(last updated 5/17/11)
*Research questions: IS PETER (1778-1858) AND MARY HORNER BOWMAN OUR ANCESTORS?
WHO ARE THE VARIOUS SUSAN BOWMANS?
*Newly discovered resources: PA-ROOTS.ORG
*Articles begun: NONE
*Speculation?
Send your questions, corrections, additions, and ideas to me, pearce@atlanticbb.net, for inclusion and full credit here and later, when future articles are posted.
Color codes below are by Main Families – Pearce (green), Gray (red), Miller (gold), & Krause (blue) or General Topics (black)
NEW 6/17/20: “Tree of Life” musical theme and “Magnificent Trees” visual theme links for Homepage
NEW 6/7/20: Flying High: Pearce, Gray, & Associated Families’ Connections to Aviation
NEW 5/22/20: Preachers Among the Pearces & Associated Families
NEW 5/15/20: Our Moon Family Morticians: Joseph Daniel & Son
NEW 5/11/20: Quakers Meet to Help 1757 Hochstetler Massacre victims
NEW 5/9/20: Hill Family Trees from John Dixon Hill (b.1824) & Joseph Marshall Hill (b.1858) to Today
NEW 4/22/20: The Stories of 20 Common Amish Names, Pt. 1 , Pt. 2, Pt. 3, & Pt. 4 by Erik Wesner
NEW 4/15/20: Simon Lee’s WW I Letter from France, 1918
NEW 3/25/20: How to Use Foreign Language Genealogy Sources from AncestralFindings.com
NEW 3/21/20: A 1905 Hill-Pearce Father-to-Daughter Letter
NEW 3/20/20: Can you Name any of these Western PA Hills?
NEW 3/9/20: Romantic Historical Fiction about our Casselman Valley Amish
NEW 3/5/20: Cousins’ Corner: Jim Stark – A Man for all Seasons & Jim’s 97th Birthday Parade
NEW 2/5/20: 10 Questions & Answers on the Amish, by Erik Wesner
NEW 2/4/20: An Author’s First Wedding: Tom Thumb Style
NEW 2/3/20: “Giving Back More Than we Got”: Paul & Cynthia Pearce’s Legacy
NEW 1/23/20: Stuart Pearce: Water Anyone?
NEW 1/22/20: Genealogy: Humor, Funny Quotes, and Memes
NEW 1/19/20: A Few YouTube Videos Appropriate to our Family History
NEW 1/17/20: Why did the Scots wear kilts?
NEW 1/15/20: Translating Charles “Pop” Krause’s 1884 Baptismal Certificate from German
NEW 1/13/20: The Questions of Anna Lee & Charles Krause’s Confirmation Certificates
NEW 1/11/20: In Memorium: Daniel Lloyd Miller (1946-2020)
NEW 1/8/20: Leesburg, PA’s Exemplary Citizen: The Obit of GGgreat-uncle Robert Barber Hill
NEW 1/7/20: Interesting Obituary: GGgreat-aunt Mary Ann (Hill) Thorn
NEW 1/1/20: Google like a German: A Genealogy Workshop from Mennonite Family History
NEW 12/18/19: Dr. Annie Pearce Gives Keynote Address at Conference in South Korea
NEW 12/16/19: All’s Quiet on the Homefront: Steve, Leslie, & Pearce Family’s Story
NEW 11/30/19: My Families’ Special Connections to the H.J. Heinz Sesquicentennial Celebration
NEW 10/17/19: Our Crawfords and the Siege of Derry (1689)
NEW 10/16/19: The Thomas P. & Lydia Allison Austen Haunted House
NEW 10/15/19: Cousin Relationships the Easy Way from AncestralFindings.com
NEW 10/14/19: Last Wills of 4XGreat-grandparents William (1808) & Hannah (1812) McRoberts
NEW 8/27/19: The Restoration of a Wiltshire White Horse site
NEW 7/25/19: The Story of Bessie Hill & Wesley Pearce, by cousin Grace TeSelle
NEW 7/24/19: Aunt Mary Gray Duggan: From Roller Derby to Loving Wife & Mother
NEW 7/23/19: The Story of Uncle Lawrence “Doc” Gray, retired Cape Kennedy worker
PUBLISHED 7/1/19: 42 Electronic Sources Available for Genealogy: An annotated bibliography from Mennonite Family History
NEW 6/28/19: Stanley “Dick” Gray: Interview with my Fascinating Uncle
NEW 6/26/19: Cousins’ Corner: Dr. David B. Gray, Professor
NEW 6/25/19: “Will” & Bertha Bonin Gray: Portraits of Greatness by Dr. David B. Gray
REVISED 6/24/19: Larry & Susan Miller Pearce DNA Results (2018/19)
NEW 5/21/19: Report & Photos from Gray Family Reunion 2019
NEW 4/3/19: Cousins’ Corner: Grace Hill TeSelle (b. 1928)
NEW 4/1/19: St. James Lutheran Church Records (1860-1938)
NEW 3/31/19: Brief History of Yost (Joseph) & Jeremiah Miller & Descendants (.pdf)
NEW 3/13/19:Mary Michelle Baghdady: A Grandniece in Paradise
NEW 3/12/19: And Baby Makes Four: Grandniece Alyssa’s Story
NEW 3/7/19: Cousins’ Corner: In Memoriam Nettie Stark & Alice Drescher
NEW 3/5/19: Miller-associated Family Sites in PA: A Virtual Tour
NEW 3/4/19: Krause-associated Family Sites in MD & PA: A Virtual Tour
NEW 2/28/19: Cousins’ Corner: In Memoriam Roberta Wohlgemuth
NEW 2/8/19: Some Community Facebook Pages: Krause-associated families
NEW 2/7/19: Some Community Facebook Pages: Miller-associated families
NEW 2/5/19: Some Community Facebook Pages: Gray-associated families
NEW 2/1/19: Some Community Facebook Pages: Pearce-associated families
NEW 1/29/19: Why Genealogy is Important for Children by Maureen Taylor
NEW 1/28/19: Cousins’ Corner: In Memoriam Ken Gibbons
NEW 1/25/19: Woolrich Closes its Clinton County Mill (related to the Pearce Blanket)
NEW 1/24/19: Family sites in Western PA & OH
NEW 1/23/19: Historical & Genealogical Places of Interest, North Park, Allegheny Co., PA
NEW 1/22/19: Some Cemeteries in Western PA/OH Containing Pearce & Gray-associated Families
NEW 1/19/19: Cousins’ Corner: In Memoriam Caroline Pinkers & Marjory “Marge” Austen
NEW 1/18/19: Will of Thomas Austen (1740-1801) of Yalding, Kent
NEW 1/16/19: Interview from 2001 with Ralph H. Pearce (1917-2002)
NEW 1/10/19: Four More Sources to Find our Pearces of Old England
NEW 1/4/19: Two “Jersey Settlements”: Possible early family connections in Western Pennsylvania
NEW 3/1/17: Gold in the Hills: The Alton Krause Family Story with supplemental character information and additional supporting stories
NEW 10/3/15: Look for links, repostings, & summaries of articles from THE HISTORIAN, THE LAUREL MESSENGER, THE CASSELMAN CHRONICLE, GARRETT CO, MD, MUSEUMS, and MENNONITE FAMILY HISTORY
What are my favorite Original Family Narratives? PEARCE-AUSTEN, LESLIE, “INDIAN JOHN” MILLER, and “TOMMY” LEE
