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Family History

After many years of passionate research, my parents have compiled an extensive collection of family histories, photos, documents, and stories spanning many generations. This website is my attempt to honor their work and bring these treasures of our ancestry to life. Through censuses, birth and death records, newspaper clippings, diaries, and other artifacts, we can glimpse the joys, sorrows, adventures, challenges, and everyday experiences of those who came before us. Here you will find profiles, timelines, maps, and photos that illustrate the winding journeys of our ancestors. From humble immigrant beginnings to more settled lives, their perseverance in the face of hardship and their courage to seek better futures laid the foundation for our family today. I invite you to explore these pages and discover the fascinating tales of the ordinary and extraordinary people who shaped us. As we deepen our roots into the past, may we better understand who we are and dream expansively about who we can become.

This is a work in progress, please be patient.


Our McGough Heritage

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I am scanning and preserving as many photos and documents as I can from the genelogy binders that my mother...

Graves Sites

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This is an Exhibit of our family grave sites.