I was born in Newport Beach California. Lived in Ohio most of my life. I am an artist/interior decorator. I have many hobbies, my art, building projects, landscaping, and of course genealogy. Been researching my German and Dutch roots in Putnam Co. Ohio and beyond since 1982 which has taken me to Germany and the Netherlands. I have researched the Schramm family dating back to late 1500s in Wustenselbitz Helmbrechts Oberfranken Bavaria Germany ..Schumacher from Old Prussia on my mothers side and Hovest/Hovestadt also mother's side from Ostbevern Warendorf Westfalen Germany (family still living in the home place) I enjoy collecting old photos and any items relating to family research. Family names paternal; Schramm.Sell/Seel.Dieckmann.Huisman. Kortier. Douma.Ossenga. Reichel. Voppe. Wolfrum. Weichart. Vaarenbrink. maternal; Schumacher.Hansel. Halker. Vogeding. Sager. Hovest. Ossege. Gerdemann. Heising. Dahling. Niese. Lefken. Brochmann. Bruggeman. Cantzen.

I was born in Newport Beach California. Lived in Ohio most of my life. I am an artist/interior decorator. I have many hobbies, my art, building projects, landscaping, and of course genealogy. Been researching my German and Dutch roots in Putnam Co. Ohio and beyond since 1982 which has taken me to Germany and the Netherlands. I have researched the Schramm family dating back to late 1500s in Wustenselbitz Helmbrechts Oberfranken Bavaria Germany ..Schumacher from Old Prussia on my mothers side and Hovest/Hovestadt also mother's side from Ostbevern Warendorf Westfalen Germany (family still living in the home place) I enjoy collecting old photos and any items relating to family research. Family names paternal; Schramm.Sell/Seel.Dieckmann.Huisman. Kortier. Douma.Ossenga. Reichel. Voppe. Wolfrum. Weichart. Vaarenbrink. maternal; Schumacher.Hansel. Halker. Vogeding. Sager. Hovest. Ossege. Gerdemann. Heising. Dahling. Niese. Lefken. Brochmann. Bruggeman. Cantzen.