I am a retired American Baptist minister who now lives in Maine. My father caught the genealogy bug after watching the TV mini-series "Roots." He was able to trace our family back 9 generations to Germany, and this was in the days before the internet. He has passed the mantle of maintaining the family heritage to me.

I am a retired American Baptist minister who now lives in Maine. My father caught the genealogy bug after watching the TV mini-series "Roots." He was able to trace our family back 9 generations to Germany, and this was in the days before the internet. He has passed the mantle of maintaining the family heritage to me.