Hi everyone! my name is Mike Bussard, and I have been doing research on my family and my wife's family since the early 2000's. Most of our families have centered in and around Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio and surrounding counties for the better part of 200 years, but they do branch out into Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana and ultimately back to Germany, England, Scotland, Ireland and Moldova. Perry County, Ohio is of particular interest and where I do much of my research.

Please use any pictures I have taken and feel free to ask for edits. If I manage a memorial of your direct ancestor, and that ancestor is not directly related to one of us, please ask, we'll transfer it.

I ask sincerely of other Find A Grave members, please do not hoard memorials. If you have tens of thousands of memorials, please ask yourself, can I truly do justice to the person, their family, and the memorial itself? It is especially frustrating when transfer requests go unanswered, only to find the member has in their bio that they do not accept messages.

I truly enjoy and appreciate this site. I enjoy getting out and fulfilling photo requests or just taking pictures for memorials missing them. I learn so much by doing this, not only about my own family, but other amazing people that came before me.