About This Website

Hi, I'm Michael Boyter. I appreciate you taking the time to visit FamilyHistoryProducts.com. Please allow me to introduceand tell a little bit about myself.

I am a native of the state of Oregon, having been born there in 1964. I was raised in Winston Oregon , until I was 19 years old.

At 19 I served a mission to Caracas Venezuela for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. There, I became pretty fluent in the Spanish language.

Shortly upon my return, while at college, I met my wife Sheri. We were married 10 months later. We celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary this past August(2007)!

We are proud parents of six children...four boys and two girls. girls. They're range in age from 3 years up to 18 years old.

Over the years, Sheri and I have made our home in quite a few places such as, Monterey California, San Angelo Texas, Berlin Germany, Cheyenne Wyoming, Albany Oregon, Rapid City South Dakota, Great Falls Montana and now we make our home in Wasilla Alaska, located in the beautiful Matanuska Valley!

Over the years I've had the privilege to travel to several other parts of the world, to include Ireland, England, Turkey, Germany, Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Afghanistan.

I graduated from the Defense Language Institute in 1987. I studied the German language there.

The Website Begins

I began FamilyHistoryProducts.com in August of 2000 with my e-book, Memorygrabber. The concept of the site is to make preserving family memories and personal histories quicker, easier and much more fun.

I've set out to create and find some of the most interesting and imaginative ways to preserve these memories.

My family history articles have been published in hundreds of newsletters and on many web sites to include www.nationalbusiness.org.

Grandma Is My Inspiration

I give all the credit to my grandma Boyter for my interest in family history. Genealogy is of an interest to me, but it is the stories of the more recent family descendants, that really gets me excited.

My grandmother, many times, would tuck photo copies of old family journals into our Christmas presents when I was a kid.

I'd often be found reading these journal entries (some from the mid 1800s) on many Christmas afternoons; the rest of my gifts sitting idly by.

Hobbies and Interests

Besides family history, I enjoy playing the piano, building income-generating websites, video editing, traveling, anything about Alaska and going on dates with my wife...almost every Friday night.

Well, hopefully I haven't bored you too much. I hope you enjoy the Web site. I have much more planned for it in the near future.

Best Regards,

Michael R. Boyter & Family

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