Hi there, my name is Keith Rhodes, born in the UK (Leeds), many years ago, and currently reside just outside Ottawa (actually Manotick, but who has ever heard of that place?)
Winter in Texas was cool and very windy, golf was severely affected, so I took up genealogy to help my wife find her ancestors. Nobody told me that genealogy was addicted, and I am hooked. So far I have traced her ancestors, Whalleys, Marshalls, and mine, Rhodes & Merchants, plus a couple of others - one ex-Whalley lives in BC, with the surname Park, from Kendal, so now I know something about Parks and Andrews families.
It is fun.
Things I get frustrated with - people who disappear, streets that disappear and places that change names. I need help from experts on how to resolve these issues, and I have joined this forum in the hope of finding a few new methods of solving them and perhaps learning from other members.
Thanks for letting me join,
Keith