I research my own family (Mangold, Zimmerman, Brandau, Eggers) and the family of Benjamin Franklin. I'm originally from Clinton, Iowa, now living in Rockville, Maryland. I am proudly first cousin to the great researcher Joyce Rohde of Manchester, Iowa.

My research on the letters saved by the Zimmerman - Ruof family, which includes letters from Maria Kohli-Ruof, Frederick Wenger and Lizzie DeFrehen, is at bit.ly/RuofLetters, also available through link.tree/mcmangold.

I've worked on two Virtual Cemeteries related to the Green Mountain Train Wreck of March 1910 in Iowa: one for the people that died in that disaster, another for people directly impacted (like my great-grandmother Maggie Eggers).

My forum user # is 49322 (Marty M.), not 12540 (Sippi). Are forums still a thing?

I research my own family (Mangold, Zimmerman, Brandau, Eggers) and the family of Benjamin Franklin. I'm originally from Clinton, Iowa, now living in Rockville, Maryland. I am proudly first cousin to the great researcher Joyce Rohde of Manchester, Iowa.

My research on the letters saved by the Zimmerman - Ruof family, which includes letters from Maria Kohli-Ruof, Frederick Wenger and Lizzie DeFrehen, is at bit.ly/RuofLetters, also available through link.tree/mcmangold.

I've worked on two Virtual Cemeteries related to the Green Mountain Train Wreck of March 1910 in Iowa: one for the people that died in that disaster, another for people directly impacted (like my great-grandmother Maggie Eggers).

My forum user # is 49322 (Marty M.), not 12540 (Sippi). Are forums still a thing?