Family has always been important to me, including those who came before. There are those I know (presently) and those I desire to know (from the past). My curiosity about my ancestors becomes stronger each day. Each fascinating story fills in the gaps of time. Their strengths and weaknesses remind me of my own. Each of their stories helps me analyze my own story. Many of them did the best they could with what they had. My greatest desire is to do the same.

I am an entrepreneur at heart with an incredible number of interests and an expanding mindset; creative, analytical and strong in recognizing patterns. Genealogical research, information gathering, analysis and writing. Civil engineering, land surveying, legal descriptions, reading/drawing land maps and construction background.

Over thirty years of experience researching land records. Over twelve years of experience running a survey crew, finding/setting property corners, writing legal descriptions and drawing land plats/maps.  My specialty is the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), synonymous with the Government Survey System and Rectangular Survey System.

I am familiar with publishing via Acres USA Magazine who printed my articles on edible and medicinal wild plants for four years.

Geographic Specialities

I ran a survey crew (worked directly under counsel of three different old school licensed Land Surveyors), created plats/maps, wrote legal descriptions, worked with GPS coordinates, USGS quadrangle maps, contours and aerial photographs for over twelve years.  I can create ancestral property maps of high publishing value for books, magazines, reports, etc.  My survey system specialty is the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), synonymous with the Government Survey System and the Rectangular Survey System.  In addition to the PLSS , I recently completed a seventy-eight page ancestral land reconstruction project/report in north west Georgia (1832 Cherokee Land Lottery).

Publications/Media
Acres USA Magazine (contributing author)

Repositories
Autauga County, Alabama
Choctaw County, Alabama
Clarke County, Alabama
Clarke County, Mississippi
Dallas County, Alabama
Greene County, Alabama
Hale County, Alabama
Marengo County, Alabama
Monroe County, Alabama
Montgomery County, Alabama
Perry County, Alabama
Sumter County, Alabama
Wilcox County, Alabama 

Research Time Periods

• 21st Century
• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century

Languages
English

Honorifics/Credentials
Alabama Licensed Home Builder
 

Certificates
Boston University Genealogical Certificate
ProGen 64 Certificate
GenProof 87 Certificate

Affiliations
Association of Professional Genealogists (APG)
Alabama Private Investigator's Association (APIA)
Alabama Genealogical Society
Boston University Alumni
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Guild of One-Name Studies
Henrico County Historical Society (Virginia)
Jamestowne Society (JS)
National Society Sons of American Revolution (SAR)
National Genealogical Society (NGS)
Society of Genealogists (SOG)
Wilcox County Genealogical Society
 

Degrees
Associate of Applied Science in Drafting and Design
Associate of Arts