Preserving my Past

This is my first blog post, so please bear with me. I've been digging up both my husband's and my own family history since about 1985, but blogging is new to me. I hope to use this blog to help me organize and clarify my discoveries...I tend to be a bit ADD in my research, I set a goal to focus on and inevitably find myself side-tracked, digging into an entirely different person or branch than I had intended!

Since I am currently typing this (PAINSTAKINGLY) on an on-screen keyboard, I'll keep this post short, and remind myself to use the other computer for my blogs in the future!

Before closing out this introductory post, I'll list the MAIN surnames I will focus on in future posts, (of course, there are TONS more as we move back through generations!):

My Hubby's Family:

Peterson (Finland, New Sweden settlement, Calcon Hook, PA, Fulton Co. IL)

Stephens/Stevens (Gloucestershire, England, Fulton Co. IL)

Wells (Fulton Co. IL)

Foulk (Fulton Co. IL)

My Family:

Gardner (Ohio, Tazewell and Mason co, IL)

Grover (Ohio, Tazewell and Mason co, IL)

Sanderson (Ireland, Kentucky, Ohio, Tazewell and Mason co, IL)

Shay (Maryland, Ohio, Tazewell and Mason co, IL)

Casto (New Jersey, Ohio, IL)

Dieckow (Germany, Logan co, IL)

Hubner (Prussia, Regenwalde Germany, Logan co, IL)

Moldenhauer (Prussia, Regenwalde Germany, Logan co, IL)

Newman (New York,Ohio, Logan co, IL)