About Julie Foster Van Camp

Julie Foster Van Camp was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of a Washington County farm boy turned pediatrician. She has a BA in journalism from the University of Iowa and an MS in criminal justice from Northeastern University in Boston. Her articles have appeared in Ancestry, Western New York Heritage, New England Ancestors, The Christian Science Monitor, The San Francisco Examiner, The Judges Journal, and various American Bar Association publications. Her books include Courts and the Classroom (Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Boston, MA) and State Courts and Law-Related Education (Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, Washington, DC). After retiring in 1992, she moved to Lopez Island, Washington, where she writes and volunteers as a nonprofit management consultant.

See Julie's Foster Family Genealogy

Author’s Note

In November 2008, the property owner granted permission to dig for Ichabod’s bones. Since the stones on Lot 51 do not represent a designated grave, no official state permission is required. The dig will commence in the spring of 2009, when the snow has melted.

For those interested in following this continuing search for Ichabod or wishing to order additional copies of Searching for Ichabod: His Eighteenth-Century Diary Leads me Home contact

     Walden West Resources
     2089 Baker View Road
     Lopez Island, WA 98261