Areas of Interest

Interest areas are many, both topical and geographical.  Most of them involve: Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and/or New Jersey.

• GEOGRAPHICAL: It is possible to plan a research trip and share the cost between a client’s and my personal family research!

• QUAKER: The research I inherited from my Quaker grandparents acquainted me with Quaker records, migration patterns, methods of dating, and religious beliefs. My grandfather was a Quaker pastor whose ancestors were in the U.S. very early in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. My father was a practicing Quaker for a good deal of his life and one sister is still a member of the Society of Friends [the official name of what we often call Quakers].

• CATHOLIC: Since working on the pastoral team for several midwestern Catholic parishes I've learned quite a bit about Catholic sacramental records.