Pete's Genealogy Corner

A Little Background

I became interested in studying my roots back in the mid 1980s. My fatherwas corresponding with a distant relative in Indiana who is a genealogy buff. Included in this distant relative’s correspondence was information about several of my ancestors. My father shared this information with me and I became hooked. Over the next several years I amassed information about my immediate family, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. Acquiring this information was time consuming and labor intensive because it was all paper based.

When I purchased my first personal computer in 1995 finding data became a bit easier. With access to the Internet I was able to search for people. It was, and still is, amazing at the amount of information available with a few keystrokes. In addition, I came across many Sluders who were also researching their family roots. Some are known relatives of mine while others share the last name but have no discernable relationship. I learned that genealogical researchers are a friendly group willing to share information in a never-ending search for more branches to add to their family trees.

My genealogical search was on hiatus since 2001 until recently when I started researching my roots again. Some of you may remember this web site from several years ago. It brought me great pleasure to post and share pictures and other Sluder related information. When I took the site down it was a blue day for me, but I decided that with my renewed enthusiasm towards genealogy this site needed to be resurrected. So here it is!

This site is a work in progress and will evolve and expand as time permits.