It is all good and well to search and find, through detective work, long-lost friends or relatives – and it IS exciting and very rewarding – but what about those you care about here and now? A good friend just retired from many years of dedicated service in a Veterinary Hospital.  We decided to make [...]

I was asked by a client to find out whatever happened to a cousin of his named Bud, who he had been very fond of.  No one had seen or heard of Bud since about 1940.  While doing my research, I found that Bud had a son named Conrad.  Conrad was not known about by [...]

Working in the field of Genealogy has given me a definite perspective of life and, in the long view, a perspective against which I gauge my activities. Do you ever wonder if what you do today matters?  Many ads you see tell you that you only have one life to live and so they encourage [...]

Welcome to On the Trail.  I will try to keep things informative and possibly helpful to you.  You may write me and ask questions or comment as you wish.  I really am very interested in finding relatives, restoring strained relations and anything to do with uniting families. As you can see, here I am in [...]