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Welcome to our website! My name is Marty Grant. I created this website as a means to easily share my documented genealogical research with anyone who was interested. My ancestry is mainly in the eastern United States, primarily in North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), Georgia (GA), Tennessee (TN) and Virginia (VA). I also have roots in Pennsylvania (PA), New Jersey (NJ), Maryland (MD), Kentucky (KY), Illinois (IL) and Colorado (CO).
I created this site in 1996, and by 2009 it had grown into a behemoth of over 2,600 web pages, each equaling numerous printed pages. It was so large that I have serious trouble keeping it up to date. Despite the massive size there are still numerous families that I have never had the chance to create pages for. To remedy that I'm transitioning from static web pages to a TNG website. It will take time, but it will make it much easier to maintain. The TNG style is quite nice to use and easy on the eyes.
The site gets over a million hits every year and I get tons of emails from people asking for additional information. I love getting those messages, but there are so many of them that I can't answer them all. I try, but fail miserably.
In addition to the website I have also written several books on my family, and am working on several more. My goal is to eventually have a book published on each of my ancestral lines. That will take the rest of my life to accomplish as it is a slow process.
If you've enjoyed this site, please consider helping me out by visiting the support page. There are various ways you can help. It isn't required, but any help is much appreciated!
I also "work for a living" as a software developer and we have a great product out called "Working Church" which is for small and medium size churches to keep up with their membership, contributions, and such. We have another product called "Working Broadcaster" which is for small TV and Radio stations to keep up with donations and "share-a-thons" and such.
My wife Karla is a Court Reporter for the State of North Carolina. That keeps her pretty busy, but she also finds time to sell Arbonne health and beauty products. She doesn't do any genealogy work herself, I do all of that for the both of us.
We also have a Christian section on the website with some interesting articles on various Biblical and Christian subjects and some useful links. We attend Kinston Baptist Temple, an Independent Baptist Church.
martygrant.com received 1,318,736 hits in 2009. The record was set in 2005 with over two million hits!