Introduction
Vitals: The Groscosts of Germany & America
Research/Writing in Progress
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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” 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.)