I was born February 26, 1965, in Batavia the daughter of Warren and Sharon (Voorhees - Pocock) Oderkirk. I married my high school sweetheart Ryeder Dilcher, son of Dayton and Beverly (Smith) Dilcher. I'm the mother of three wonderful children Mark 21, Kyle 18 and Sheena 16. I also work delivering mail in Bergen and Byron area as part-time.

     My mom use to be the Town Historian for Bergen and I use to help her collected information to do with the Town of Bergen. Then about six years ago I started on my dad side of the family. My grandmother had lots of information with photos, which helped a lot. I love looking at old pictures, they are interesting. After I collected the information I did a scrapbook and the whole family help with information on their families and gave the book to my grandmother as a Christmas gift. She loved it and she learned a few things that she didn't know. I continue to find information and as of to date, my family tree on the Pocock side has 5,996 individuals and still adding more.

     This year I started on my mom side of the family, with the help of her cousins, Jackie Dawson and Pat Lowery we are making slow progress.

I have lived in the Byron and Bergen area all my life and most of the families on the Pocock side are buried in the Byron, Bergen and Elba area. I have a 5th great grandfather that is buried in the Byron cemetery. He fought in the Revolutionary War. He was one of the early settlers. I have lots of information on his whole family.

I love doing genealogy and helping other people find their family roots.

                                                                                                       Dawn L. Pocock-Dilcher