I am an amateur genealogist. I took up the family research of
my late uncle in 1999, and have been "addicted" ever
since. I've traced my father's family back to 16th century
France. All other branches of my mother's and father's families
came to the U.S. in the late 1600's. I am a volunteer
photographer for the Find a Grave website, photographing headstones in
Maricopa County by request. I've connected with many
"cousins", with a goal of tracing each branch down to the
living descendants. So far, we've been pretty successful in
doing so.