Strong, Augustus and Rolla in California, Early to mid 1950's

"Any man has had countless myriads of ancestors and among them any number of rich men and beggars, kings and slaves, Greeks and barbarians" - PLATO

A corollary should be that anyone who pursues the hobby of genealogy has countless people to thank, and without further ado, we shall do so: Dennis Belohlavy, LaVonne Bennett, Robert McLemore Butler, Lyn Gentry Cordell, Rhodene Frederick, Linda Nugent Fuller, Ken Harvey, BonnieMargaret Benkelman Jacobs, Nan McCoy Kittell, Carolyn Tomasek Mastny, Keith McGuire, James L. McLemore III, Esq., Melba Gene McLemore, Rev. William P. McLemore, Jo Bossert Peck, Charles Strong, Evon Tisdale, Jeanie Blanton Trimble, Bettye Bragg Wagstaff, Dot Ball Williams, Fay Yeager, and Bennie Zahn. This database could not have been compiled without their help, guidance and inspiration.

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Melinda McLemore and Tom Strong, Website established January 2006, Research began in 1984

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