I live in the Northern Adirondacks of New York State and have for many years been engaged in intensive family history research for both myself (Richard Joseph) and my wife (Catherine Marie). I am willing to provide photos, documents and other family history information to others on this site who may have an interest. Please feel free to contact me. I also ask that anyone who has a common ancestor to either myself or my wife please contact me. Any information, however small, can be extremely valuable. Ancestral research is history detective work where every clue is valuable.

Anyone may use any photo or documentation I post on this site without my permission, notification to me or listing me as credit for the photo or documentation. In fact, I welcome it as I would like it to be disseminated to the maximum extent possible. I only ask that it be used in some manner related to either historical documentation or to provide respect and honor to the deceased.

My wife's and my relationships to the deceased on this site will be indicated by virtual flowers and our specific relationship to the deceased. If anyone has any interest in what we may have feel free to contact me by public message.

I have many death certificates from years of research. I won't post death certificates on this site out of respect for the deceased. However, I will provide them by E-Mail to anyone upon request providing they agree not to post them on this site.

With a few exceptions, I only manage memorials which are either in my wife's or my own bloodlines and will transfer all other memorials which I have created. I only request transfer to me of memorials which are within a few generations of our direct bloodlines and which are not already managed by someone else in either a direct or indirect bloodline of the same person.