Born in Detroit area. Grandparents grew up in Bingham, Leelanau and Traverse City MI area. Glad to contribute photos from late 1800s.Family surnames: Hockstad, Walseth, Bahle, Solem, Hans, Hanslovsky/Hans, Wiener, Heppler, Kanners, Prager.Husband's family: Beckham, Shieder, Dukes, Fossett, Powell, Baggett. Primarily Pike, Hart & Elbert County Georgia, plus South Carolina. Hope to do research there.

FYI. In my research I always go farther than my own relatives to make sure I've found the right family , especially with common names. So I suggest edits and links to FAG based on actual vital records found on ancestry.com. I dont use free sources like family search, as I have found them incomplete and sometimes inaccurate. So if I suggest an edit, it's backed up carefully by at least two vital records. But of course, I can make mistakes, and am glad to be informed of them.

Born in Detroit area. Grandparents grew up in Bingham, Leelanau and Traverse City MI area. Glad to contribute photos from late 1800s.Family surnames: Hockstad, Walseth, Bahle, Solem, Hans, Hanslovsky/Hans, Wiener, Heppler, Kanners, Prager.Husband's family: Beckham, Shieder, Dukes, Fossett, Powell, Baggett. Primarily Pike, Hart & Elbert County Georgia, plus South Carolina. Hope to do research there.

FYI. In my research I always go farther than my own relatives to make sure I've found the right family , especially with common names. So I suggest edits and links to FAG based on actual vital records found on ancestry.com. I dont use free sources like family search, as I have found them incomplete and sometimes inaccurate. So if I suggest an edit, it's backed up carefully by at least two vital records. But of course, I can make mistakes, and am glad to be informed of them.