Welcome to the Family Tree Website of Lela Angeline Kelly and James Donald  `Pete` Nance. This site contains much of the information I have uncovered for  the Kelly and Nance families which were combined when Mother and Daddy married  on November 13, 1940, in Pecos, Reeves County, Texas.

I have entered a large part of the information I have for both sides of  the family; but I still have lots of information about the Huelsters, Kellys,  Mounts, Ottos, and Reagans (Mother`s side) and about the Clines, Kellums,  Maxeys, Nances and Smiths (Daddy`s side) that I need to enter. While there is  still much research that needs to be done for both sides of the family, I am  able to do it only as time permits as I continue to stay quite busy with my  volunteer work for Patrick`s school.

Patrick and I visited Mother during his Spring Break last week (March 10- 16) and she opened Daddy`s Army foot locker and found tons of photographs and  important family documents which we scanned and burned to a CD. In addition to  that, Jim Blanchard, Lenora`s husband, burned two CDs full of photos for me to  include. God Bless You, Jim. His photos need little or no work on them so I  can add them to the tree very quickly. His work, as usual, is of the highest  quality. So I have started adding photos for as many people as I can.  TribalPages.com allows a maximum of five photographs for each person. In some  cases I easily have five photos of a person and for others I don`t have any at  all. If you have any photos (old or current) that you are willing to share and  would like included in our family tree we can work out how to get them to me.

I began this project in late July 2002 when Patrick and I visited with  Mother in Pecos. Since then, I have found that it is very difficult for me to  stop working on it once I get going because it is so fun for me, and   when I actually find a real person out there and can get additional information  from him/her..., well, it makes my day! ;-) And believe me I have found quite a  few cousins we never knew existed or with whom we had completely lost contact.  Technology is a wonderful thing and I appreciate it immensely. So far I have  accomplished all my research from the comfort of my own home.

I have learned so much from this process and will share all my information  with everyone as I learn more and more details. So check back here regularly.  In addition, I know there are errors in my work; so please don`t take offense  at them. I would really appreciate it if you would notify me of any corrections  or changes that need to be made.

Also, check out the Other Links I have included. If you need additional  information about accessing any of them, just email me and I will send you the  information you need.

     Thanks for stopping by and I sincerely hope you enjoy your visit.

Polly Nance
 March 21, 2003