Gregory Biehl
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I was born in the northern Michigan town of Gaylord which is about 60 miles south of the Straits of Mackinaw. I am the youngest of six children of James Biehl and Charlyn Burchard. My family lived in the small town of Mancelona, where there were many Biehl families. My father was one of nine children, including six boys.
I am an engineer by trade and spent my career working for the Babcock & Wilcox Company. I was able to retire in 2016 after 31 plus years. I began researching family genealogy in the late 1980's but didn't pursue this passion seriously until I started researching my mother's ancestors beginning in 2004.
I love to travel and in retirement, I have been able to devote a great deal of time to genealogy research. I have visited many county court houses, local libraries and genealogy centers, as well as state historical society libraries.
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Thanks for the email. Wanted to ask you the best way to load up my family tree to WikiTree. I use Family Tree Maker software and I also have my trees on Ancestry.com
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