User:Galstuk

Background
I'm a retired United States Air Force officer currently working as a software engineer. I was born in Glens Falls, New York, however, I currently reside in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and regard Hastings, Nebraska as my home. My parents moved from Glens Falls to Hastings in September of 1966, looking for that greener grass I imagine. I graduated from Hastings High School in 1974. I attended Hastings College for a semester and then Brigham Young University for a semester prior to embarking on a mission for the LDS church in the Netherlands. Upon my return from the Netherlands, I attended Wayne State College and then embarked on a career in the US Air Force beginning in December of 1977. I served as an enlisted member for about 5 years working as an Airborne Cryptologic Slavic Linugist. I was dual qualified in the Russian, German, Dutch and French languages. I left the service to finish up a Bachelor's degree in Political Science with a minor in International Relations at the University of Utah in 1984. I returned to the Air Force as a commissioned officer in the fall of 1984 and served as a Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) Launch Officer for three years in the United Kingdom and then as a Computer Systems Analysis Officer at both HQ Strategic Air Command and Mountain Home AFB until my retirement in 1996. I obtained a Master of Science degree in International Relations from Troy University while on active duty. Since my retirement from the Air Force I've worked as a software engineer at a Life Insurance company, as a consultant for IBM, as a software engineer for an IBM Business Partner; HLS Technologies, Inc., and, now, as a contract software engineer for Genova Technologies, Inc. I am currently pursuing a Master of Computer Science in Software Engineering degree from the University of Iowa and working on a satellite communications project at Rockwell Collins, Inc. in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Interests
I'm currently engaged in research on the following family lines:   Baker Family   Glens Falls, New York   Schoharie, New York     Ellersons (Ellarsons) of Schoharie, New York   Fishers of Grand Junction, Iowa   Glossers of Buffalo, New York   Nibels of Paton, Iowa </li>  Streeters of New York State </li>  Vroomans of Schoharie, New York </li>  Weeks Family   Delaware, Ohio </li>  Paton, Iowa </li>  Saratoga Springs, New York </li>  Union Junction, Iowa </li> </ul> </li>  Wilsons of Pocahontas, Iowa </li> </ul>

Experience
I've been working on my own family history for more than forty years. I began work on my wife's family history about 10 years ago. I currently volunteer as a Family History Consultant, Indexer and Extraction Worker for the LDS Church.