I'm grateful for those who came before me, creating memorials for my family members. I have enjoyed learning about their lives, leaving thankful for my living community. My time spent here visiting family memorials has helped me realize that we are all one family.

As I've researched our family, I've wept with ancestors whose stories have moved me deeply, I've rejoiced learning of romances that blossomed into marriage celebrations, producing children who carried within them the DNA that is part of my life. The One in the family I cherish most is our beloved Jesus, whose finished work upon the cross has become our invitation to be welcomed into an eternal life that begins with our life on earth. All generational curses were taken to the cross when He died. You are free to live a life blessed by an eternally good Father who loves you, and wants to express His love through you to the world around you. If you have not already encountered His love, may you find that in your journey through these pages.

Researching the following surnames:

Boon(e) (North Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri)

Broughton (Kentucky, Missouri)

Corse (Missouri, Oklahoma, California)

Dotson (Missouri)

Douglass (Tennessee, Missouri, California)

Foster (Missouri)

Greathouse (Illinois)

Livingston (Ohio, Iowa, Pennsylvania)

McKinnis (California, Missouri, Kentucky, North Carolina, Scotland)

Olmsted/Olmstead (Indiana, New York)

Oller/Ollar (Missouri, Tennessee)

Norvell (Missouri)

Pierpoint/Parepoint/Pearpoint (Missouri)

Pomeroy (Indiana, Massachusetts)

Rian/Ryan (North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Oklahoma, California)

Twedell (Kentucky, Missouri)

Valleau (Michigan, California)