Genealogy has been a hobby of mine for nearly seven decades now, on and off. (Mostly "off" - - a guy's got to make a living, too!) My principal focus has been on the families of certain of my and my wife's ancestors who came to Michigan in the early 1800s, namely: John Bacon, from Wayne County, New York; Oren Purdy, from St. Lawrence County, New York; and John Baptiste Sevald, from Forbach, Lorraine, France. Other names of interest include: Choate, Dodge, Dougherty, Foisy, Imber, Krofft, Lent, Magee and Richeson. I would be happy to correspond with others interested in these or related families.

"Suggested Edits" for memorials that I manage should include convincing evidence for the suggestion put forward. References to readily available sources like census data, birth or death records that I can verify on-line are fine. References to other information not so readily available should be supported by readable photo images of the documents concerned.