My researching of family began, after the birth of my grandson Max in 1997, when my daughter-in-law gave me a version of Family Tree Maker. As a child I always loved mysteries. I read my mother's Ellery Queen novels, watched Perry Mason episodes and my favorite board game was Clue. I always thought how challenging it would be to work as a detective. I guess, in my own way, I do.

I firmly believe that our ancestors deserve more than just dates on their memorials. It is because of that philosophy that I try to add as much of the information that is available to me. Thank you for either your help or your understanding when I fall short.

The surnames I am searching and recording;

from my paternal side are:

Gibson, Keller, Miller, Ploehs, Reed, Walkinshaw

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from my maternal side, they are:

Beamer, Cunningham, Nelson, Peterson, Park, Parke, Parks, Perrell, Snow and Wiseman

On my husband's tree they are the following:

Mutscher, Oldendorf, vonGunden

The surname originated from 'von Gunten,' i.e. from the village of Gunten on Lake Thun in Kanton Bern, Switzerland. The earliest known von Gunten was Hans von Gunten who appeared in 1703 and 1704.

For those who wonder...

Why the number of memorials managed is higher than the number of memorials created?

This is due to some generous F*A*G contributors who decided to transfer some of their memorials to myself and others.

Thank you...I feel honored to be one of the recipients entrusted to care for these postings.

Flower quotes

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"Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy"

~~~A chapter completed, a page turned, a life well lived, a rest well earned~~~

~~~A Man Stays Alive as long as he's remembered, Once Forgotten He Dies~~~

~~~May you see the light of your heart shine in those you have touched~~~

~~~Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory~~~

~~~To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root~~~ Chinese proverb

~~~the secret of a long marriage is a short memory~~~

"Death ends a life, not a relationship. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there, you live on~~~"

"The pain of grief is just as much part of life as the joy of love: it is perhaps the price we pay for love."

"Må du fortsätta att vila i frid."

"Death is but a debt to nature due, 

I've paid mine, and so must you."

"The measure of a woman's character is not what she gets from her ancestors, but what she leaves her descendants."

"Live your life so that your memories make you smile."

"Saying good-bye is the most difficult thing in life and we never learn to be good at it....."

-Anonymous

"A monument is erected, not because a person died, but because a person lived."

"Don't judge my choices when you don't even understand my reasons"