I'm a fourth Generation Kansan and grew up on a wheat and dairy farm across the road from the farm that my great-grandfather homesteaded in the 1870′s. My grandfather and grandmother owned the farm I grew up on before my mom and dad bought it. That gives me roots in this Kansas soil.

I love writing, genealogy, family, family history, and history. Especially the Civil War era and the Wild West and Cattle Drive Years. (I grew up near the Chisholm Trail!) I also love blogging, digital scrapbooking, and ‘regular' scrapbooking.

I'm one of six founding member of what was the Sumner County Genealogical Society and am the current Vice President in charge of programs for the combined Sumner County Historical and Genealogical Society.

I've been writing since I was seven years old, or longer. And when I say that I'm thinking "oh, my gosh, that's how old my oldest granddaughter is!"

I'm also a member of the Kansas Professional Communicators group and the National Federation of Press Women, and I've been lucky enough to win both state and national awards for writing.

I was a free-Lance writer and Wichita Eagle "Family Tree" columnist for 10+ years, and have been a small-town Mayfield News columnist for 10 years.

I enjoy writing in my family history blog at FamilyTreeWriter.com, and digital scrapbooking at TurnMemoriesIntoBooks.com.

I'm a fourth Generation Kansan and grew up on a wheat and dairy farm across the road from the farm that my great-grandfather homesteaded in the 1870′s. My grandfather and grandmother owned the farm I grew up on before my mom and dad bought it. That gives me roots in this Kansas soil.

I love writing, genealogy, family, family history, and history. Especially the Civil War era and the Wild West and Cattle Drive Years. (I grew up near the Chisholm Trail!) I also love blogging, digital scrapbooking, and ‘regular' scrapbooking.

I'm one of six founding member of what was the Sumner County Genealogical Society and am the current Vice President in charge of programs for the combined Sumner County Historical and Genealogical Society.

I've been writing since I was seven years old, or longer. And when I say that I'm thinking "oh, my gosh, that's how old my oldest granddaughter is!"

I'm also a member of the Kansas Professional Communicators group and the National Federation of Press Women, and I've been lucky enough to win both state and national awards for writing.

I was a free-Lance writer and Wichita Eagle "Family Tree" columnist for 10+ years, and have been a small-town Mayfield News columnist for 10 years.

I enjoy writing in my family history blog at FamilyTreeWriter.com, and digital scrapbooking at TurnMemoriesIntoBooks.com.