Michael Gabbard
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Michael was born in 1968 at Womack Army Hospital, Fort Bragg, NC. He is the son of Greg Ochs and Sandra Hair. His birth name was Michael Ray Sypert (see Raymond C. Sypert), but he was adopted at age 12 by Donald Gabbard. [1]
Michael has always been interested in Family and Local History and has an appreciation for old buildings, graveyards, and swappin' stories with cousins. He jumped down the rabbit hole and into "proper" Genealogy in the late 80's and hasn't looked back. Not only interested in his direct line, Mike has a passion for collateral lines, and has been working on his partner's line for many years as well.
Living far from his ancestral home in North Carolina (He lives in Southwest Florida), He is amazed at the wealth of information now available on the Internet - But he LIVES for those far-too-few trips back to the old home places where he can be found interrogating the elderly and stalking about cemeteries in Blue Jeans and sneakers with a notebook and camera, muttering to himself in quiet abandon.
He currently lives with his partner of 24 years, two canine rescues, a noisy bird, and a protege.
He is currently a Volunteer Greeter and Supervisor-emeritus on WikiTree and a member of it's Categorization Project. He participated in the RootsTech 2013 Conference in Salt Lake City where he helped represent WikiTree at its booth on the exhibition floor.
1968: Michael Ray 'Sypert' born in Manchester, Cumberland County, NC. [2]
1970: Living in North Carolina.
1980: Living in South Carolina.
1980: Michael is adopted by his mother's 3rd husband, Donald Gabbard.
1990: Living in Norfolk, Virginia while in the U.S. Navy.
1997: Michael Ray Gabbard was joined with David Ward in Holy Union at St. John the Apostle Metropolitan Community Church in Fort Myers, Florida on December 6 on their 6th anniversary together as a couple and Domestic Partners.
2000: Living in Cape Coral, Lee County, Florida with Domestic Partner David Ward.
2010: Living in Cape Coral, Lee County, Florida with Domestic Partner David Ward.
Early in the new millenium, Michael was connected with his Biological Father by a producer from the Today Show on NBC. They are still in contact...
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This is a list of other WikiTreers with whom I share common ancestry. It's so exciting to find these connections! If I've missed you, let me know. I haven't kept this list all along, so I'm doing my best to go back and find the relevant messages. (Also, let me know if you want to be removed from this list. This list is just for my own amusement, and I don't want to disturb anyone's sense of privacy.)
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just another very curious soul. You have a Haskins connection which was my mother's maiden name. So was wondering if we were ?xremoved cousins. Bonnie Cowden 503-998-1952