THIS SITE IS ABOUT "LINKING THE LAYTONS" BEGINNING WITH MY GRANDPARENTS EARL DAYMON LAYTON AND MARY  LOUISE WELLMAN.   THEY LIVED IN CONKLIN, NEW YORK.   I DID NOT KNOW MY GRANDPARENTS.   MY  GRANDFATHER DIED THE YEAR I WAS BORN AND I WAS ONLY 2 WHEN MY GRANDMA DIED.   AS I WAS GOING  THROUGH MY MOTHERS PHOTOGRAPHS AFTER SHE DIED, I REALIZED THAT I HAD SO MANY RELATIVES, BOTH ALIVE  AND DEAD, THAT I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT.    AS I SEARCH MY ANCESTRY, I'M FINDING THAT EVERYONE HAS A  STORY TO TELL.    SOME GOOD, SOME NOT SO GOOD (WE ALL CAN'T BE ANGELS), SOME EXTRAORDINARY, SOME  TRAGIC.   EVERY ONE OF THESE STORIES IS WHAT HAS MADE OUR FAMILY WHO WE ARE TODAY.   IT IS A SHAME  THAT FAMILIES SEEM TO DRIFT AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AS LOVED ONES PASS.  I WANT TO FIND OUT WHO MY  ANCESTORS ARE AND SHARE THIS WITH MY FAMILY.   HOPEFULLY IT WILL INSTIL A DESIRE IN THEM TO GET TO  KNOW THEIR FAMILY, PAST AND PRESENT BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THEM IS SPECIAL IN THEIR OWN WAY, THEY ALL  HAVE A STORY TO TELL, AND THEY ALL CONTRIBUTE TO OUR FAMILY LINEAGE. "FAMILY IS FOREVER!!