Rich Vickers
Honor Code SignatorySigned 20 Jul 2017 | 53 contributions | 10 thank-yous | 51 connections
I was born in Derby, UK in 1981. My interest in Genealogy started when my Mother told me that nobody knew what had happened to her grandfather John Anthony Flanagan (b. 1898). I still don't know what happened to him after he moved to the USA, but I've discovered a number of other relatives I never knew I had.
I now live in Vancouver, BC, having moved here in 2007.
I'm primarily interested in Ulster Irish family history as my Mother was born in Belfast, NI. Irish Genealogy is tough, but rewarding.
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Featured National Park champion connections: Rich is 29 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 26 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 29 degrees from George Catlin, 28 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 33 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 29 degrees from George Grinnell, 31 degrees from Anton Kröller, 30 degrees from Stephen Mather, 23 degrees from Kara McKean, 30 degrees from John Muir, 24 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 39 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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