Since the death of my father, I've become more interested in my ancestry and how it shaped me.  I know, for instance, that I inherited from Dad the love of spotting insanely appropriate names (like Dr. Needles), and Mom gave me the tendency to fill a mug a bit too much with a hot beverage, so that over the years one can trace a path from the kitchen to my favorite seat by looking at the carpet.  There is more to it than that, I know, and this page will be dedicated to tracing my family tree (drawing upon the incredible work of relatives on both sides of my family) and linking to various other related web pages.

I'm currently trying to decide if Ancestry.com is the best online genealogy service.  They seem to have a good database, but they also seem to want a lot of friggin' money to access it fully.  More to come.