I have been researching my family tree for over 25 years. I've always been interested in history. My Maternal Great-Grandparents came from De Smet, South Dakota. They lived there in the same time period as Laura Ingalls Wilder of the Little House on the Prairie books. In fact, they purchased the Ingalls house from Carrie Ingalls when Ma and Pa Ingalls passed away. They lived in the house for many years and my Mother used to play there as a child. Eventually our family sold the house as a museum that you can visit today. I used to imagine how they lived when I read the Little House books. On my Paternal side of the family, my Grandparents came from Michoacán Mexico. My Grandfather trained horses on a Hacienda in Numarán. As a young boy, he saw much violence when the Mexican Revolution began. He left Mexico in 1912 and traveled to California, where he got a job as an actor in silent films. Many of the films were Westerns which gave him an opportunity to ride and train horses again. He thought moving pictures were a passing fad that would not last, so after a few years, he returned to Mexico. In 1923 he brought his wife and children to Nebraska. With all these stories filling my head as a child, it's no wonder that I have such a love for history, and cemeteries play a huge part and need to be preserved. If I happen to take a picture of any of your relatives, feel free to use my photo in your family tree.

I have been researching my family tree for over 25 years. I've always been interested in history. My Maternal Great-Grandparents came from De Smet, South Dakota. They lived there in the same time period as Laura Ingalls Wilder of the Little House on the Prairie books. In fact, they purchased the Ingalls house from Carrie Ingalls when Ma and Pa Ingalls passed away. They lived in the house for many years and my Mother used to play there as a child. Eventually our family sold the house as a museum that you can visit today. I used to imagine how they lived when I read the Little House books. On my Paternal side of the family, my Grandparents came from Michoacán Mexico. My Grandfather trained horses on a Hacienda in Numarán. As a young boy, he saw much violence when the Mexican Revolution began. He left Mexico in 1912 and traveled to California, where he got a job as an actor in silent films. Many of the films were Westerns which gave him an opportunity to ride and train horses again. He thought moving pictures were a passing fad that would not last, so after a few years, he returned to Mexico. In 1923 he brought his wife and children to Nebraska. With all these stories filling my head as a child, it's no wonder that I have such a love for history, and cemeteries play a huge part and need to be preserved. If I happen to take a picture of any of your relatives, feel free to use my photo in your family tree.