Intro

This is my book.

I've read numerous books written by little-known authors, regular people like you and me, who decided to document their family's history and share it with the world. I'm grateful for those folks who had the foresight to put the information in writing and help the rest of us fill in the holes of our family trees. I have links to a few of those books below.

This website is my book. The difference is that I'm a retired website developer so my toolbox allows me to create something like this. Back in the 1970s, you couldn't create such a site; a printed book was the only way to go. So when I started gathering my family's stories 27 years ago, I put them all in files and photos on my computer. And now I'm re-organizing those stories into chapters. I hope you will find them helpful and perhaps entertaining.

While I have deep roots in Norway and Belgium, for now, I am most interested in tracing my Crevier name, which takes me to France (through Canada). I am especially interested in this name, not only for the obvious reason that my father is a Crevier, but also because my mother has deep roots in the Crevier family. There are many factions of Creviers in America today, and I have successfully traced several of these back to their roots through Quebec and into France in the 1500s.

I also have a little information in the Creviere (with the 'e' on the end) family. I hope to make a reliable connection between our families some day.

So, these stories I've shared are my book chapters. But they are still alive. I edit them occasionally as I gain new knowledge. And of course if you have information that I'm missing, I hope you'll let me know.