This weekend, I was at Spencer, Indiana in Owen County for a Patriot Grave Marking with the SAR. I'd reached out beforehand to my cousin...

For years, I've wanted to solve the mystery of who my great-grandmother June's father was - ever since my grandmother first told me ...

Last August, I headed down to the Bloomington area to do research at the Monroe County History Center . I would highly recommend visiting or...

After the Indiana Genealogical Society's annual conference, where I heard some powerful lectures from Blaine Bettinger , I've been ...

June Gilliland The eighth ancestor in my 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project is my maternal great-grandmother, June Kirk (Gilliland) Lamber...

The second ancestor in my 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project is my maternal grandmother, Bonnie Mae (Lambertson) Wright . Bonnie was bor...

Located the 1940 census record of the William Gilliland household in Monroe County, Indiana.  William was my maternal 2nd great granduncle. ...

My two maternal first cousins recently tested at FamilyTreeDNA, and the above chart show the amount of DNA they share with me. Cousin ...

Thanks to the folks at the Monroe County, Indiana Public Library, I was able to obtain a copy of the obituary of my maternal 3rd-great grand...

Thanks to the folks at the Monroe County, Indiana Public Library, I was able to obtain a copy of the obituary of my maternal 3great-grandaun...

Found the index record of the marriage of my maternal 2nd-great granduncle, William Everett Gilliland to Florence Arthur in Monroe County, I...

Found the 1930 census record of the family of my maternal 2nd-great granduncle and family, Thomas Franklin Crane in the 1930 census of Edinb...

I located the FindAGrave memorial for Grace Lucille (Crane) Balser (1914-1996), my maternal first cousin 3 times removed, thanks to a hint f...

Ordered two more obituaries from the Monroe County Public Library. They have been very fast in the past and the convenience of paying via Pa...

Found the 1910 census record of my maternal 2nd-great grandaunt and uncle, Thomas F. and Mary Florence (Gilliland) Crane in the 1910 census ...

Albert F. Adams was the husband of my maternal first cousin three times removed, Gladys Marie Gilliland.   Through Ancestry.com hints, I wa...

"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images,  FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXFV-S4Q : accessed...

My maternal 1st cousin 3 times removed, Gladys Marie (Gilliland) Adams, was enumerated in the 1940 census of Washington Township, Monroe Cou...

Mary Ellen (Swafford) Davis Gilliland (1854-1932) was my maternal 3rd-great grandmother.  What follows is an exploratory analysis of the bio...