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Shannon / Durand Family History Project

How well do you know the 8,840 members of your family?

One of our cousins, Brian Shannon and his wife Janet - our California cousins - have been working hard to put together a comprehensive genealogy of his family, including the Durand descendants. I was amazed to see the fruits of Brian's labor of love. See information below about Brian and Janet.

Find your family and see Brian's (and the Durand's) family tree/history on Ancestry.com

  • If you have not yet received an email from Brian or Janet inviting you to their Ancestry.com web page, for now, please contact me, Glenn Currier, and I will forward your name and email address to them so they can send an official invitation to you that will enable you to see the family history.
  • As an example of what you can see on these pages, I looked up my little piece of the family history. Click here to see it.

How to participate in this family history project

  1. Send pictures of your family (parents, grandparents, children, grandkids, anyone remotely related to the family).  
  2. Be sure to identify who you are (as the sender)
  3. If you can but not required identify:
    1. Who is in the pictures
    2. Dates
    3. Descriptions or stories about people, homes, etc. in pictures. Brian can put lengthy descriptions on the site along with pictures.
  4. Help Brian build stories of your family by sending descriptions of special events, drawings of homes, etc.

How do I send pictures?

There are numerous ways to get your pictures and/or documents (up to 8 1/2 by 14) to Brian for his files, some of which he will use on the Shannon/Durand family history project.

  • Send images
    • Electronic images in one or more of the following formats: jpg, tiff, pdf, bmp, psd, pdd
    • By email (preferably no more than 10 megabytes per email message)
    • By U.S. Mail (USPS) - he will mail it back in as good or better condition as he gets it
      • Flash drive (mail it and he will mail it back to you)
      • CD or DVD
      • Hard (paper) copy (photos, etc).
        • He can even use albums or boxes of photos and documents.
        • He will scan the material and send it back to you.

About Brian and Janet Shannon

Image: Brian and Janet Shannon
Janet and Brian Shannon

Brian says that doing this project "...has been the most amazing journey of my life full of amazing journeys.  The things I’ve discovered and learned about our family are impressive and amazing.  Everyone should be rightfully very proud of their heritage."