About Me

Hi, I’m Dawn
My love of genealogy began long before I knew it would become such an important part of my life.
As a young girl, I would sit at the kitchen table beside my Great Aunt Lovella, my Grandma Ola, and my mother as they researched our family history and shared stories about the generations who came before us. I listened to stories, looked through photographs and documents, and learned that family history is about much more than names and dates — it’s about the people behind them.
When my Aunt Lovella and Grandma passed away in 2009, I became one of my family’s keepers of those memories. I began preserving photographs, documents, stories, and family history for future generations.
I also realized something that changed the way I approached genealogy: there were questions I wished I had asked while I still had the chance.
How did our family love stories begin? What dishes did everyone look forward to? Where did our treasured family cranberry recipe come from — and why was it so carefully guarded?
That realization inspired me to look beyond traditional genealogy research and capture the everyday stories that make our ancestors real.
On a later visit with my Aunt Theresa, I did exactly that. I asked more questions. I read old family letters and heard stories I had never known — including memories of my grandmother as a single mother of three and stories about my great-great-grandmother Nancy, who apparently continued wearing a corset even as she grew older.
Those little details are priceless to me.
Researching the Past. Preserving It for the Future.
My background has also shaped the way I approach genealogy. I originally attended college with plans to enter the paralegal field. Although my career path changed, the research, documentation, and analytical skills I developed have remained incredibly valuable.
Today, I continue developing my genealogical research skills while working toward my goal of becoming a professional genealogist. Over the years, I have also contributed my time to genealogy and family-history projects, including volunteer work connected with organizations and resources such as Find a Grave, ICAPGen, and Names in Stone.
But finding our family history is only part of what I love.
I want to preserve it beautifully.
That passion is at the heart of Dawn’s Delights Art, which I founded in 2011. Through digital scrapbooking, memory keeping, paper crafting, Cricut projects, Chalk Couture, and genealogy, I love finding creative ways to turn photographs, documents, and family stories into keepsakes that can be enjoyed instead of forgotten in a box.
Because someday, someone in the next generation may wonder about us too.
And I want them to have more than names and dates.
I want them to have the stories.
Preserving your memories, one page at a time.

I can be Contacted at
dawnsdelightsart@gmail.com

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