For some time now I have been trying to figure out a good way to share information about our Mattimore family ancestry. There is a Mattimore Family group on Facebook, but too many family members are not on Facebook, and those of us who are often have a love-hate relationship with it. Some other forum seemed appropriate, so I decided to start this blog. It is meant as a place to share stories, photos and documents about our Mattimore family and related genealogy research.

In addition to ancestry-related posts, it will be a great place to pass along family news and goings-on, perhaps profiles or tributes…so many things. Forgive me if at times I geek out with too much talk of chromosomes and centiMorgans (unit of measurement for the length of a piece of DNA). You can always just scroll past those posts!

If anyone is interested in contributing a post, you are most welcome. I know we have lots of wonderful writers and storytellers in the family. And please share any specific ancestry questions you might have or ideas for what kinds of things you might like to know about.

Lastly, I don’t have email addresses for all family members, especially adult children who might be interested in this blog. So please spread the word and direct them to MattimoreFamily.com. Anyone who subscribes will be alerted by email when there is a new post, and of course, I won’t share your email addresses with anyone. (NOTE: if you received an email from me with a link to this post, I have already subscribed you to the blog since I had your email address, so you don’t have to do it again. But if you are not interested, it is easy to unsubscribe.)

You can reach me through the “Contact” form on this site or by emailing me directly at rozanne.hakala@gmail.com.

Let’s stay connected!