Starting my family tree research in the 70's, I regained my passion in the 90's as a computer engineer, knowing that computers were the key to studying so much historical evidence!

Oct 2022:
My Goswick project completed a few years back and there are no more pre-1950 Goswicks in America unlinked in my tree. This family has about 750 folks since 1670 when we settled the Patapsco River on land now Baltimore.

It includes evidence taking Goswycke families into the 14th century and suggests the name originates from the isle of Gos in Zeeland, with several wine merchants settling the 'wycke' (sands) below Lindesfarne Priory aka Holy Island. The family got tangled up in the wars on the Scottish border, as Walter & Roger Gostwyke were under contract to defend Berwick-on-Tweed in the late 1290s when King Edward & John Balliol started the siege at Berwick. Eventually the family added a T to their name: GosTwycke and resettled in Bedfordshire as settlement for services to the King.

Last years Roberts project completed. New (and controversial) parentage documented for Reuben Derrith Roberts Sr.

This year I am purely doing clean ups. My tree is back down to ONLY people with relationships to me. I am backtracing all my direct lines to Findagrave and writing BIOS. Lots of my recently deceased kin are choosing cremation with private interment. I am creating some pages for those folks and linking up family with story.

If I may be of help, please ask, though I am not too mobile so rarely get out or travel anymore. -Chris

Starting my family tree research in the 70's, I regained my passion in the 90's as a computer engineer, knowing that computers were the key to studying so much historical evidence!

Oct 2022:
My Goswick project completed a few years back and there are no more pre-1950 Goswicks in America unlinked in my tree. This family has about 750 folks since 1670 when we settled the Patapsco River on land now Baltimore.

It includes evidence taking Goswycke families into the 14th century and suggests the name originates from the isle of Gos in Zeeland, with several wine merchants settling the 'wycke' (sands) below Lindesfarne Priory aka Holy Island. The family got tangled up in the wars on the Scottish border, as Walter & Roger Gostwyke were under contract to defend Berwick-on-Tweed in the late 1290s when King Edward & John Balliol started the siege at Berwick. Eventually the family added a T to their name: GosTwycke and resettled in Bedfordshire as settlement for services to the King.

Last years Roberts project completed. New (and controversial) parentage documented for Reuben Derrith Roberts Sr.

This year I am purely doing clean ups. My tree is back down to ONLY people with relationships to me. I am backtracing all my direct lines to Findagrave and writing BIOS. Lots of my recently deceased kin are choosing cremation with private interment. I am creating some pages for those folks and linking up family with story.

If I may be of help, please ask, though I am not too mobile so rarely get out or travel anymore. -Chris