The author is an engineer who passed the mensa test and has studied genealogy for years. He is a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendents, the Sons of the American Revolution and many other Genealogy based Societies. He has written over 100 books on the subject. The author was born in Ohio, lived in Pennsylvania, lived in North Carolina and lived in Tennessee and years ago returned to Ohio. Shown here is a picture of the author at Sprague Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. The author had a wife of twenty-five years and one child who at the time of the divorce was 22 years ago that being six years ago. There are plans for more books and updated second editions are out there for the copyright law goes for 50 years.