User:LeeTHawkins

= About =

Location: North Olmsted, Ohio, United States, a western suburb of Cleveland.

Primary Trades: Photography, Information Technology, Project Management

Secondary Trades (I probably do these well enough to get paid, but haven't yet--so far...): Cartography, Genealogy

In a nutshell, I like:


 * Photography since it is a creative art and science I am passionate about - it is very satisfying to capture people, places, and events in a way that shows their soul.
 * Information Technology
 * Project Management because, "I love it when a plan comes together."
 * Cartography since I just love to see how places connect together, and then represent it in an obvious and easy way.
 * Genealogy simply because I think I like to know where we all come from and how we eventually got where we are today. It's also incredible when you discover how an ancestor or near relative left their fingerprints on a community you are now a part of over a century later...that they saw they same places you now see, just at a different time.

= Research Interests =

Mostly I've worked only on my own and my wife's family trees, also fleshing out aunts, uncles, and cousins as much as possible. Often I do my research in spurts, where I may spend a lot of time in the course of a week or so, and then something else in life takes priority. I find local and family history very relaxing and rewarding, which contrasts with the many stresses of everyday life. Even the most challenging genealogical mystery is fun to solve!

Places
To date, I have done the bulk of my research in the following areas (in order of familiarity):


 * United States
 * Ohio
 * Lorain County
 * Medina County
 * Cuyahoga County
 * Columbiana County
 * Mahoning County
 * Stark County
 * Pennsylvania
 * Allegheny County
 * Massachusetts
 * Berkshire County
 * Connecticut
 * New Haven County
 * Maryland
 * Harford County
 * New York
 * United Kingdom
 * England
 * Staffordshire

If you ever need any help with researching in Ohio, I'm happy to assist! Having been a resident of Northeast Ohio my entire life, I am very familiar with the history and geography here, and am always interested in solving a mystery...especially if no one else has been able to solve it yet :-)