I have been involved in genealogy for 35 years now. I have only more recently gotten involved in documenting family headstones. Many of my ancestors on my mother's side of the family (including two 4x great grandfathers and one 4x great grandmother) are buried in Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit. The memorials that I have created to date are mostly my own relatives - although many of them are distantly related.

My latest family tree projects include the following:
1) the Heller and Reglin families were Germans that lived in Russian Poland a few miles south of the city of Mlawa. Ferdinand Heller and his wife Wilhelmine Reglin were married in 1840, and had 10 children. Youngest daughter Eva married August Hoeft, and their oldest son Albert Hoeft (Heft) immigrated to the US, settling in Cleveland. He was followed by siblings Leopold and Emma; Two other siblings immigrated to Canada after WW1. Another of Ferdinand and Wilhelmine's daughters - Anna - married Karl Radzyminski. 5 of their children immigrated to the US, settling in Cleveland, but later moving to Toledo - where many descendants still live. I was recently reunited with this family, and attended the Heller family reunion there - which has been going on annually since 1960. Descendants of at least 2 other children of Ferdinand and Wilhelmine immigrated to the US or Canada as well. I have managed to determine the parents and grandparents of both Ferdinand Heller and Wilhelmine Reglin, and am still researching these huge families!

2) relates to the expansive Harbart family, to which I am indirectly related through the 2nd marriage of one of my great great grandmothers. However a very dear family member asked for my help with this family, and I am now hopelessly hooked. There are hundreds (likely thousands) of descendants from just one man - Erdmann Harbart, who lived 1726-1813 in the Thorn/Torun area of Prussia (now Poland), and who had at least 17 children from 2 wives. Many of these descendants emigrated to the United States, and those that didn't were forcibly resettled in Germany after World War II. Only a small number remain in present day Poland.

If you would like to use one of the photos that I have posted here on this site, please feel free to do so, but I would greatly appreciate it if you would give me credit for the photo when using it on other sites. All of the photos I have taken are already posted on Ancestry.com, so you should be able to find the pictures there (my family tree is publicly viewable).

I have been involved in genealogy for 35 years now. I have only more recently gotten involved in documenting family headstones. Many of my ancestors on my mother's side of the family (including two 4x great grandfathers and one 4x great grandmother) are buried in Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit. The memorials that I have created to date are mostly my own relatives - although many of them are distantly related.

My latest family tree projects include the following:
1) the Heller and Reglin families were Germans that lived in Russian Poland a few miles south of the city of Mlawa. Ferdinand Heller and his wife Wilhelmine Reglin were married in 1840, and had 10 children. Youngest daughter Eva married August Hoeft, and their oldest son Albert Hoeft (Heft) immigrated to the US, settling in Cleveland. He was followed by siblings Leopold and Emma; Two other siblings immigrated to Canada after WW1. Another of Ferdinand and Wilhelmine's daughters - Anna - married Karl Radzyminski. 5 of their children immigrated to the US, settling in Cleveland, but later moving to Toledo - where many descendants still live. I was recently reunited with this family, and attended the Heller family reunion there - which has been going on annually since 1960. Descendants of at least 2 other children of Ferdinand and Wilhelmine immigrated to the US or Canada as well. I have managed to determine the parents and grandparents of both Ferdinand Heller and Wilhelmine Reglin, and am still researching these huge families!

2) relates to the expansive Harbart family, to which I am indirectly related through the 2nd marriage of one of my great great grandmothers. However a very dear family member asked for my help with this family, and I am now hopelessly hooked. There are hundreds (likely thousands) of descendants from just one man - Erdmann Harbart, who lived 1726-1813 in the Thorn/Torun area of Prussia (now Poland), and who had at least 17 children from 2 wives. Many of these descendants emigrated to the United States, and those that didn't were forcibly resettled in Germany after World War II. Only a small number remain in present day Poland.

If you would like to use one of the photos that I have posted here on this site, please feel free to do so, but I would greatly appreciate it if you would give me credit for the photo when using it on other sites. All of the photos I have taken are already posted on Ancestry.com, so you should be able to find the pictures there (my family tree is publicly viewable).