I became interested in family history as a young girl. My mom and grandmother often visited their family cemetery plots giving special care to make sure the gravestones were clean and the plot was free of weeds.

I often wondered about my family's lives and started asking questions early on.

As a 40+ year genealogist, I give my time to history centers and churches in the U.S. and Europe in researching and writing history. My experience includes the restoration and transcriptions of old gravestones. I have compiled over 2000+ family histories. I love connecting families with their past and preserving the histories of those who have come before us.

In regards to my family history, I have spent years combing through records, taken trips to Germany to visit family churches, and have given countless hours interviewing family members who are no longer with us that gave me glimpses into the past. All of this was done before ancestry, familysearch, findagrave and other internet sources existed.

I gladly share my research that has taken me a lifetime to achieve. I only ask when using my photos and documentation that you accredit me when using .

Newcomers to genealogy have asked me how to begin their family history. My initial question is why do you want to start a family tree. The answers have varied from learning about their past to wanting to find out if they are related to someone famous.

If you want to learn about your relatives, walk their paths. Various genealogy web sites provide trees that others have put together. Tagging those trees without doing your own research or at least reading each documentation found on another's tree, deprives you from learning about your relatives and ultimately about yourself.

Online sites are full of information but don't forget about the local libraries, churches, and history centers. Seventy percent of my research comes from those important record keepers.

Preserve the past for future generations.

I became interested in family history as a young girl. My mom and grandmother often visited their family cemetery plots giving special care to make sure the gravestones were clean and the plot was free of weeds.

I often wondered about my family's lives and started asking questions early on.

As a 40+ year genealogist, I give my time to history centers and churches in the U.S. and Europe in researching and writing history. My experience includes the restoration and transcriptions of old gravestones. I have compiled over 2000+ family histories. I love connecting families with their past and preserving the histories of those who have come before us.

In regards to my family history, I have spent years combing through records, taken trips to Germany to visit family churches, and have given countless hours interviewing family members who are no longer with us that gave me glimpses into the past. All of this was done before ancestry, familysearch, findagrave and other internet sources existed.

I gladly share my research that has taken me a lifetime to achieve. I only ask when using my photos and documentation that you accredit me when using .

Newcomers to genealogy have asked me how to begin their family history. My initial question is why do you want to start a family tree. The answers have varied from learning about their past to wanting to find out if they are related to someone famous.

If you want to learn about your relatives, walk their paths. Various genealogy web sites provide trees that others have put together. Tagging those trees without doing your own research or at least reading each documentation found on another's tree, deprives you from learning about your relatives and ultimately about yourself.

Online sites are full of information but don't forget about the local libraries, churches, and history centers. Seventy percent of my research comes from those important record keepers.

Preserve the past for future generations.