My interest started over a decade ago after a cousin from the Netherlands contacted our family in Canada. I started collecting with much enthusiasm and little method. My site served as my database until I starting using the (now unfortunately obsolete mac application) Gene. I then started to make fewer mistakes.

I am a collector and an amateur. I do not want to be mistaken for a "real" genealogist - I cannot examine archival documents and verify the data as I live in Canada, I also can't afford CDs and what not or to order records on the internet. My focus is on connectivity rather than extensive detail. But if you happen to find an ancestor on my site, you may suddenly have a whole bunch of new ancestors as well as their descendants.

You will find some incomplete pages, a side effect of how I spider out and grow this mandelbrot-type site. If you are peaked by what could be on an unfinished page for you, let me know and I will give it priority.

My information is presented in family groups. You will be able to hop from page to page, skipping generations if you are in a hurry. Only unions are indexed in chronological order.

The html filenames are usually composed of the couples' names expressed in first five letters of last name and first letter of given name. I have to deviate occasionally from this approach to avoid duplication of names.

A schematic explanation of the layout is below.