This blog is for histories and stories that I found about my ancestors. My paternal grandparent’s surnames were KLAMM and BRENNER and were German origin. My maternal grandparent’s surnames were ANDERSON and KIMSEY. They came to northern Missouri from Virginia, so I’m calling them the southerners. Most people coming to these pages will be related to only some of the people I write about, but I hope you enjoy the stories nonetheless.

My German ancestors came from near Mannheim on the Rhine (the left blue line in the Germany image). My southern ancestors came to Virginia and moved west, finally to Missouri.