Many people have contributed to the development of this website, many anonymously. I would like to thank everyone and specifically acknowledge the following listed in no particular order:

• James Clouse for a document on the Ancestors of Donita Jean Hamm, his wife and my half 4th cousin once removed.
• Cris Blanton and Shelia Bradley for the pictures of George Washington Blanton and family.
• Frank Sparks, son of Ora Lee Sparks and Louella Jane Whisman for info on the Whisman family. Frank is my half 4th cousin once removed.
• June Ginn from Colorado State University for information on Dawson "Chet" Littleton and family.
• Dave Hamm, co-author of 'A Short History of the HAM Surname in Virginia & NC', Check out his website: Ham Country
• Diana Harrison Hicks for information on the Harrison family members.
• Evelyn Wyatt for corrections submitted through Rootsweb.com.
• Lisa Sullivan for information on the Earls or Earles family.
• Jacob Hamm, my grandnephew, for pictures of the Bogie and Gilead Cemeteries and other pictures of Hamm ancestors.
• Jason Hamm, my grandnephew, for a photo of his original painting of the Sardis Church and cemetery.
• Mary Campbell for information on the Cooper family.
• Mary Bishop for information on 5th great-grandfather Joseph Pugh, a Revolutionary War veteran.
• Pamela Hamm Jacobs for information on her father, Delbert L. Hamm.
• Rhonda Hamm, 2nd cousin, for information on her great-grandparents, Clella Hamm and Pricie Caudill, and my granduncle, Ben, and other valuable input.
• Fanny Timmer for copies of death certificates and other useful information.
• Charles Gray for pictures of the Kirk family.
• James M. Newman for a manuscript on the descendants of James R. Gooding.