Working on this site!
I have been very busy as of late and have not had any time to devote to this site for awhile. Things are going very well for my family. The recession has not been as hard on us as many people so that is a good thing. Max is in basketball this year and loving it. He has also started school at a new school called St. Bridgets and has been doing very well. Oxana is now an RN at Swedish American Hospital in Rockford and has been enjoying the challenge of it. And I have been doing the IT thing as always. Thanks for visiting!
Who am I
I have had several emails from people asking a little more about myself so here goes. My parents are both from Germany, my mother is from Manheim and my father is from Emden. They met over here in the early 50s in Freeport, Illinois and were married in the mid 50s. I was born in Freeport and have resided in the area ever since. I own a small consulting company called Valk Systems and own and operate several websites which may be browsed from HERE. Please let me know if you have relatives from the Emden region of Germany and you have a last name of Valk, would be interesting to know!
We have updated
I have updated the site with the latest and greatest version of Wordpress as well as changing the theme to this new one. We hope you find the sight pleasing and continue to visit in the future.
Happy Holidays
I would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday! This year has been a good one for me, and I hope it continues for me and my family into the next one.
Coming together!
The new site is nearing final status. It has been quite an undertaking to get things back to normal. I have switched to a new Content Management System that I had not used before and was not familiar with. The new system is better than the old in every way, and I think it may have been a blessing in disguise to be hacked by an outsider. The site is very secure and has many features. Enjoy the site and register in the family tree as well.
Warm Regards,
Chris
This site is back
My family website has been down for sometime. It was hacked badly, and required a whole new approach for me to take on security. We are back on this software and hope it works well.