My family history is primarily centered in the San Francisco Bay, California area.

And were some of Sonoma Counties early settlers, and have remained here to this day.

My ancestors migrated to California from Michigan (Kent & Muskegon Counties), and Kentucky (Washington, Mercer, Lincoln Counties).

With my earliest ancestors a part of the British Colonies of Virginia (Amherst & Albemarle County) and Maryland.

Before coming to the United States my family comes from:

Ireland: Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Westmeath

Italy: Tuscany Region

England, Germany

Some surnames I research are:

Garfagnoli, Catelani, Nelli

Dawson, Carroll, Peter, Peters

Lippert, Lynch, O'Brien, Collins, O'Sullivan, McMahon