Brigitta has been studying Texas history, specifically where she and her family came from. Her Momo was nice enough to bring some of the genealogical records to share (proving that she is a 7th generation Texan).
Here is a link about Brigitta's GGGGGGGreat-Grandfather who was one of Stephen F. Austin's 300.
Alexander Hodge Old 300
http://www.texasdar.org/chapters/Tejas/Hodge.html
We are also in the process of reading the book "Two Glass Buttons" by Marguerite Starr Crain which is about the Hodge family and Clarinda Pevehouse who was Alexander Hodge's grand-daughter.
http://www.amazon.com/Two-glass-buttons-runaway-scrape/dp/B0006ESGU6/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330982085&sr=1-1-spell
When we went to see the Nina and Pinta in Freeport we got to drive through some of the countryside where part of the story takes place (Oyster Creek, Velasco, and Brazoria). Hopefully we will have time to stop by the cemetary in Fort Bend the next time we have to go up to Sugarland to see Alexander Hodge's gravesite.
