I am a retired secretary living in the Arizona desert. I have 2 children and 3 grandchildren; I do my family research for them.

I was born in Iowa in 1950. I am descended on my father's side from the Brockman Family who were early pioneers to Iowa in 1842. They came west from Indiana, where they were early pioneers to Montgomery County in 1825 from Kentucky with their Leake relatives. The Brockman and Leake Families came to Kentucky around 1805 from Virginia. Before that, the Brockman Family had first located in Virginia c. 1674, when Henry Brockman bought his land after being an indentured servant on a ship for 7 years.

The other families on my father's side are the Weems, Mallory and Crawford families. I am also descended from German immigrants on my mother's side - the Alsdorf, Marks, Pletz, Weller and Oberst families in Missouri and Kansas. I have also taken on the research into my husband's family (Foran, Schmoller and Worzala) and my son-in-law's family (Wehe).

Hopefully, what I have learned during this journey of research will be of interest to the following generations in our extended family lines.

"We do not live in the past, but the past lives in us." — U. B. Phillips

I am a retired secretary living in the Arizona desert. I have 2 children and 3 grandchildren; I do my family research for them.

I was born in Iowa in 1950. I am descended on my father's side from the Brockman Family who were early pioneers to Iowa in 1842. They came west from Indiana, where they were early pioneers to Montgomery County in 1825 from Kentucky with their Leake relatives. The Brockman and Leake Families came to Kentucky around 1805 from Virginia. Before that, the Brockman Family had first located in Virginia c. 1674, when Henry Brockman bought his land after being an indentured servant on a ship for 7 years.

The other families on my father's side are the Weems, Mallory and Crawford families. I am also descended from German immigrants on my mother's side - the Alsdorf, Marks, Pletz, Weller and Oberst families in Missouri and Kansas. I have also taken on the research into my husband's family (Foran, Schmoller and Worzala) and my son-in-law's family (Wehe).

Hopefully, what I have learned during this journey of research will be of interest to the following generations in our extended family lines.

"We do not live in the past, but the past lives in us." — U. B. Phillips