I am a preacher's son who grew up in Oklahoma. My family roots are in OK, KS, and MO, with pioneering histories in rural Woods Co. and Cherokee, OK; Sedalia, MO; Quincy & New Berlin, IL; Rock Island, IL; Rushville, IN; Franklin & Switzerland Counties, IN. I love genealogy and I research the surnames of Martin, Forster/Foster, Eames/Ames, Keffer/Kefferly, Byram, Cleghorn, Jenks, Moore, Sherman, and Staley.

I am a preacher's son who grew up in Oklahoma. My family roots are in OK, KS, and MO, with pioneering histories in rural Woods Co. and Cherokee, OK; Sedalia, MO; Quincy & New Berlin, IL; Rock Island, IL; Rushville, IN; Franklin & Switzerland Counties, IN. I love genealogy and I research the surnames of Martin, Forster/Foster, Eames/Ames, Keffer/Kefferly, Byram, Cleghorn, Jenks, Moore, Sherman, and Staley.