Along with the good fortune of having inherited this collection has come the quandary of how best to share it to others who may be interested. At one point, I considered simply adding the material to my Ancestry.com family tree and thus making it available through that site. My reason for not going in that direction was specifically because I wished to provide this collection to others without the cost of a commercial site such as Ancestry. And so, I have created this site and make it available without cost or requirement to register.
Having gone that far, it seems antithetical to restrict the use of this material in any manner. However, this site does represent some cost and much time on my part as well as a considerable amount of, as yet un-billed, time and professional expertise on the part of my niece. In consideration of that, I ask simply that if and when you do repost any material from this site, you give hbsmithsshazen.com full and proper acknowledgment.
Thank you.