Welcome to "THE BALL TEAM" which is an attempt to collect together a variety of 
information about the many people who form a solid, varied, and wonderful 
family tree.
We all have memories of our immediate family; uncles, aunts, 
cousins and grandparents. We also remember hearing stories about or seeing 
letters, jewellery or other items that help to recall somewaht hazy memories of 
more distant relatives. Then there are even vaguer memories of relatives 
preserved in brass bound photograph albums, photographed on tintypes or in 
sepia on cardboard as thick as shingles. It is these unique memories of ours 
that we will all add to this website to help bring colour and life to this 
family. I have found that a family is more than just names passed down from 
generation to generation. It is a feeling of belonging that neither time nor 
distance can weaken.
I hope that his website captures some of these invisible 
permanent lines of force and adds to your feeling of belonging to the "Ball 
Team".
I am always interested in hearing from other family historians who share some 
of these branches, or roots, so together we can build a thriving family forest.