Connie Ellefson

Connie Ellefson is the author of A Genealogist’s Guide to Ethnic Given Names, originally published as The Melting Pot Book of Baby Names, and the co-author of two books on gardening, Xeriscape Gardening and (award-winning) Xeriscape Colorado. She has long being interested in names, having earnestly labored as a young teen to fill a steno notebook with all the names she could think of starting with “A,” then “B,” then “C,” etc. In part, A Genealogist’s Guide to Ethnic Given Names is her tribute to the spirit of the immigrant, whose story is nearly the same regardless of the nation of origin. She hopes to point out the similarities we all share in our heritage, and, maybe, just a little reduce… Keep Reading