Note: regarding the RFamilyData.com website purpose and the original benefactor.

Edna Lucile Jones Leiser made available to the webmaster a portion of the funds that belonged to her step-sister Katherine Marty Fitz-Gibbon.  It was decided that all those funds would be spent on a passion of Katherine's, which was the meticulous recording and preserving of family records and photos.

Katherine, Edna, and their mother, probably more than anyone else in the extended family, were aware of, and met closely, with many of their many relatives.  Not only with their local travels, but also with their extended travels about the country.

Hopefully, this Genealogy effort will bring many close relatives together that never knew one another.

Subsequently, with the growth of the Internet in the ‘90s, through various reunions that came about because of this effort, many “lost” and unknown relatives from many thousands of miles apart, found one another.  And, also, some close relatives that lived quite close to one another, who had never met, got together and formed lasting friendships.  Also, many others that knew little of "family" history learned of their roots.

Also, many of those that have contributed data and photos have enjoyed knowing that they are contributing to the enjoyment of the many persons that will follow through generations to come.

Thus, this website, with the help of many, grew in accuracy while adding many thousands of related persons and completely unknown family trees.  In this 21st century, much of the earliest family history and photos are rapidly becoming forever lost.  Their preservation, particularly in a format of high resolution, is of the utmost importance.

And of course, the RFamilyData genealogy is expanding horizontally with the exponential addition of "trees" faster than it is expanding with new generations.

In addition to the goals of: 1.) Preserving records for posterity for the access of all interested persons, which especially includes those of unborn future generations; and, 2.) Bringing closely related people together who were never aware of one another; it was realized that assets could be developed that could provide for the expenses of reunions and as a subsidy for reunion travel expenses for many that wished such as an aid to meeting one another as often as possible.

Currently, RFamilyData.com is the most accurate, largest collection of linked photos and data of Isely/Marty relatives (about 1100 different surnames) found anywhere on the Internet.

Thus, 3.) For others, in the spirit of Edna, a non-profit trust fund has been proposed for the purpose of protecting said history and photos, while providing reunion funds.      ~ Webmaster@RFamilyData.info