Vitals: Our Burkey Families of Switzerland & PA
Last revised 12/22/18
For fastest retrieval, search by name, date, or subject; type “photo album” to go directly to pictures and documents
Color codes below are by Main Families – Pearce (green), Gray (red), Miller (gold), & Krause (blue) or General Topics (black)
NEW 11/5/20: Our Non-conformist Pearces & The Rev. John Wesley
NEW 10/26/20: Three Generations of Gray Family Handiworks
NEW 9/29/20: Krause Electric & Refrigeration Changes Hands
NEW 9/25/20: Scottish Naming Practices
NEW 9/4/20: 21 Questions to Ask Your Parents (while they’re still here)
NEW 9/3/20: Ancestral Math
NEW 9/2/20: Putting Flesh on Bones: “The Story Tellers”
NEW 9/1/20: Cousin Connection: Explaining the Various Levels
NEW 6/22/20: The Inspiration of Scripture in Personal Genealogy
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” LEENEW ONGOING: “Vitals” for each couple including ancestors, descendants, locations, grave GPS & more (click on first names in family trees)
IDEA: If you’re from one of our families, why not “save” that family tree file, then replace my name and descendants with yours, then print. and distribute! (I hope you’ll share this with my readers and me.)