As a genealogist and local historian, I have been researching the people and communities of central Illinois since 1975. My special interests are the early settlers of Sangamon and Menard Counties, IL. Through Find A Grave, I have been able to memorialize some of my ancestors and early settlers of several other states.

I am also the webmaster for World War II USMC Aerial Photographic Squadron VMD-154. This USMC squadron was stationed at Camp Elrod on Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides (now known as Vanuatu) in the South Pacific. Flying in B-24 Liberators on aerial reconnaissance missions, this squadron mapped the South Pacific Islands and monitored Japanese activities. To honor them, I created another site here at Find A Grave under the name VMD-154 Association that is devoted entirely to the deceased members of this squadron, including my father, Emil Fredrick Naschinski.