Linda Roorda

Linda (Visscher) Roorda (Edward W., Jr.), lives in Spencer, NY, former members of the Christian Reformed Church. She is a mother and grandmother, retired hospital medical/radiology transcriptionist, retired worship music leader, member of The Dry Bones band, an empty-nest author, past speaker at a multi-church women’s retreat, now substitute teacher in local school system. She published some of her ancestral genealogy research in the “New York Genealogical and Biographical Record” in 2004, 2005 and 2008, writing personal-interest interview articles and a genealogy how-to research column for a local newspaper. An online blogger for several years, Linda enjoys sharing her faith in poetry and reflections at her blog, “Poetic Devotions by Linda”, and genealogy tutorials and early history research articles at “Homespun Ancestors”, also under the website Twin Tiers Living. She has written several articles for both the CRC/RCA Disability Concerns newsletter and The Network. Her hobbies include gardening, making silk floral arrangements, sewing, quilting, designing and making fabric handbags.