David Clark's Page

What surnames are you interested in researching?

Clark, Ownbey, Rauch, Sparks, Hosier, Shearer, Wood, Weidler, Curtis, Phillips, Remington, Utter, McCollum, Krieg, Wright, Hylton and many others.

What countries and other locations are you interested in researching?

NE Oregon, W Idaho, SE Washginton, Iowa, Illinois near St. Louis, Indiana

What is your level of genealogy knowledge?

Advanced Family History Researcher

If you are a genealogy expert, what are your specialties?

I don't know if I'd call myself an expert, I do have about 10 years of Internet research experience. I've gathered information from relatives for over 35 years since I was a kid. I have a knack for finding really bad spellings and transcriptions.

For what reason did you start genealogy research?

I heard lots of stories as a kid and always wanted to know the history and truth behind them. My family also had brickwalls and I wanted to see how many I could break. I've managed to get all of my ggggrandparents information and just have two brick walls from before that. I became more interested a few years ago when I found out that a majority of my ancestors, including several 4th great grandparents are buried in OR, WA and ID and I have dozens of pioneer ancestors.