My genealogy journey began with a story my grandma Florene Morrow Wells told me not long before she passed away of a small black child, Frank Wells, who was a slave in Texas, being raised by my great-great-grandpa, here in Appanoose County, Iowa. I hadn't heard of Frank until that day, however, since then I found he's buried close to my home & was a well respected citizen of my small town. I research my family, my half-brother's (I never refer to him as such) family, and my husband's family. I enjoy taking my children to the cemetery, hunting for headstones.

The majority of memorials I post are individuals I have in my trees. However, I do try to find and fill any photo requests while I'm doing my own research. I have a huge collection of obituaries, funeral flyers, and death notices from newspapers I have bought at auctions or inherited. Occasionally, I need to look for someone in my resources so I check to see if their Find a Grace memorial has all the information given in the obit while I'm at it. If you get edit suggestions from me it's because I have a source. I'm always happy to share!

If I have management of someone that isn't one of my close relatives and the memorial would mean more for you to have it, I'm happy to transfer the management.

My genealogy journey began with a story my grandma Florene Morrow Wells told me not long before she passed away of a small black child, Frank Wells, who was a slave in Texas, being raised by my great-great-grandpa, here in Appanoose County, Iowa. I hadn't heard of Frank until that day, however, since then I found he's buried close to my home & was a well respected citizen of my small town. I research my family, my half-brother's (I never refer to him as such) family, and my husband's family. I enjoy taking my children to the cemetery, hunting for headstones.

The majority of memorials I post are individuals I have in my trees. However, I do try to find and fill any photo requests while I'm doing my own research. I have a huge collection of obituaries, funeral flyers, and death notices from newspapers I have bought at auctions or inherited. Occasionally, I need to look for someone in my resources so I check to see if their Find a Grace memorial has all the information given in the obit while I'm at it. If you get edit suggestions from me it's because I have a source. I'm always happy to share!

If I have management of someone that isn't one of my close relatives and the memorial would mean more for you to have it, I'm happy to transfer the management.