In the 1990's my father, Elvin Hanks, started researching his family with his niece. They were also working on the Hanks Family genealogy book, which was published in 2004. When my dad, passed in 2005, I made copies of a lot of the information that he had and tried to pick up where he left off. The path down the family history has become a hobby of mine and has branched off from the Hanks family, to my mother's family "Knoll-Townsend".

I devote a lot of time to searching and helping others find a link between my family and theirs. It's been a great joy. I have also connected with some cousins I didn't know I had and that has been a special treat.

In the 1990's my father, Elvin Hanks, started researching his family with his niece. They were also working on the Hanks Family genealogy book, which was published in 2004. When my dad, passed in 2005, I made copies of a lot of the information that he had and tried to pick up where he left off. The path down the family history has become a hobby of mine and has branched off from the Hanks family, to my mother's family "Knoll-Townsend".

I devote a lot of time to searching and helping others find a link between my family and theirs. It's been a great joy. I have also connected with some cousins I didn't know I had and that has been a special treat.