Rest in peace...
Rosco, the red-headed fella on the left. 3/26/2004-4/11/2016
Greta, the most free-spirited, loving and dopey little cuddle bug. She's in the center in purple. 9/26/2004-6/1/2020
Sofie, Leader of the Pack in the photo and in life. She's sporting the red vest. 9/26/2004-11/21/2020

I'm a sporadic genealogist that researches in fits and spurts. Glad to be of whatever help I can, even if I'm not the speediest at it!

When I found Find-A-Grave, my purpose was to research my family. Since then, I have found my purpose become linking children to parents and husbands to wives, in an effort to see more than just people, but to see families.

A lot of the people I touch start with people I have known. I may start with my old Sunday school teacher and start researching her family; linking parents, children, siblings, cousins along the way. It may seem random, but it all makes sense to me. If I have touched someone from your life, I'd love to chat.

I have been blessed with members on each side of my family who have blazed my personal genealogical trail. My maternal grandmother, Evelyn Mae Orr Kraemer, researched the Orr branch in the 60s/70s, seeding my interest in my family tree. She self-published a book of all her research in 1974, and I can still spend hours pouring over the history of people I have never met, but are still responsible for my existence.

My paternal great-uncle, Bill Sillin, was also a genealogist who did a large (like, really, really large) amount of research on the branch of Sillins that helped to pioneer Kansas. I am honored to have copies of his original family pages. I have probably only documented half of his work in my personal tree.

From this work comes my personal desire to maintain and update the records they both worked to accumulate. Find A Grave is one of the most useful tools I have found, providing dates, and other hints, to help me follow the trail.

Rest in peace...
Rosco, the red-headed fella on the left. 3/26/2004-4/11/2016
Greta, the most free-spirited, loving and dopey little cuddle bug. She's in the center in purple. 9/26/2004-6/1/2020
Sofie, Leader of the Pack in the photo and in life. She's sporting the red vest. 9/26/2004-11/21/2020

I'm a sporadic genealogist that researches in fits and spurts. Glad to be of whatever help I can, even if I'm not the speediest at it!

When I found Find-A-Grave, my purpose was to research my family. Since then, I have found my purpose become linking children to parents and husbands to wives, in an effort to see more than just people, but to see families.

A lot of the people I touch start with people I have known. I may start with my old Sunday school teacher and start researching her family; linking parents, children, siblings, cousins along the way. It may seem random, but it all makes sense to me. If I have touched someone from your life, I'd love to chat.

I have been blessed with members on each side of my family who have blazed my personal genealogical trail. My maternal grandmother, Evelyn Mae Orr Kraemer, researched the Orr branch in the 60s/70s, seeding my interest in my family tree. She self-published a book of all her research in 1974, and I can still spend hours pouring over the history of people I have never met, but are still responsible for my existence.

My paternal great-uncle, Bill Sillin, was also a genealogist who did a large (like, really, really large) amount of research on the branch of Sillins that helped to pioneer Kansas. I am honored to have copies of his original family pages. I have probably only documented half of his work in my personal tree.

From this work comes my personal desire to maintain and update the records they both worked to accumulate. Find A Grave is one of the most useful tools I have found, providing dates, and other hints, to help me follow the trail.