I have always taken care to note family history as I knew it over the years. This started as a young person who heard stories told many times over the dinner table or at holiday gatherings. Many of the people sharing these memories were from Europe and there were no other written documentations at that time. I would make notes as I got older of what I had heard at those times and threw them into an old cigar box. What a treasure chest that turned out to be.

Growing up in Ohio, Pennsylvania and visiting nearby West Virginia, I learned how to match those early stories with these areas over time. It has been challenging and most rewarding to at last document the stories with the names, dates, obituaries and sometimes photos of these mysterious persons. A family has been brought together with the help of many on this site. Thank you all.

I am retired, living in NE Ohio bordering PA. I try to help as many friends as possible to solve their mysteries of connecting people they sort of remember hearing about through my genealogy searches and always starting with Find A Grave, of course. I have been at this for almost 60 years! I am the old one now!

I have always taken care to note family history as I knew it over the years. This started as a young person who heard stories told many times over the dinner table or at holiday gatherings. Many of the people sharing these memories were from Europe and there were no other written documentations at that time. I would make notes as I got older of what I had heard at those times and threw them into an old cigar box. What a treasure chest that turned out to be.

Growing up in Ohio, Pennsylvania and visiting nearby West Virginia, I learned how to match those early stories with these areas over time. It has been challenging and most rewarding to at last document the stories with the names, dates, obituaries and sometimes photos of these mysterious persons. A family has been brought together with the help of many on this site. Thank you all.

I am retired, living in NE Ohio bordering PA. I try to help as many friends as possible to solve their mysteries of connecting people they sort of remember hearing about through my genealogy searches and always starting with Find A Grave, of course. I have been at this for almost 60 years! I am the old one now!