Taking a Trip into the Past - Researching My Family History

I always enjoyed listening to stories told by my parents and grandparents about their childhood, family memories, stories of "the good 'ol days".  I only wish I would have paid more attention when my grandparents and their siblings were living.  But, as is typical for most children/teenagers, I would listen to the stories but not listen well enough to retain many of the details.  Now that I am an adult and have children of my own, I feel like it is important for me to make a record of those stories to pass down to my children so they will know their ancestors on a more personal level.  I feel it is important to not only know names and dates, but to feel a personal connection, to be able to have a glimpse into their day-to-day lives.  This blog will chronicle my attempts to make that a reality.

I will be attempting to trace my paternal grandparents' (Joseph Jonaitis and Mary Radomski) entry into the United States and their lives prior to immigration in, I believe, Lithuania.

A few of the surnames I will be researching are: Loreth, Lorett, Jonaitis, Hays, Burress, Wilson, Blankenship, Radomski, McDowell.  

I invite you to contact me if you are also researching any of these surnames.  Maybe we are looking for the same family line.  Maybe I have information that could be useful to you.  Maybe you have information that could be helpful to me.  Who knows....maybe we are related.