A Note To Find focuses on a newly graduated genealogical researcher out of Boston who has been invited to visit the family home of her mother in Seattle, WA. She is the only relative left in her family, or so she thinks. The story weaves in history and genealogy of the family coming to America back in the day, their life on the east coast, how the families traveled across country in covered wagons to get to Oregon and finally the main families settling in Seattle. We have a very friendly cook, a Morticia-type proprietor, a handsome gardener, the heroine of the story and a surprise house guest. The gardener and the heroine are looking for a note that will unlock the poem that has been left to decipher. They just need to make sure they find the note before the proprietor does and before they run out of time. Being set in Seattle, readers will be able to smell the salt air, feel the wind and see the clouds, visit Capitol Hill and surrounding areas, and revisit the neighborhoods of old. Kim’s hope is that readers will enjoy some historical genealogy, descriptions of life over the ages, connect with the two main families, help to decipher the poem, and ultimately enjoy a blossoming love as people are given what they have earned over time.

About the Author

Kim A. Hansen is a genealogical researcher, so what a better topic to weave into the story line than the main character being one herself. Kim grew up in Seattle, Washington. She misses the pine trees, which is why the property in the book has trees, grasses, and flower gardens.

Kim’s grown daughter, Jenn, was her first love, followed by her four children (her grandkids), and extended family. Genealogy, Bingo (you can find her every Friday night at the Bingo hall), scrapbooking, cards, pool playing (billiards), reading, and lots of traveling round out the top interests in life. Since Kim was hired to find family members for other people, she keeps pretty occupied with computer research, including teaching a genealogy class to her retirement community six months of the year. Kim occasionally plays her piano and still knows how to play her string bass, though she is no longer in an orchestra. Throughout the year Kim collects items that will ultimately be put together for Samaritan’s Purse “Operation Christmas Child” where she sends twenty smallish boxes full of clothing, school items, toys, and personal hygiene items to kids around the world. Samaritan’s Purse decides where the boxes go and she gets to be surprised every year!