About Erika — The Person Behind the Site

I am Erika Q. Stokes, a United States-based, 40-something genealogy enthusiast. I have been researching my family since I was about 12 years old. I am a mother of five boys—I have two adopted sons from Russia, adopted when they were 8 and 10, and two foster sons. The older boys are all between 30 and 33 as I write this. My youngest is Andy, in his late teens. Like most people who put far too much information of their own on social networking sites, they’d rather their mother not talk about them online, so that’s all I’ll say about them!

I am a New Hampshire native, but spent my high school years in Santa Barbara, California, where I had the opportunity to take college classes in high school. I graduated early because I’m a colossal nerd-geek. After high school I came back home to New England and went to Boston University’s School of Education (now renamed Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development) where I studied education and computer science. I ran a web hosting and Internet access company for several years, and then took a few years off to stay home with Andy.

Currently, in addition to finding time for family research, I own a tabletop game store, The Relentless Dragon, in Nashua, New Hampshire, and do eBook and print-on-demand book formatting for independent authors.

Want to reach me? Drop me a note! :)