For years, I've enjoyed tracing my family back through the ages and learning all I can about history and culture.

My family has recent roots in eastern Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Florida, South Dakota, and Alberta (Canada). We also have older roots in Bavaria (Germany), Upper Austria (Austria), Quebec (Canada), and Wales.

The ancestor family names I've confirmed via documents and DNA:

Badman

Bartholomew

Beissel / Beissell

Benfield

Bolig / Bolich

Boxleitner

Cassler

Damberger / Danberger

Decker

Domning

Fryer / Froyer

Graf / Gras / Gros / Grass

Haas

Hess

Himmelbach / Himmelberger

Hoppes

Hughes

Koch

LaBelle

Meierhofer / Mayerhofer

Moyer

Oakes

Schoch / Schach

Serfass / Surfoss / Serfoss

Speiser

Vadnais

Wagner

Yoder

Zuber