From the Book.......
My name is Valerie.  All my life I wished it was Mary after my grandmother.  
When you are a writer, you can create your own.  My pen name is Maggie Logan.  The Logan comes from my maternal great, great grandmother, Mary Logan. 
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Now, having been retired for a while, I write.  This book is for my children.  In it I hope to have told the stories of our ancestors.   I have done some background research, through Ancestory.com, as well interviews and observation.  There are also examples of informational articles and poetry which help to describe our past.
 
During my journey, I found that there was not the information about women as there was about men.  I hired a genealogist to help me find the roots of Mary Logan, and even then, there were dead ends.  It is amazing to me the lives our mother, grandmothers, and great grandmothers have lived.  They were strong, hardworking and brave.  For these reasons I focused on Our Women, Their Stories.
 
It has always been my desire to create and write stories about people of other cultures and times.  How exciting it has been to discover the lives of our own ancestors!
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