I am 84 years old. Started tracing ancestors when I was twenty--before anyone had ever heard of a genealogist! Have been an avid researcher ever since. At one time, I was a certified genealogist and was on the Board for Certification one term. I turned my enthusiasm into starting a business called "Genealogical Books in Print" which I operated from about 1970 until 2000. Am now retired and am engaged in getting 64 years of research into some logical format so that it can be shared with others. I am also trying to put, on FindaGrave, the pictures that my relatives gave me way back when I first started. I am so grateful to FindaGrave--it is a fantastic medium for sharing! I have found information I would never have found without it--am sure you have, too!

I have accumulated a lot of pictures. When I called on relatives asking if they could tell me about their forebears, many were eager to do so. They showed me items they had treasured over the years. When I was leaving, a number of them said "Why don't you take these. You are the only one I know of who is interested." I have all sorts of things--hanks of hair, old lace caps, letters, etc. but the most important are the pictures. Most of these had the name of the person(s) in the photograph recorded on the back. If they didn't, I would question them and record it on the back myself. I was fortunate enough to have grandparents who lived into their eighties, and were alive when I became interested in tracing ancestors. They gave me photographs, tintypes, daguerreotypes, and even one oil painting of their grandparents and other relatives, many of whom had also lived into their eighties thus were alive when photography came into vogue about 1870. I have several pictures of ancestors who were born in the 1700s. I am trying to put them all on Findagrave as I feel obligated to those who entrusted them to me to do so. Want to be a good steward--am hoping to meet them in heaven someday and they may ask me to account for them! I try to tuck in a little of the family history along with the pictures when I know it. Have quite a lot more than I give on Findagrave, so if you have a specific question email me; I may have data that will help you and will be happy to check. --Netti

I am 84 years old. Started tracing ancestors when I was twenty--before anyone had ever heard of a genealogist! Have been an avid researcher ever since. At one time, I was a certified genealogist and was on the Board for Certification one term. I turned my enthusiasm into starting a business called "Genealogical Books in Print" which I operated from about 1970 until 2000. Am now retired and am engaged in getting 64 years of research into some logical format so that it can be shared with others. I am also trying to put, on FindaGrave, the pictures that my relatives gave me way back when I first started. I am so grateful to FindaGrave--it is a fantastic medium for sharing! I have found information I would never have found without it--am sure you have, too!

I have accumulated a lot of pictures. When I called on relatives asking if they could tell me about their forebears, many were eager to do so. They showed me items they had treasured over the years. When I was leaving, a number of them said "Why don't you take these. You are the only one I know of who is interested." I have all sorts of things--hanks of hair, old lace caps, letters, etc. but the most important are the pictures. Most of these had the name of the person(s) in the photograph recorded on the back. If they didn't, I would question them and record it on the back myself. I was fortunate enough to have grandparents who lived into their eighties, and were alive when I became interested in tracing ancestors. They gave me photographs, tintypes, daguerreotypes, and even one oil painting of their grandparents and other relatives, many of whom had also lived into their eighties thus were alive when photography came into vogue about 1870. I have several pictures of ancestors who were born in the 1700s. I am trying to put them all on Findagrave as I feel obligated to those who entrusted them to me to do so. Want to be a good steward--am hoping to meet them in heaven someday and they may ask me to account for them! I try to tuck in a little of the family history along with the pictures when I know it. Have quite a lot more than I give on Findagrave, so if you have a specific question email me; I may have data that will help you and will be happy to check. --Netti