I was born in Syracuse, NY, but have lived most of my life in Florida. My background is in history, anthropology, and archaeology and I began doing genealogical research in 1981, but have been especially active the last ten years. I divide my research evenly between my father's family, which originated in France (paternal) and England (maternal), and my mother's family, both sides of which were descended from Virginia's Germanna colonists.

I was born in Syracuse, NY, but have lived most of my life in Florida. My background is in history, anthropology, and archaeology and I began doing genealogical research in 1981, but have been especially active the last ten years. I divide my research evenly between my father's family, which originated in France (paternal) and England (maternal), and my mother's family, both sides of which were descended from Virginia's Germanna colonists.