It was a great joy to have found a copy of the "Jackson Ledger" in the Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants Library as it was the breakthrough for several Jackson researchers extending their personal genealogies back to their immigrant ancestor. This became the motivation for this Jackson site as both Jerry and I wanted to share this treasure of information.  Because of the information in the "Jackson Ledger", we became acquainted with the book, The History of the Jackson Family of Hempstead and many different branches of our family came together.

So the information gathered over many years of research by Oscar Burton Robbins and published in the above book was added to the information in the Jackson Ledger.  This was the basic database at the introduction of the website.  Mr. Robbins' book is available on CD and occasionally in hardback on eBay; see Resources.  A copy of the Jackson Ledger is in the Library of Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants and my (Janie) transcription of that document is listed in the Table of Contents on the Home Page.   From this base Jerry and I have added information gleaned along the way from our own research, and the research of a very lot of other Jackson researchers who have generously shared their research.   See the Table of Contents for a list of other Resource material which has been used.

Therefore, the more recent data is from primary sources but the more historical data is a compilation of data from various secondary documents.   Sources are given for nearly all the data but all sources are not equal.   As such, they are subject to error.  Sometimes the various sources have conflicting data.   We have tried to resolve conflicts but sometimes it comes down to just 'best judgment'.  For serious conflicts, see the Conflicting Data page.   If someone has better data, I hope you'll let either of us know.  

On the Resource page we have given links to various source documents so you can read them for yourself.  Some are on this site; some are links to other web sites.  We are grateful for the many folks that have contributed their family information and also want to acknowledge the more active genealogists who are continuing to contribute to the success of this site by listing them on our Contributors page. 

We have tried to follow the Jackson name as far as possible.  Currently we are limiting the lineage of Jackson women to three generations.  Though we break this 'rule' occasionally, for the most part the lineage for Jackson women is limited.  This is an effort to help us better spend our time on the direct Jackson line.  Some of the earlier work included more than just three generations for Jackson women especially if they were included in the Jackson Ledger.

For privacy sake, we must set a cut off date.  If no date or location of death is known, folks born 1907 or earlier are assumed deceased, folks born 1908 or later are assumed living.   (These dates change each year.)  We do collect and keep this information about living people in our data base but they will NOT show on the website.  If you have date or location of death info that you believe would enable those folks to be listed, please contact Janie or Jerry.

Bringing all this together in one place has been a joy.  We hope as viewers find their own connections here, they will contact us to add their family to the branches.    Either of us will be happy to answer any questions about this site and welcome additional information with your name as contact person if you desire.  This Jackson Tree continues to grow because of your help.  You can become an active participant on this site by dropping us an email.

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