CAVEAT:  Research - Verify - mine is not the final authority.  Sources are noted when available.   Help me fix any mistakes you find that do not synchronize with your information.

Greetings,
      Here is my work in progress...forever, begin...
 Who knew that back in 1990 when I started searching for information on Grandma and Grandpa because  the LDS Center was easily accessible and now in 2012 I would still be researching the threads that  make up the roots that have grown many leaves on our family tree.  I love the Celtic observation  of the tree: "As above, So below."
      We have entered the 21st century taking advantage of DNA testing to help narrow the search of  endless possibilities.  Two Hoyt's came to America from England in the 1600's and were thought to  be brothers.  DNA has since shown they were not brothers and the lineages are very separate.      Many somewhat recent Hoyt relatives settled in the Catskill Mountains of New York.  A large  number, including 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Great Grandparents, are in the same cemetery in Ulster  County, New York.  So far I have taken digital pictures of each gravestone and will someday post  the results on the GenWeb Tombstone Project for NY.
      As with most researchers I have also hit the proverbial "brick wall" with my 4th GGfather  Samuel Hoyt (1769 - 1847) and haven't found the connection to John Hoyt of Amesbury, Massachusetts  with whom we share DNA.
      Much has been written on the Becker's and I have gotten back to the 2nd GGfather Conrad  Becker (1836 - 1910) and still the connection to the Dutch Becker's of the 1600's eludes me.   Hurricane Irene (2011) devastated Prattsville, NY where I was hoping to join some more dots.  Not  all was lost and in time as they recover I will continue my research.      The Irish search is not an easy one either.  The O'Days I can trace back only to a 2nd  GGfather Patrick (abt. 1795) and the Leahy's go back to a 3rd GGfather Patrick (abt. 1785).  Of  note, Saint Mary Of The Mountain is the oldest Catholic Church in the Catskills.  Many Irish found  their way to the Catskills to work in the booming tanneries, then came the church in 1840 for the  faithful.  In 1876 my grandmother's mother's brother, Father Simon Canane, was pastor there for 7  years.
      And so on, and so on... good luck to us all as we share and embellish our trees and help each  other discover.
      Many who did research before me got me this far, and I hope with Tribal Pages to keep paying  it forward.