[Administrator’s note: Received this via email from my cousin Doris. I thought it would make a nice addition to the site and have added it with her permission. – 2/17/07]
Just thought I would share a-bit of my life with my family, friends that have known me for years, new friends and some of my email friends that don’t know very much about me…

My Old Home-Place about 30 years ago
There was something supremely satisfying about a life so self-contained and complete unto itself… I lived such a life on the Alabama and Tennessee State Line Road… Now I often sit by my duck pond allowing my mind willingly to go back over the years and re-live the secluded and isolated childhood days I lived here… This simple little cabin and the few acres it sat on provided all we needed to sustain a rewarding life…
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My Aunt Sam (
have spoken with and corresponded with over the last year to announce an important milestone for our Nix DNA project. August 9th will be the one year anniversary of our project’s creation. What an exciting year it has been. It has been thrilling to have so many other Nix descendents throughout the world have expressed so much support, dedication, and interest in the DNA project. I would never have dreamed we would already have so many participants and interested parties following our progress after only just one year.