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Mary Jane “Mollie” Lee Barlow with her siblings William E. Lee, Orlando Lee, Joseph N. Lee, and Maggie Lee in a vintage family portrait.

GATHERING MY PEOPLE

Stories, memory, and the search for those who came before me.

I am gathering my people—through memory, story, and research.

Some are known through records.
Some through stories.
Some through what was never said.

This is where I bring them together.

  • Patrick family migration map from Scotland to Oregon

    The Patrick Family — From Scotland to Ohio: A Story of Migration, Land, and Legacy

  • Girtha Rising — Part 1 – In The Garden

  • Bigelow Pioneer Cemetery in Union County Ohio burial site of Moses Patrick near Darby Township farmland

    Big Darby Plain: The Land That Shaped the Patrick Family

  • Girtha Rising — Part 9 — Crowning Glory

  • Girtha Rising — Part 8 — Oil and Water Don’t Mix

  • Girtha Rising — Part 7 — Picking Up Dreams

  • Girtha RIsing — Part 6 — The Brotherhood

  • Girtha Rising — Part 5 – Remembering

  • Girtha Rising — Part 4 — Shifting Foundations

  • Girtha Rising – Part 3 — Welding Women