I have been researching my family history for the last 47 years. I'm a proud native Texan and have a lot of roots in the Lone Star state. I also have deep roots in the City of New Orleans.

I have documented nearly 41,000 ancestors and descendants in compiling my family genealogy. I have researched and found ancestors who served during the French and Indian Wars, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War, World War I/II, and Vietnam,. I even have two great-great-grandfathers who served as Frontier Battalion Texas Rangers in the 1880s.

I also teach genealogy classes at a local college, lecture at various local civic groups and schools, and write a syndicated genealogy newspaper column. I research cemeteries and fill photo requests here on FAG as time permits in the Tri-State area (northern Georgia, western North Carolina, and eastern Tennessee). I also specialize in estate/probate genealogy research to assist law firms in locating the heirs of deceased individuals for local probate courts.

I retired from the U.S. Navy in 1993 with the rank of Chief Petty Officer after 23 years of active duty service in both the surface and aviation communities. So I have a keen interest in documenting military service veterans and their final resting places.

If I have a memorial posted for one of your ancestors (not distant cousins, etc) and they are not any of my ancestors, I'm more than happy to transfer management of their Find A Grave memorial to you. Just contact me or email me directly at the address familyhistorian at frontier dot com.

You can see more about my research on my family blog at http://larry-family-history.blogspot.com/.