Please send any corrections, comments or requests for additional information to Stephen Scott Baker (steve@tandika.com)
Welcome to my website, which is devoted to the genealogy of the Baker and Ely families of New York, and the Patterson and Joachim families of Ohio. Other families in my line include the Knaptons of Somerset, England, the Hillerys of West Virginia and Ohio, the McKees of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and the Rothweillers of Ohio. Also, my database includes many families I am only indirectly related to. The purpose of this site is to find other researchers with common interests and share what information I have found. If you have any information to add (or correct) or if you would like to know more, please contact me.
I started researching my family tree after finding a large collection of photos which belonged to my grandmother, Gail (Patterson) Joachim. The photos documented the family back into the late 19th century. Many of those photos, as well as photos from other family members, are displayed on this site. These photos are displayed at a fairly low resolution in order to keep the storage and bandwidth requirements down. If you would like a better copy of any of these photos, please let me know. In most cases, I wil be able to share the photo, and I can make it available for you to download.
Much of the family information in this database comes from other researchers or was found on the web. Most of it is not "proven", but I have listed sources for as much as I can. If you want more information about a particular source, just let me know.
Please send any corrections, comments or requests for additional information to Stephen Scott Baker (steve@tandika.com)