Retired IT professional living in the OKC area. I grew up outside of Chicago. My parents' families were basically from Illinois and Wisconsin. My heritage is German on my father's side and German/English on my mother's side.

I took up my family genealogy as a retirement project in 2012; so I still consider myself a novice. I am working on both my family and my spouse's family. The "bug" has bitten me and I do invest much time in research but what I enjoy most is traveling and meeting cousins that I have never known.

Retired IT professional living in the OKC area. I grew up outside of Chicago. My parents' families were basically from Illinois and Wisconsin. My heritage is German on my father's side and German/English on my mother's side.

I took up my family genealogy as a retirement project in 2012; so I still consider myself a novice. I am working on both my family and my spouse's family. The "bug" has bitten me and I do invest much time in research but what I enjoy most is traveling and meeting cousins that I have never known.