My maternal grandmother, Maude Bryan Beard, sparked my interest in family history when I was a child. Then a high school Texas History teacher, Frances Nesmith, opened the doors to research. So for over 45 years, I have researched my family lines that prove me to be a 7th generation Texan.

I grew up in Austin and now live in San Antonio, Texas and love helping other researchers.

Rearching my lines: Beard, Bingham, Johnson, Dyches, Bryan, Jarrell, Anderson, May, Denman, DeGraffenreid; amd the lines of my husband, Morgan, Gray, Byerley, Sanborn, Matuski, King, and Peoples.