I appreciate the amount of work so many have put into this site. I have made use of it for years as part of my ancestry search, but started providing edits and taking over or creating Memorials about five years ago.

Recently I have started looking for memorials in which there is no linkage to any other family members. As I have time, I try to use ancestry records to connect that person to their family. As an example, I found a child that had died in a small Texas town in the early 1900's and eventually linked her to her German emigrant family that had moved on to Oregon soon after her death.

If I control a Memorial that you have a closer family relationship with, let me know and I will be happy to transfer to you.

All of my grandparents were born in Texas, but their parents came from Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. Further back, I have ancestors that arrived at a wide variety of locations on the eastern seaboard during the 1600's and 1700's.

My closest ancestors on my Dad's side are Gentry, Bailey, Lamb, Covington, Smith, Cook, Neace (or Neese or Niess) and Dukes.

My closest ancestors on my Mom's side are Atcheson (or Atchison), Padgett, Jones, Henderson, Flinn, Ragland, Strahan, Aycock and Manning. Her side has a strong Scottish presence.

I have also been active in looking at the ancestry on my wife's side. All her ancestors are Czech (mostly from Moravia) that immigrated in the 1880's and 1890's. Her grandparents (all born in Texas) are Zalmanek, Matcek (or Macek), Hubenak and Danek. All her great-grandparents were immigrants that eventually made it to Texas (and add Kanek, Mrnustik, Jurina and Sykora names to the list). Only two of her 2nd great-grandparents immigrated (and they came after their children were settled).