Family Trees and Family Photos
This part of the website is primarily directed to those who are related to me either directly or by marriage.
For many years, I have worked on the family trees of my family and the families of my wife, Linda, and my ex-wife, Judi. Each family tree has a separate mother's side and a separate father's side, so I have worked on six family trees, which I have posted on this website. However, in 2024, because of technical issues with my software, I was unable to update the family trees, and I am no longer trying to improve them. Nevertheless, while I am keeping the family trees on the website, it is not likely that they will change.
The trees are hourglass charts that show the ancestors and descendants of my grandparents and those of my wife and ex-wife. Because of space limitations, I have only included two descendant generations below those grandparents. I have also posted a photo gallery of each family, starting with our parents' generations, including their siblings and ancestors. Because of space limitations, I cannot include the photos of more recent generations unless they are also in the posted photos. The captions under each photo list the names the individuals went by when the photo was taken, including nicknames within parentheses and maiden names within brackets.
The Family Tree buttons below will let you view, print, or download
a family tree in high-resolution PDF file format.
The Photos buttons below display photo galleries.
my mother’s family (ancestors and descendants of Max Shotz)
my father’s family (ancestors and descendants of Aaron Aronowitz)
my wife’s mother's family (ancestors and descendants of William Strohmeier)
my wife’s father's family (ancestors and descendants of Charles J. Piester)
my ex-wife’s mother's family (ancestors and descendants of Harry Wachtel)
my ex-wife’s father's family (descendants of Israel Wuntch)