An Overview of my Genealogy

I've been interested in genealogy ever since my grandmother told me about it. She, from whom I obviously inherit the interest, did a lot of research that eventually traced her back to the 1700s. I just got an www.ancestry.com account, and using it made contact with Ed Hockersmith, who himself had made contact with Günter W. Hackenschmidt, a German guy who had gone from my grandmother's ancestors back to 1590, all the way to:

Hans Hackenshimdt, father of:
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Ulrich Georg Hackensmidt, 1590-?, father of:
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Georg Nicomed Hackenshmidt, 1658-1702, father of:
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Johann Georg Hackensmidt, 1683-?, father of:
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Konrad Hackensmidt, 1718-1795, came to America, farthest back my grandmother went, father of:
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Jacob Hockersmith, 1746-1818, father of:
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Peter Hockersmith, ?-1834, father of:
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John Hockensmith, 1805-1892, father of:
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Harriet Hockensmith, 1854-1937, mother of:
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Chloe Mills, 1892-1977, mother of:
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My Grandmother, mother of:
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My Mother, mother of:
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Me. Duh!

My Wiki

I haven't posted a thing since April.

So here's a post.

My wiki has been around since September 2009, so I aught to share it now that it has more-than-enough pages.

It's made with Wikkii, which you can read all about in a lower post, and I will only summarize in saying that it uses MediaWiki, the same software used with Wikipedia.

When you first go to the address below, it will say you must log in to view pages. Well, click on the link, create an account (don't worry, it's free), and then you will be able to do it. I just do this so that only human beings can see it, and I can delete accounts if they are evil.

When you first come to the main page, you will find a Welcome banner and something like Worlds nil nil nil nil. Under that you will see Today's Featured Article. Skip that and you will see the Hello paragraph. Read it, and you will know all you need to know.

So get out there, click on this link, read all that cool stuff I invented, and correct my spelling!