TEXAS ROOTS. ALASKA SKIES. ALL OF US.
Many lives.
One family.
A family made by generations of care. An album for all six siblings, full of lives worth getting to know.
Where our shared story comes close to home.
Roots & Branches. The stories that made us.
THE STORIES THAT MADE USROOTS & BRANCHES
Many lives.
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NEW IN THE LISTENING ROOMThe Maddox Brothers & Rose.
OUR LIVES, CONNECTED
A whole world.
And your place in it.
Thousands of lives. Centuries of connections. Start with a clear ancestor tree, unfold every generation, or explore the larger family map.
people linked ancestors6 sibling perspectives
One archive. Every branch.
EVERY DOT, A LIFE.
Every dot is a person. Colors follow the first named branch on a recorded route. They are not a claim of shared DNA.
Drag to pan · ⌘ / Ctrl + scroll to zoomUse the arrow keys to pan. Plus and minus zoom. Home fits the view.
Each step keeps its source category. A route can include marriage and sibling links. The entire chain is not an independently proved pedigree.
THE ANCESTOR TREE
Catrina Sturgill
Read every name in this tree
Family testimony / additional record Memorial / community-tree relationship
FOLLOW A THREAD
A name. A story. A way in.
Jump into a life and see the connection unfold.
A NEW CHAPTER IN OUR SHARED FAMILY
Grandpa Marty’s branch keeps unfolding.
Meet Richard and Peggy, follow the orchard years in Oregon, and trace Lulu’s family into Indiana and Pennsylvania. New cousins, portraits and stories belong to all six siblings.
This atlas follows the family shared through Catrina, Sandra Parten Kite, and Marty Sturgill. Adoption-related name histories come from family information. Most distant connections come from community trees. A line is a sourced research connection. It still needs genealogical proof.
THE LIVES BETWEEN THE DATES
Stories worth passing down.
Meet the people behind a house rescued after a tornado, a Christmas outing that lasted all night, and a coach who began again at sixty. Read the chapters, follow the records, and pass a favorite along.
PLACES IN OUR SHARED STORY · TEXAS
Go stand where they stood.
Explore the places in our family records, from Alaska to Texas and beyond. Find a public landmark, read its story and plan a visit.
CENTRAL TEXAS
Regional location map, with actual county boundaries. Pins indicate sites, not entrances or driving routes. Census geometry via US Atlas.
TWO EASY CHAPTERS TO PLAN
Start close to Austin.
Pair the Wells Branch cabin with nearby Merrilltown Cemetery. For a separate day north, reserve a Gault Site tour, then explore the Killeen family graves or Bell County Museum.
FACES, PLACES, AND THE RECORDS THEY LEFT
A family album across the years.
Look closely at a face, a family gathering, or a weathered gravestone. Open a picture for the family connection, the life behind it and the notes preserved with the image.
Follow the paper trail. Explore original documents with reading notes and family connections.
KEEP THE STORY HONEST
What the records can tell us.
Family memories are the starting point. Obituaries, memorials, local history, and historical records help extend the branches.
The people you know.
Talon shared the six siblings’ connection to Catrina, their current names, adoption-related surname histories, and places in their lives. Talon confirmed Kalee’s name change from Washington to Williams. These recent details are family testimony.
More than a memorial.
Funeral-home obituaries anchor Vivian and William. The homestead has municipal history and a historical marker. A society compilation supports the older Gault chain, and Robert Gault’s pension names his father.
Room for another record.
The larger cousin branches come from community-maintained WikiTree profiles and Find a Grave family groups. “Community tree” means source-linked information awaiting original-record verification. “Research lead” marks thinner evidence or an unresolved entry.
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Individual memorial and WikiTree links appear in each person’s profile. These are the broader resources behind the research and places.