Hello, and welcome!

I am located in the Tacoma, WA area and have been working on my family's lineage for a number of years. Another relative was working on it until her passing, and I feel inspired to serve my ancestors. I work primarily with direct-line relatives, but even that has several frayed connections.

My father is the patriarch and last remaining member who holds our family's memories, and I hope to convey them here to the best of my ability. His family comes from the Ulsters, or Scotch-Irish. My mother comes from the Smith lineage of Gelderland, and our ancestors were among the Elders of New Amsterdam, the Dutch colonial settlement which would later become New York City.

Surnames include (not limited to):

Gilmore, McAlpin, McGowan, Felix, Strang, Howald, Wilde, Prien, Smith/Smidt/Smeet(s)