I have been doing genealogical research since 2010, I started by focusing primarily on the Benson (Bengtsson) and Martin families on my mother's side. They emigrated from Sweden and England respectively, and settled in South Dakota. The Martinsen and Chittick families on my father's side. They emigrated from Germany and Ireland respectively, and settled in Nebraska and Missouri. This includes ties to other families through marriage. Though not related, I have also found interest in the Lechner, Stites, and Stroh families of Nebraska. They were long time friends of the Martinsen family.

While doing genealogical research for by Brother-In-Law's family, many of whom were from the Cleveland, Ohio area, I got interested in contributing to several Jewish cemeteries there. Cleveland is rich in online resources that provide burial and historical facts about the dearly departed. I find it a challenge to provide some detail about the people who lived in this area; adding dates and places as well as linking family members. I typically use Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, FamilySearch.org, Genealogybank.com, Access Jewish Cleveland Cemetery Database, Cleveland Jewish News Archive, and The Cleveland Necrology File Index as my document sources. Edits that I request on Find A Grave are taken seriously and I must be convinced of a fact before I will submit an edit.

To all of the people I follow, thank you! I have either interacted with you in one way or another or received valuable information from your profile page. You have all helped me in my activity on this website.

If you would like me to transfer any family members please use the "Contact manager" link in the Edit utility of the memorial you would like to have transferred. One other note on transfers, please do not transfer a memorial to me without my explicit approval. My edits and photo requests to memorials are done to provide information and enhance the usefulness of the memorial. I am not soliciting for or requesting management of any memorial in this activity.