Please feel free to ask me anything on here or at [email protected]. You can also find me on Ancestry and FamilySearch. I'm an open book!

I'm connected to the following families (among others):
-Armistead (virtually all branches)
-Carawan, Barber, Neal, Godley
-Highfill, Kilgore, Merrow, Farrow/Farrar
-Miller/Müller, Mauk/Mo(e)ck/Möck, Fulbright/Volprecht/Volbrecht, Hef(f)ner/Häfner/Haffner/Heavener (Pennsylvania Dutch roots)
-Grose, Armstrong, Mullis, Sandiford
-Brown (Franklin Co., Alabama branch)
-Fontaine, Boursiquot, Dabney/d'Aubigné, Coles, Bowles, Taylor, Winston, Killebrew, Burwell

I also descend from:
-President Jefferson's paternal grandfather (my 9th-great-grandfather; 64448260)
-Pocahontas (my 13th-great-grandmother and 10th-great-grandaunt via her sister)
-Martha (Dandridge) Washington's paternal grandfather (my 11th-great-grandfather; 208013296)

My great-grandparents' memorials are all listed in my virtual cemetery titled "Matthew's Greats."
My departed maternal grandmother's memorial ID is 238798791.

Here, I help share relevant information about departed people. Some of them may be my ancestors, some may not. Generally, I will suggest an edit on somebody else's memorial as a result of researching relevant information about that person. Place of death, middle name, etc. are such examples. I also take joy in occasionally uploading photos of people relevant to a memorial, and less frequently their grave.

My favorite part of contributing is encountering people who have not been linked to their parents and siblings. To me, it signifies a posthumous family reunion.

Occasionally, I, too, make a mistake when suggesting edits. I have ancestors that have Sr and Jr suffixes and it sometimes confuses me. Peer-reviewing information is vital to ensuring accuracy.