Genealogy can be a cold, cruel mistress. Last weekend, I learned that my 3rd great grandmother Matilda Jane Goodger‘s maiden name was Miller. We know this because of a funeral home record from 1929. Mrs. Mat “Gresham” was memorialized in death as the 78-year-old daughter of “U Googer” and “Miller”. i have no doubt that the informant, Vester Garner, was accurate.… More →

No, I have not stopped working on genealogy. Between Spring gardening, selling my home in Kansas City and physical therapy, I have had many demands on my free time. But that’s about to change in a big way. I have two new branches of the family tree to start exploring. This morning I woke up to an email from Vicki… More →