About Me

Welcome to Heartland Genealogy! Since my family has been in Kansas for several generations, I am truly a product of the Heartland.

  • Briles, Alexander - Coffey County, Kansas
  • Crawford, Nelson G - Warren County, Indiana (Descendants in Ford County, Kansas)
  • Currey, Hiram - Leavenworth County, Kansas
  • Hammond, Richmond Fisk - Ford County, Kansas
  • Hutchinson, Albert - Doniphan County, Kansas
  • Mentzer, George - Woodson County, Kansas
  • Ricketts, James Marshall - Woodson County, Kansas
  • Wells, Thurston Kennedy - Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas

This site is an attempt to resurrect my site on RootsWeb (currently offline). I will also post projects as I get them accomplished.

Prior to 2015, I used The Master Genealogist (TMG) to record my work. Along with TMG, I used John Cardinal's Second Site software to publish my genealogy data online. The Wayback machine captured my 2014 Heartland Genealogy site. Since TMG ceased support, I investigated various software options. Even though I didn't found a solution that provides the same level of customization provided by TMG, I elected to switch to RootsMagic.

Due to that switch, I am in the process of syncing my research with Family Search. On FamilySearch, my grandfathers are Leon Crawford (LDQQ-PVCC) and Edward Osmund Briles (LWYR-98X).

Some of my data is also on Ancestry.com -- Heartland Genealogy.

Since RootsMagic will publish my genealogy data online for free, I have elected to use their tool instead of purchasing space to host it online. My Heartland Genealogy RootsMagic data

I am trying to record some of the family stories in my blog and write about my genealogy experiences in a blog. Much of those writings were posted on my Heartland Genealogy WordPress blog. I am in the process of switching to this Blogger site.

My Twitter handle is @mcphilbrick. I include my maiden name on Facebook: Marcia Crawford Philbrick.


Marcia Philbrick
Seneca, Kansas