I was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. My father died when I was 2 weeks old so I never knew him. I got into genealogy when I was about 30 years old. I wanted to get to know my fathers family. I went to St. John's Lutheran Cemetery with my mother and she pointed out all my relatives that are buried there. I then started my family tree and I have since found out I had relatives in Holland, Michigan. That is when I started looking into the Yntema (Ijntema) families. They are buried in Pilgrim Home cemetery and Drenthe Cemetery. I really enjoy going to cemeteries and read the stones. I usually connect the year of deaths with some kind of history. After many years of research and walking a lot of cemeteries, I have over 30,000 people in my tree. My ancestory came from Netherland, Germany and Austrilia. The base names for my tree are: DeWitte, DeWitt, Schakel, Folkening, Waterman, Toon, Woempner, Kleyn and VanHeyningen.

I was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. My father died when I was 2 weeks old so I never knew him. I got into genealogy when I was about 30 years old. I wanted to get to know my fathers family. I went to St. John's Lutheran Cemetery with my mother and she pointed out all my relatives that are buried there. I then started my family tree and I have since found out I had relatives in Holland, Michigan. That is when I started looking into the Yntema (Ijntema) families. They are buried in Pilgrim Home cemetery and Drenthe Cemetery. I really enjoy going to cemeteries and read the stones. I usually connect the year of deaths with some kind of history. After many years of research and walking a lot of cemeteries, I have over 30,000 people in my tree. My ancestory came from Netherland, Germany and Austrilia. The base names for my tree are: DeWitte, DeWitt, Schakel, Folkening, Waterman, Toon, Woempner, Kleyn and VanHeyningen.