I have been interested in my heritage since around 2010, when an old letter to my mother from my grandmother Thornton was found. My sisters and I were going through her personal possessions and this letter started me on the hunt! I googled my mother's name: Mary Carter Thornton, because she was supposedly named after her grandmother and there was a family legend we were related to Robt. E. Lee. The google search lead me to Findagrave.com and my great-grandmother's burial site and that was that. We truly are related to the famous general and several more well known names, such as Washington and Carter.

I became concerned after looking up records, since my mother, father and father's mother were all cremated. It's so easy to find out information on the FAG site, if your relative is buried. I'm so glad I discovered the memorial pages, so I can now link up my relatives and ancestors on the site. Some of my living cousins have contacted me, thanking me for opening up a "brick wall."

I have been interested in my heritage since around 2010, when an old letter to my mother from my grandmother Thornton was found. My sisters and I were going through her personal possessions and this letter started me on the hunt! I googled my mother's name: Mary Carter Thornton, because she was supposedly named after her grandmother and there was a family legend we were related to Robt. E. Lee. The google search lead me to Findagrave.com and my great-grandmother's burial site and that was that. We truly are related to the famous general and several more well known names, such as Washington and Carter.

I became concerned after looking up records, since my mother, father and father's mother were all cremated. It's so easy to find out information on the FAG site, if your relative is buried. I'm so glad I discovered the memorial pages, so I can now link up my relatives and ancestors on the site. Some of my living cousins have contacted me, thanking me for opening up a "brick wall."