Georgia Anna Phelps 

Born in 1855

Died June 21, 1877.

 First wife of Wiley Barnes Roberts.

Died at about 22 years of age, about
2 1/2 months after the birth of their third child.

My name is Carolyn Foster Spano. I grew up in the southern town of Griffin, located in Spalding County, Georgia.

My interest in genealogy began near the time of the passing of my 99 year old grandmother, Bertha Inettie Roberts Tidwell. My mother thoughtfully saved a small moment for each of her children from my grandmother's belongings. I was given a picture of my great great grandmother Georgia Anna Phelps, because of my interest in photography.  From the moment I saw the face of Georgia Anna Phelps Roberts for the first time, I needed to know who she was and where her story began. She was my muse, my inspiration. That was in 1993, and so began my journey.

Life sometimes slows down my research, floors need to be swept, babies need to be played with, husbands need to kissed, sisters and brothers need to be laughed with, and every breath I take to live every minute of my life, I owe to those who came before me. This is my tribute to them, my little spot to ponder their lives, to ramble on about soldiers and cemeteries, to play music from the era they lived in as I research their daily lives, to think on how much each family depended on the next for survival. I understand how each and every one of them laid down a part of themselves for me to be here, living my own glorious life.

One of the joys of this research has been that of meeting family, cousins whom I would never know shared my bloodline, people I would likely never have met, if not for my interest in my ancestry.

I hope you will eventually find something interesting on this blog; my research journal, my photo album, all wrapped up into one. As time goes by, I will migrate items from my old genealogy website to this blog.

There will be no bells and whistles on this blog, no music playing in the background, no ginormous slideshows that take forever to load. Simple and straightforward is my goal. 

As for the title, Magnolia, Mimosa and Red Mud...If you were raised in Georgia, no explanation is needed, If you weren't raised in Georgia, "bless your heart"! (wink wink)