User:Drewipson

= Who I Am: =

My name is Drew C. Ipson. Currently I am a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I am currently serving in the Wisconsin Milwaukee Mission. I'm from Aurora, Colorado and have a wonderful family that lives there still. I enjoy many of the wonderful outdoor activites in Colorado with my family. I am the oldest of two and am incredibly grateful for the friendship of my little brother, Bryce. Who will be serving a mission in the Spokane Washington Mission later this September.

= My Interest In Genealogy: =

I have always had a slight interest in Genealogy and History especially. I am a firm believer and have a strong testimony that a concrete idea of where we are from, helps us to have a more concrete idea of who we will be. I am incredibly grateful for a father and a great aunt that spent much of their time developing, improving, and expanding my current family tree. I am also incredibly grateful that they left me with some work to do.

In serving a mission in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Mission, I have been able to volunteer and discover a wonderful Genealogical Society in Monroe, WI. The Green County Genealogical Society. They have done incredible work in perserving and discovering the genealogy of individuals and societies in Green County. Being a "youth" and having a fair understanding of technology (as well as understanding the importance of it) have been able to talk more with this society, teach classes, and encourage individual members to use Family Search and store family memories and genealogical trees. While being "tech savy" I still have a lot to learn. In using Family Search and knowing of the wonderful resources that lie there in, have discovered this Wiki. It is now a goal of mine to increase my knowledge and understanding of the importance and use of this Wiki; as well as hopefully contribute and learn knowledge available to the world.