I was born in South Bend, Indiana, raised in Elkhart, Indiana, and following my high school graduation, I moved to southwestern Illinois, near St Louis MO, after serving a four-year tour with the US Air Force. I have always been fascinated by cemeteries ever since I was a young child, especially small family cemeteries. In the last 40-plus years, I have delved into my family genealogy on my father's (Bjornstad) and mother's (Denson) side. My paternal grandfather, Kristian Bjornstad, immigrated to America from Norway in the early 1900s, eventually settling in eastern North Dakota. His oldest brother had an interest in the Bjornstad genealogy and he compiled the family record into a book and had it published in Oslo Norway in 1943, which traces the family origins to the first king of Norway. I have used it as a reference when submitting memorials for my father's ancestors on Find A Grave. On my mother's side, a distant cousin, Dr. Marion E. Denson of Columbia TN (now deceased) published a genealogy book in 1997 on the Denson families in America, tracing them back to the mid-1600s, when a William Denson came from England and settled in southern Virginia, near the present-day city of Norfolk. This book has been a great source of reference for my Find A Grave memorials pertaining to my Denson ancestors. Additionally, I want to give special thanks to Ronald C. Denson of Birmingham AL (now deceased) who also compiled a genealogy of my Denson ancestors which was very helpful.

I also want to give special thanks to my wife, Angela Bjornstad, for her help in formatting the grave photos that I have posted on this site.

I am acceptable to transferring memorials on Find A Grave to anyone who requests them and who is a direct descendant of the person whose memorial I have posted, unless I am also a direct descendant. If I have incorrectly stated any information for any memorial that I manage, please use the Edit tab feature and I will gladly make the necessary corrections. Also, I do not object if anyone posts pictures to any memorials that I created and still manage.

PLEASE NOTE: I do not have the ability to make changes or corrections to the Famous memorials that I have posted. Only the Find A Grave administrators can do that. If you should find an error on any Famous memorial that is credited to me, please contact [email protected] and provide them with the required changes/corrections.

ONE FINAL NOTE: Any rude or discourteous messages that are addressed to me on this forum will be ignored AND deleted. I will not respond to them. This also applies to any messages sent to me through a memorial's edit button.