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UPDATED    On 2010-05-19 the death of Naida Peterson Sandin was added.  She was my father's sister-in-law and the very last of his siblings and their spouses to survive.  The death date was added to the Charles Sandin family tree.

On 2010-05-28 the marriage of Christopher Lee Sandin to Jessica Leigh Emigh was added.  You will find this in the Elmer Sandin family tree.

This is the START page for SANDIN FAMILY INFORMATION.  Biographies will be displayed right here.  Family tree, pedigree, and some picture pages need the full screen.  Those pages provide for return here by clicking on the SANDIN button.

A word about biographies.  It is really difficult to make biographies specific to one individual in a marriage.  The reader should be aware of this and read the information for both partners to get the entire picture.

This information was compiled from many sources and reflects the best understanding of Pono (Norman Albert Sandin), the author, as of July 2010.  I want to share this information with other members of the extended Sandin-Tillner families in the hopes that corrections and additions can be made before memories are carried away.  Included here is my pedigree, which applies fully to my siblings (see picture below) and partially to others of you who receive it.

My investigations of the family tree are ongoing.  Early on, heavy use of the resources of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) was made.  Their Family History Center and Internet site (http://www.familysearch.org) were invaluable.  More recently, subscription sites have sprung up with all the LDS information and more available online.  In addition, more and more raw data is appearing online, and the pursuit of genealogy gets less and less difficult.

The following pages contain mostly verified information about our ancestors but other things that may be observations or hearsay information.  In cases where it seems to matter, I have indicated the source.  I have found no reason to believe the widely circulated rumor that our ancestors were driven from Sweden because of the dreadful vodka famine.  If you have reason to confirm or challenge any items, please let me know as soon as you can.  I am aging, even as you read this.

I have used a convention intended to help the reader.  Individual names of persons who are directly on the pedigree are highlighted the first time they appear and again where they are discussed.

This picture shows the children of Clarence and Mamie Sandin taken in about 1944.  You see Norman Albert (now known as Pono), Jean Shirley, and Neil Charles.  Yep, I’m the punk!  Let me hear from you.

Pono Sandin                kapono@maui.net
POB 1602
Kihei, HI  96753        pono@sandinfamily.com

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