Father of 4 (empty nester), Agnostic. Beyond genealogy my many interests/activities include bike riding, healthy eating, reading, marketing, classic/prog rock and older pop music, singing/writing songs/playing guitar, and sports including football, basketball, and hockey.

I do genealogy on my own lines to find the truth, everything from "train wrecks" to triumphs. I'm Bipolar 1, so I am also a mental health advocate and volunteer. Genealogy presents perpetual challenges, which I enjoy taking on!

My Ancestry DNA ethnic estimates as of 9 October 2021 are: Scotland 41%, England and NW Europe 39%, Sweden and Denmark 12%, Ireland 4%, and Wales 4%.

I give back by shooting pic requests and occasionally shoot entire cemeteries. I add pics, create memorials, and add some obits ect., in the process.

My virtual cemetery consists of my direct ancestor's memorials. The names below are my vetted ancestor family surnames I am working on.

Working my maternal lines including McMasters/Masters (Quakers), Smith, Bair, James, Kite, Davis, Richardson, Crisp, Edwards, Eves, Green, Salkeld, Parvin, Serman, Yeatman, Lightfoot, Powley, Pearson, Bonsall, Bethel, Bassett, Wolf, Markley, Lewis, Halley, Helmick, Hutchings, McGinnis, and Dumond. My searches on these lines so far have taken me from NC to PA, to such places as Ireland and England, to America's Heartland to CA, and to India!

Also working my paternal lines, May (Mormons), Haslam, Wight, Maughan, Allen, Emmons, Hobson, Nicholas, Miner, Small, Philbrick, Camp, Purington, Hewitt, Pulsipher, Chubbuck, Newton, Hulme, Mitton, Crowther, Harrison, Hill, Bryce and Gardner lines. I've traced these lines to England, Scotland, the East Coast, the Midwest, Canada, and, of course, to Utah.

I do affordable, results-based priced freelance genealogy under my company name, Heritage Genealogy.