports you have Photo Albums, the Events list and the Relationships tool. Family photographs are organized in the Photo Index. Each Album's photographs are accompanied by a caption. To enlarge a photograph just click on it. Keep up with the family birthdays and anniversaries in the Events list. Birthday and Anniversaries of living persons are listed by month. Want to know how you are related to anybody ? Check out the Relationships tool.