Retired in 2013 from Volvo Trucks North America. Dividing time between residences in Browns Summit, NC (for now) and McMillan, MI (vacation for now and permanent starting in 2020). Genealogy, writing and wildlife photography are my main hobbies. Consultant in the quality field, specializing in rubber parts manufacturing technologies and castings (both iron and aluminum).

I am researching the surnames of my Gr Gr Grandparents: Morphew, Caldwell, Langston, Benner, Allen, Price, Pound, Norton, Montel, Frantz, Metzger, Studebaker, Burger, Nininger, Rinehart, Baker (Becker).

And finally, with the permission of the author, Adriana, I am posting here a philosophy to which I whole heartedly subscribe:

Any photos I have posted, please feel free to use them for any genealogy purposes. If I were going to copyright a photo, it would not be of a tombstone or cemetery - and, those members of the family who are deceased deserve to have their images remembered.

A life, whether well lived, short in duration, full of promise, or lacking in fulfillment is still a life, and that person meant something to someone.

A Birth Certificate, media or family history, will tell that a person was BORN ... A Death Certificate, a memorial, or family history, will tell that he or she have DIED ... but a picture, a story, an obituary – or memorialization via FindAGrave, will tell you what is most important, which is, that they have LIVED.

Retired in 2013 from Volvo Trucks North America. Dividing time between residences in Browns Summit, NC (for now) and McMillan, MI (vacation for now and permanent starting in 2020). Genealogy, writing and wildlife photography are my main hobbies. Consultant in the quality field, specializing in rubber parts manufacturing technologies and castings (both iron and aluminum).

I am researching the surnames of my Gr Gr Grandparents: Morphew, Caldwell, Langston, Benner, Allen, Price, Pound, Norton, Montel, Frantz, Metzger, Studebaker, Burger, Nininger, Rinehart, Baker (Becker).

And finally, with the permission of the author, Adriana, I am posting here a philosophy to which I whole heartedly subscribe:

Any photos I have posted, please feel free to use them for any genealogy purposes. If I were going to copyright a photo, it would not be of a tombstone or cemetery - and, those members of the family who are deceased deserve to have their images remembered.

A life, whether well lived, short in duration, full of promise, or lacking in fulfillment is still a life, and that person meant something to someone.

A Birth Certificate, media or family history, will tell that a person was BORN ... A Death Certificate, a memorial, or family history, will tell that he or she have DIED ... but a picture, a story, an obituary – or memorialization via FindAGrave, will tell you what is most important, which is, that they have LIVED.