As you know if you have been following the Blog, I am related to the Captain of the Titanic, Capt. Edward John Smith.  Well one thing most people don’t know it I have another site called the Enchanted Titanic.  Where I do have many cool fact on that site about the captain and the ship there is something a bit more special about that site.  It is called Children of the Titanic. 

Now who are the Children of the Titanic you ask.  Well it is anyone that is related to someone that was on the ship.  Crew and passengers alike.  These people have been coming to the site (or section of another site when it first started out) and telling their story.  Some people are in search of information about their relative and stop by and leave a note, telling what they know so far and asking for more information.

I even tell my story there on how I found out I was related to the Captain.  There are stories that will make you laugh and some will bring a tear, but most are just very cool facts.  Talking about facts we even have a section called the “believe it or not” were a very good friend of mine and author, Donald Allen Kirch (link is to his author fan page) got me started on this.  He also has some wonderful books out and some are about the Titanic.  He even published one of my letters to him in his books on the Titanic.  I was so honored to be able to be part of his books. 

Well this is a lot of interesting things going on at the Enchanted Titanic so after you done reading on this site jump over there and find some interesting reads.  And don’t forget to stop by Donald’s Facebook Fan Page and become a fan.

I am related to the Captain of the Titanic, Captain Edward John Smith.  First let me explain what the Titanic is all about before I get into any family related information.

The RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner owned by British shipping company White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. At the time of her construction, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world.

Shortly before midnight on 14 April 1912, four days into the ship’s maiden voyage, Titanic hit an iceberg and sank two hours and forty minutes later, early on 15 April 1912. The sinking resulted in the deaths of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. The high casualty rate was due in part to the fact that, although complying with the regulations of the time, the ship did not carry enough lifeboats for everyone aboard. The ship had a total lifeboat capacity of 1,178 people, although her maximum capacity was 3,547. A disproportionate number of men died due to the women-and-children-first protocol that was followed.

The Titanic used some of the most advanced technology available at the time and was popularly believed to have been described as “unsinkable.”[6] It was a great shock to many that, despite the extensive safety features, the Titanic sank. The frenzy on the part of the media about Titanic’s famous victims, the legends about the sinking, the resulting changes to maritime law, and the discovery of the wreck have contributed to the continuing interest in, and notoriety of, the Titanic.

Welcome this is the section I will be posting about the Titanic family Genealogy.