"PATHWAYS PLODDED" is the 1st book in a series of 5 books dealing with family genealogy in a unique method. The author presents historical facts, with tales, documents and pictures that lead to him. This volume deals with his maternal ancestral roots. Included in these roots is the English aristocratic Tildens (Tyldens) family that he traced back to a date preceding 1153. in 1190 Sir Richard Tylden invaded the Holy Lands leading his private army to victory beside the King's Army led by future King Richard The Lionhearted.The Burnett family were French Huguenots. Little history is available on this family. The author Robert Franklin Bond will deal exclusively with his Bond roots in Volume #2 "FOOTPATHS TROD."