• I love cemeteries! I started out on Ancestry, which led me obituaries, which led me to cemeteries. Most of my breakthroughs have come through both. But the further back you go, I find cemeteries to be the primary source of information you can't find elsewhere. My goal is to connect as many ancestors together, through FindAGrave, as possible! If they're not connected together through their gravesites, they feel lost to me.
• I don't take photos, but I love to research! I don't drive and most would be out of reach regardless. So for every photo that gets claimed, thank you is not enough! I truly appreciate each and every one, as they usually lead to someone you wouldn't know otherwise.
• And I'm sorry in advance, I'm that person that will have a crazy amount of suggested edits. I love to research. Sorry beforehand, and sorry again!

Paternal Surnames:
• Otis (Forrest City, Iowa )(pre-1850s New York, Massachusetts)(England)
• Donahue (Forest City IA, Ireland) *stuck/need help
• Kieth, Begg, Bain, Dunnet (Graham County KS, Caithness Scotland)
• Clark (Graham County KS)
• Bailey (Graham County KS, Massachusets)
• VanOrden (Iowa, Michigan, New York/Jersey)
• Reccord (Iowa, Kansas)
• Personett (Indiana, East Coast)
• Edmunds (Vermont)
-4 branches of my family tree are Clarks -Both of my paternal 2nd great-grandfathers were Clarks, making BOTH of my paternal great-grandparents Clarks by birth, before my great-grandmother Clark married a Clark.

Maternal Surnames:
• Tegen, Matthias(Manitowoc WI, Germany)
• Siebers (Manitowoc WI, Switzerland)
• Duchon, Pech, Kugel/Kukl (Manitowoc WI, Bohemia)
• Perrinjaquet (Clayton County IA, Switzerland)
• Schlee (Clayton County IA, Germany) * Stuck but actively working on it
• Kuehl (Clayton County IA, Germany) *stuck but actively working on it
• Krieg, Kiesling (Clayton County IA, Germany)