(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.
NEW 8/15/18: Descendants of Johann & Cathrine Krause (c. 1790), Prussia (.pdf)
REVISED 7/5/18: Two Robert Norris Wills (written 1835 & 1865)
NEW 6/25/18: Last Will & Testament w/Codicil, Elizabeth K. Norris (1824-1916)
NEW 6/22/18: Last Will & Testament of Pamelia Allison Nelson (1807-1883)
NEW 6/21/18: Last Will & Testament of Thomas Nelson (1802-1875)
REVISED 6/11/18: World War I Letters by Uncle Harry Hill and WW I Diary by Uncle Ray Campbell
NEW 4/19/18: Hilda Krause Miller (1921-1997): An Autobiography
COMING: The Last Journals of Sgt. Richard O. Miller (1920-2015)
NEW 4/16/18: Grandfather Paul B. Gray (1892-1977), Gardener
NEW 3/31/18: WWII Letter from Home: “Mom” Krause to daughter Hilda Miller
NEW 3/21/18: William F. Speicher, cousin: Civil War camp letter (1863)
NEW 3/20/18: John Sell, Sr (4Xg-grandfather): Application for Rev. War Pension (1836)
NEW 3/15/18: Hunting our Common Zimmermann Ancestor
NEW 3/14/18: Connecting our Bauman/Bowman Families
NEW 3/13/18: The Northern Amish Community: Johnstown Area, PA
NEW 3/2/18: John “Hannes” & Magdalena: Our first positively known Miller family in America
NEW 3/1/18: A 1917 Letter Between Miller Brothers: PA to Iowa
NEW 2/27/18: Introduction: Joseph “Yost” Miller Family and Last Will & Testament
NEW 2/21/18: A Scottish Glossary
NEW 2/14/18: When Bad Things Happen: The Sad Story of Ellis Campbell, College Student
NEW 2/12/18: Our Campbell “Cousins” & Other Interesting People
NEW 2/8/18: “Aunt Mary Bryce”: Heiress to the Bryce Glass Fortune, Last Will & Testament, and Tribute
NEW 1/29/18: A Brush With Greatness: The Leslie “Cousin” Connection to George Washington
NEW 1/23/18: The Rev. William Jack & the Bull Alley Church, Dublin
NEW 1/2/18: E-Genealogy 101: Three easy steps to woodshedding the family tree from Mennonite Family History
NEW 1/2/18: Captured by Pirates: The Story of Cousin Michael Beeghly with his Last Will & Testament
NEW 1/1/18: Letter from a Gray Family Matriarch on Preserving History
NEW 12/20/17: Short Stories from the Gray Family History, Part I: “My First Trip to Florida- A Brief Encounter”; Part II: “Family, Faith, & Education”; and Part III: “Memories of my Parents”
NEW 12/19/17: Dr. Annie R. Pearce: 2017 Humanitarian Service-Above-Self Citizenship Award, Council, City of Radford, VA
NEW 12/13/17: Our Pioneer James Gray: Alternative Narratives as to his Origin
NEW 11/21/17: Christianity Comes Home-
Part I: “Our Families’ Faith Journey”
Part II: “A Short History of the Reformation”
Part III: “A Summary of our Recent Anabaptist Heritage Tour”
Part IV: “Our American Amish”
NEW 7/13/17: Being an Adult Amateur with Stuart Pearce from Contrabass Conversations (26:01)
NEW 5/18/17: A Vacation Back to the Future: From Michigan to Iowa
NEW 5/15/17: Alexis Pearce: An Airstream Granddaughter
NEW 4/24/17: Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association (SAGA) 2017 meeting from Mennonite Family History
NEW 3/11/17: Obit & Will of James Ross (1811-1885) .PDF
NEW 3/1/17: Gold in the Hills: The Alton Krause Family Story with supplemental character information and additional supporting stories
NEW 2/27/17: Journal of Amish & Plain Anabaptist Studies (JAPAS) and Amish America.com with online encyclopedia & state guide
NEW 1/3/17: Introduction: Our Mauer Family and Our Mauer Family Tree
NEW 12/30/16: Ancient family mottos on most family tree pages
NEW 12/21/16: Introduction: Our Sadorus Family and Vitals: William Sadorus, Sr.
NEW 12/15/16: Excerpts from Two Old Zimmerman Family Wills
NEW 7/6/16: Last Will & Testament of Robert P. Gray (1844-1928)
NEW 6/17/16: Our Stahl Family Tree and Vitals (Joseph Miller-associated family back to 1700)
NEW 6/15/16: Merle Gray: Great-grandson of Civil War Teamster, William Gray
NEW 6/2/16: “Last Will & Testament: George Hoffman (1828-1907 Gray-associated family)”
NEW 5/15/16: On the Trail of our Early Lee Family
NEW 5/10/16: Our Common Amish Roots with Katey Sagal, actress & singer-songwriter
NEW 4/23/16: “Causes of Death 1906-2015 in Pearce, Gray, & Associated Families and Miller, Krause, & Associated Families
NEW 4/8/16: A Journey between two Passages: The ‘Mom’ & ‘Pop’ Krause family from the National Road to the Lincoln Highway
NEW 4/3/16: Our Cousin of the Black Horse Squadron: Lemon Grimes
NEW 3/26/16: Dr. Annie R. Pearce: 2016 VA Tech Alumni Award Winner for Outreach Excellence
NEW 3/23/16: Serving Her Country in the Army Tradition: Cpt. Taylor Pearce
NEW 3/3/16: Up to Date with Wiltshire Poet Edward Slow: the tale of the Moonrakers via YouTube
NEW 2/27/16: Our Grays in the Civil War Book, UNDER THE RED PATCH
NEW 2/19/16: A Civil War Journal: Robert Gray, 6th Reg. PA Volunteers
NEW 2/15/16: Letter from Robert Gray: Lynn Haven, FL, to home (1913)
NEW 2/9/16: Descendants of William Sylvester (1816-1879) & Elizabeth Leslie Gray (1818-1895)
NEW 1/20/16: Four Postcards from a Sanitarium (1911)
New 1/15/16: Voices from Across the Continent: Two Gray Family Letters of 1908
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
