Born in San Jose, California, USA in 1936. Currently living in Provo, Utah. 

Contracted polio at 13 years of age - 90% paralysis - uses a power wheelchair. Retired Speech Pathologist . Married 45 years, one son, one granddaughter . Active in genealogy since her father began telling her family stories as a child. 

Maternal great-grandparents immigrated to USA in 1884-5 from

Pijnacker.  Their origins are in Amsterdam, Delft, and Voorburg.

Have been working with Dini Hansma on the extraction of civil registration

records from the Northern Provinces since 1996. 

Leisure and special interests: -writing family history, working on

humanitarian aid projects, taking university classes, religious studies.