Micco & Grant

Originally from New York, Florida has been Ellen Stanley’s home since the 1960s. She has lived in Miami, DeLand, Naples, Tampa, and now in Sebastian, Florida. She has been a volunteer at the Sebastian Area Historical Museum and is an officer on the Board of Directors for the Sebastian Area Historical Society, Inc. Ellen has been researching and writing, both technical writing and for pleasure, for most of her adult life. She has had several articles and books published, including Indian River County, a photograph book, and Pioneering Sebastian and Roseland. She is currently writing a column for Vero Beach Magazine regarding local history.

Born and raised in a small New Jersey town, Carol Decker spent her adult life in Delaware. Upon retirement in 2000, she and her husband George moved to Micco, Florida. In addition to college, Carol earned a paralegal certificate from George Washington University Law School. Most of her career was spent working in law offices until she became employed by the State of Delaware where she was the legal services developer and then a quality control specialist and supervisor for the public benefits programs. Carol has done genealogical research since the early 1980s, serving several terms as registrar for the DAR in Delaware and Florida.