I am a retired engineer and teacher. I did research and archive work in chemical safety for several years and find that the skills needed for family research are much the same: imagination, patience and optimism. For family tree research, a sense of history also helps. I love tracking down odd bits of history and adding them to the bare facts of someone's life.

I am a retired engineer and teacher. I did research and archive work in chemical safety for several years and find that the skills needed for family research are much the same: imagination, patience and optimism. For family tree research, a sense of history also helps. I love tracking down odd bits of history and adding them to the bare facts of someone's life.