I am a member of the Louisville-Thruston Chapter of Sons of the American Revolution and, with my father, have been doing extensive family genealogy on both sides of my family most of my life; more recently for my wife's family.

Maternal line focus- Becher, Denning, Lindauer and Schneider families from:

- USA (Kentucky, Southern Indiana)

- Switzerland (Canton Aargau)

- Western Germany (Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palitinate, Baden-Wurtemburg)

- France (Alsace, Languedoc)

Paternal line focus- Abell, Raley, Rawlings and Thornton families from

- USA (Kentucky, Maryland and Virginia)

- England

- Ireland (Antrim, Cavan, Donegal, Down)

- Scotland

Through marriage, focused on - Crap, Lund, McArdle, Riley, O'Donnell, Ranagan, Spencer and Watson families primarily from

- USA (New York, New Hampshire, Vermont)

- Denmark (Schleswig, Sonderburg)

- England (Bournemouth, Dorset)

- Ireland (Cavan, Derry, Limerick, Longford, Monaghan)

- Austria (Burgenland)