Jesse James

  • Munns grandparents
    Galway,  Germany,  Iowa,  Ireland,  Jesse James,  Kellihan,  Munns/Monds,  Payne,  Robert Burns,  Rock Rapids,  Scotland

    How the Genealogy Bug Bit Me

    At more than 40 years old, I’ve been blessed to grow up around extended family, at least for one side of my family. (Unfortunately, my dad’s side lived at least a five-hours drive away in southern Iowa and northern Missouri.) When I was in second grade, we moved to my mom’s hometown of Rock Rapids, IA, where at first we lived a mile from my maternal grandparents, Gerald and Isabelle (Kellihan) Munns. Getting to Know My Grandparents For about five years, it took us just a few minutes to drive to grandma and grandpa’s house. There were also many summer days when we rode our bikes to their farmhouse. When…