Dennis John Yancey
 dyancey@miami.edu 
Yancey Family Genealogical Research
- -  My Yancey Line of Descent - -

“ . . . The hope is that some day a Yancey descendant of a younger generation will attempt the production of a complete and authoritative, properly documented history of the Yancey family in America, with revised genealogical tables based on the corrected information provided by the research of many over a long period” Lloyd R. Garrison, 1962 in “The Descendants of Jackson M Yancey . . .” page 41

I have been doing Yancey Family Genealogical Research for about 20 years now. It has been my hope to fulfill the vision that Lloyd R Garrison had back in 1962. It has been my main goal throughout my years of Yancey research to be able to provide a common comprehensive database and collection of material that can be of use to ALL Yancey researchers, of all branches of the family, and covering time periods from the early American Colonies up until the present day. The Yancey Family Surname Resource Center, The Yancey Family Genealogical Database, The Yancey Family Researchers Database and the Yancey Family Genealogical Collection are results of such work.

To tell you a little about my personal life. I am in my  early 40’s (been doing genealogy since I was about 15). I grew up in a rural farm area of southeastern Idaho having Mormon pioneer heritage. For two years, at about the age of 20 I served a 2 year term of missionary service for the LDS (Mormon) church in the South Florida area involved in Spanish speaking congregations (I’ve been able to retain my Spanish fluency over the years – it helps living in Miami). After my two year service I returned to Idaho for a very short time – but soon after returned back to the year round sunny skies of Florida. I soon after married my wife Roxana, a native Bolivian, in the Washington DC Mormon Temple. We have lived in Miami for the past 20 years or so and now have two children Bryan, born in 1988 and Tiffany, born in 1992. I have been working at the University of Miami for over 15 years – and am currently a systems analyst for the University’s mainframe administrative computer applications focusing on the Human Resources and Payroll systems. My computer skills have come in very useful in the area of genealogical research. I  was recently released as an LDS Bishop of the Palm Springs Ward in Miami and am now serving as a High Councilor. Anyone who knows about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) knows that my faith has a lot to do with my work in the area of genealogy and family history. Genealogy being my main hobby – I don’t have too much time for many other hobbies or pastimes – but I spend a lot of time maintaining various web sites - including the Aberdeen Idaho Web Portal - and a web site dedicated to the Church in South Florida.  I  also keep pretty involved with my church calling  . . . I don’t know what free time is!

November 2007 - Our son Bryan left to serve as a missionary in the Recife, Brazil (Portuguese Speaking) Mission. I have never seen him more excited.  My daughter Tiffany is a Jr at Mast Academy.  Roxana is currently working as a full time teacher at Joella C Good Elementary.