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General (gray)NEW 3/1/24: Cancer at Conemaugh: A Medical Memoir Addendum
NEW 2/11/24: Cousins’ Corner: Grace’s Memories on her 96th Birthday
NEW 2/11/24: Upon This Rock: Pt. IV – Modern Lit & Drama Pearces
NEW 2/9/24: Happy Birthday Brother Butch, the Bridge Builder
NEW 1/17/24: How I Walk a Mile Before I put my Shoes on in the Morning
NEW 1/10/24: Renee Fleming – Are we Related?
NEW 12/23/23: Bark in a Barrel – Surviving the Winter
NEW 8/29/23: The Story of Clemens Krauss (1893-1954)
DRAFT ONGOING BEGINNING 1/1/22: Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir by Larry Pearce
NEW 12/9/21: Your Foot Shape & Your Genealogy from AncestralFindings.com
NEW 10/29/21: Ten Short Meditations on our Faith & Nature
NEW 5/3/21: Annie Pearce: Outstanding VA Tech Graduate Faculty Mentor & IDR Inductee 2021
NEW 5/1/21: Getting Kids Into Genealogy from AncestralFindings.com
NEW 4/21/21: What a Somerset County, PA, Amish Meetinghouse Looks Like
NEW 4/19/21: Getting to Know RootsTech, FamilySearch, & Other Family History Sites
NEW 4/15/21: Do You Have Irish Genealogy?
NEW 4/14/21: Cousins’ Corner: Brodieheg, the Blogger
NEW 4/2/21: Writing Your Own Family Narrative: A Short Bibliography
NEW 4/1/21: Memories of Uncle Carl Raymond Hill & Family
NEW 3/31/21: A Family History Book Review
NEW 3/30/21: Family Names in Churchhill’s Historical Anthology
NEW 3/11/21: The Life of Dowling Norris (1823-1858)
NEW 3/10/21: Life Stories from the Hill Family: Mayme Crummy & Myra Miller
NEW 3/6/21: Deaths in the Charles Krause Family – 2021
NEW 3/5/21: The Pearces of Wiltshire: The Way They Talked
NEW & REVISED 2/25/21: WWII Letters from Home: Dick & Hilda Miller & Family (in 3 parts)
NEW 2/21/21: How Closely Related are the English and the Irish?
NEW 2/20/21: The Ten Oldest Amish Settlements, by Erik Wesner
NEW 2/4/21: Before, During, & After the World Wars: Moon-Hill Family Letters & Cards, Parts I , II, III, IV, & V
REVISED 1/31/21: Five Short Moon-Davis Family Letters from the 1920s
REVISED 1/30/21: From Tragedy to Triumph: The Hazel (Hill) & Alex Nicely Family Story
NEW 1/27/21: Reunions of the Joseph & Alice (Moon) Families: 1960-1968
NEW 1/26/21: Deaths in the Charles Krause Family – 2020
NEW 1/23/21: Our Pearce Families Come to America: A Four-Centuries Celebration, 1620-2021
NEW 1/18/21: The Life & Times of Ralph & Rachel Krause
NEW 1/15/21: Biking into History on the Great Allegheny Passage
NEW 1/13/21: The 4 Capt. John Dixon Hill & Sons’ Farms of Butler & Allegheny Counties, PA
REVISED 1/12/21: Our Nonconformist Pearceses & The Rev. John Wesley
NEW 12/25/20: Susan & Larry Pearce Celebrate 50 Years Together
REVISED 12/7/20 (with personal note from Dr. Cyril Wecht):Our Moon Family Morticians: Joseph Daniel & SonNEW 10/3/15: Look for links, re-postings, & summaries of articles fromTHE 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>/em>
NEW 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.)
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- OUR SURNAMES/ORIGINS/PHOTOS
- PEARCE Family
- Causes of Death: Pearce/Gray & Associated Families
- Introduction: Pearce
- Larry Pearce & Susan Miller DNA Results
- Our Pearce Family Tree
- Our Allen Family Tree
- Our Allison* Family Tree
- Our Austen Family Tree
- Introduction: Austen
- Table of Contents: Austen
- Photo Album: Austen
- The Ambrose Austen, Sr. Family of Kent, UK
- A Letter From England Re: Austens
- Last Will & Testament of Ambrose Austen, Sr. (1757-1842)
- Will of Thomas Austen (1740-1801) of Yalding, Kent, England
- Sparks Bird (1796-1884): One Unusual In-law
- The Thomas P. & Lydia Allison Austen Haunted House
- Cousins’ Corner: In Memoriam Caroline Pinkers (1931-2014) & Marjory “Marge” Austen (1932-2009)
- Research/Writing in Progress: Austen
- Vitals: Ambrose Austen Family of Kent, UK, to PA & OH, US
- Our Baird Family Tree
- Our Barber* Family Tree
- Our Beard Family Tree
- Our Carnahan Family Tree
- Our Cooper Family Tree
- Our Davis* Family Tree
- Our Fleming Family Tree
- Our Hill Family Tree
- Hill Family Tree from Generation IV: John Dixon & Margaret Sara (Marshall)
- Hill Family Tree from Generation V: Joseph Marshall & Alice Virginia (Moon)
- Introduction: Hill
- Table of Contents: Hill
- A Surprising Short Side Trip
- Before, During, & After the World Wars: Letters & Cards from the Moon-Hill Families, Pt. I
- Before, During, & After the World Wars: Hill-Moon Families Letters & Cards, Pt. II
- Before, During, & After the World Wars: Hill-Moon Family Letters & Cards, Part III
- Before, During, & After the World Wars: Hill & Moon Family Letters & Cards, Part IV
- Before, During, & After the World Wars: Hill & Moon Family Letters & Cards, Part V
- Can you Name any of these Western PA Hills?
- Photo Album: Hill
- Research/Writing in Progress: Hill
- A 1905 Hill-Pearce Father-to-daughter Letter
- Capt. John Dixon Hill in the Civil War
- Reunions of the Joseph Marshall & Alice (Moon) Hill Family: 1960-1968
- Meet my Grandma, Bessie Pearce
- World War I Letters: Part I – Harry Hill Arrives at Camp
- The Old Hill & Marshall Wills
- Cousins’ Corner: Grace Hill TeSelle (b. 1928)
- Cousins’ Corner: In Memoriam Nettie Stark (1924-2012) & Alice Drescher (1925-2017)
- Cousins’ Corner: Jim Stark, a Man for all Seasons
- How I Walk a Mile Before I Put my Shoes on Every Morning
- Vitals: William & Elizabeth Dixon Hill Family of Northern Ireland & Adams Co., PA, US
- The Four Capt. John Dixon Hill & Sons Farms of Allegheny & Butler Counties, PA
- Our Jack* Family Tree
- Introduction: Jack
- Table of Contents: Jack
- Vitals: 300 years of our Jack Family from Northern Ireland to PA
- Vitals: Guillaume [Sr.] & Marguerite de Gasque Jacques
- Vitals: Rev. Guillaume/William, Jr. & Jeanne Daniel Jacques/Jack
- Vitals: Jacob J. & Nancy Farquhar Jacques/ Jack
- Vitals: Patrick [Sr.*] & Eleanor Elizabeth Jarvis Jack
- Vitals: Capt. James, Sr. & Eleanor McNulty Jack
- Vitals: Capt. James, Jr. & Jane Carnahan Jack
- Our Marshall Family Tree
- Our Martin Family Tree
- Our McRoberts Family Tree
- Our Moon Family Tree
- Our Nelson Family Tree
- Our Payne/Paine Family Tree
- Our Watson Family Tree
- Our Wilson Family Tree
- Some Cemeteries in Western PA/OH Containing Family
- Vitals: Pearce Family of Bourne, Wiltshire, UK & Pine Twp., Allegheny Co., PA, US
- Table of Contents: Pearce
- Original Family Narrative* (OFN)
- Excerpts from “The Tice-Pearce Heritage”
- On the 200th Wedding Anniversary of Richard & Susan Pearce
- Photo Album: Pearce
- Christianity Comes Home-Part I: Our Families’ Faith Journey
- Our Nonconformist Pearces & The Rev. John Wesley
- Preachers Among the Pearces & Their Associated Families
- Flying High: Pearce, Gray, & Associated Families’ Connections to Aviation
- Preface to Old Wiltshire Parish Marriage Registry (which contains several Pearces)
- Settlement at Pine Creek: Part I
- The Pearce Milling Company (1820-1927)
- Our Wesley Pearce Family’s Move to Mars
- Sons of Wesley & Bessie: Walter Earl Pearce
- Sons of Wesley & Bessie: Howard Pearce
- Sons of Wesley & Bessie: Ralph Hill Pearce
- “Giving Back More than we Got”: Paul & Cynthia’s Legacy
- A Survivor’s Gift
- A Tribute to my Brother Paul on his 70th Birthday
- Alexis Pearce: An Airstream Granddaughter
- All’s Quiet on the Homefront: Leslie, Steve, and family’s Story
- An Author’s First Wedding: Tom Thumb Style
- An Interview on the life of Ralph H. Pearce (1917-2002)
- Beach Day: A memory recorded for 9th grade English
- Dr. Annie Pearce Gives 2019 Keynote Address in South Korea
- Dr. Annie Pearce: VA Tech Alumni Award Winner for Outreach Excellence (2016)
- Every Breath a Gift: A Memoir – Introduction & Table of Contents
- Every Breath a Gift: A Memoir – the Prelude
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – Interlude to Chapter 2 Childhood & Youth into Adulthood
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – Beginnings in Cooperstown
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – Move to Moon Township
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – Home in Indiana
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – We are Penn State
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – Interlude to Chapter 3, A Half Century of Marriage
- Every Breath a Gift: A Memoir – Engagement, Wedding, & Honeymoon
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – Early Marriage Months in Pine Grove Mills
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – Getting Established in Jerome
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – Forward to Forwardstown
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – Interlude to Chapter 4, My Life’s Work
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – My Life’s Work, Odd Jobs to Investment Rep
- Each Breath a Gift: a Memoir – My Life’s Work, Broadcasting
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – My Life’s Work, Teaching
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – Interlude to Chapter 5, My Missions & Ministries
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – Missions & Ministries, Various Volunteer Activities & Church Music
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – Interlude to Chapter 6, More Retirement Activities
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – More Retirement Activities, Vacation Travels
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – More Retirement Activities, Writing Family History
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – More Retirement Activities, One Last Move
- Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir – Postlude
- Mary Michelle: A Grandniece Pearce in Paradise
- Serving Her Country in the Army Tradition: Maj. Taylor Pearce Ridge*, a brief biography
- Susan & Larry Pearce Celebrate 50 Years Together
- Eulogy for brother Carl Dale Pearce (1942-2004)
- A Eulogy for Brother Carl
- The Father/Son (Grandfather) Perspective
- Remarks on Carl’s Life
- Sister Ellen’s Night at Heinz Field
- Stuart Pearce: Water, anyone?
- Our 21st Century “Radford Solar” Sustainable Houses
- Sons of Wesley & Bessie: Dale Nelson Pearce
- Al Pearce – Author & Star of Radio and Television
- The Pearce Blanket: Keeping the World Warm
- Two “Jersey Settlements”: Possible early family connections in Western Pennsylvania
- McLeod Milligan Pearce (1874-1948), President, Geneva College
- Our Contacts with Native Americans
- Family Military Matters: Some who have served
- A Visit to Bourne, Lincolnshire
- Family Reunions & Contacts
- Upon This Rock: Part I-The Pearce Name
- Pearce Lines: Part 1-The Old World
- Pittsburgh in1820: Two Families’ Attraction
- Scoundrels or Heroes: Other Pearces
- Faith of our Fathers (and mothers) Before 1820
- Restoration of a Wiltshire White Horse site
- Who is Mrs. Pearce in the Musical “My Fair Lady”?
- The Pearces of Clearfield & Surrounding Counties, PA
- A Vacation Back to the Future: From Michigan to Iowa
- Treasures in an Old Box
- Pearces & Chaucer’s “The Miller’s Tale”
- Research/Writing in Progress: Pearce
- GRAY Family
- Introduction: Gray
- Our Gray Family Tree
- Our Anderson Family Tree
- Our Brown(e)* Family Tree
- Our Campbell* Family Tree
- Introduction: Our Thomas Campbell Family
- Table of Contents: Thomas Campbell
- Background on the Old Campbell Clans
- Campbell Family Photos/ Documents Album
- Research/Writing in Progress: Campbell
- The Descendants of Thomas & Mary Crawford Campbell
- Campbell Family Misfortunes
- Life on the Campbell Farm (1850-present)
- Great Uncle Ray Campbell’s World War I Diary in Three Parts
- Meet Native American Guyasuta
- Vitals: Thomas & Mary Crawford Campbell Families
- Our Crawford Family Tree
- Our Hoffman Family Tree
- Our Leslie Family Tree*
- Our MacKrell* Family Tree
- Our Norris Family Tree
- Introduction: Norris
- Table of Contents: Norris
- Last Will & Testament w/Codicil, Elizabeth K. Norris (1824-1916)
- Photo Album: Norris
- Research/Writing in Progress: Norris
- The life of Dowling Norris (1823-1858)
- Excerpts from Two Robert Norris Wills (written 1835 & 1865)
- “Aunt Mary Bryce” (1852-1940), Heiress to the Bryce Glass Fortune
- The Story of Our Robert Norris, Jr. (1785-1867)
- Vitals: Our Norris Family of Northern Ireland & West Deer Twp., PA, US
- Our Patterson* Family Tree
- Our Ross Family Tree
- Vitals: Gray Family of Northern Ireland and West Deer Twp., Allegheny Co., PA, US
- Table of Contents: Gray
- Background on the Scots-Irish
- New Info on our Gray, Norris, MacKrell, & Dowling Families
- On the Bicentennial of James & Mary Gray’s Wedding
- Our Pioneer James Gray: Alternative Narratives as to his Origin
- Photo Album: Gray
- Research/Writing in Progress: Gray
- Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554): Queen for Nine Days
- Were the Old World Grays “Border Reivers”?
- Descendants of Robert Patterson & Annie Sim(s) Gray
- 1901 Letter from Samuel A. Gray to brother Robert P. Gray
- 1906 Letter from Samuel to Brother Robert Gray with Commentary
- 1908 – Voices from Across the Continent: Two Gray Family Letters
- Four Postcards from a Sanitarium (1911)
- Letter from Robert Gray: Lynn Haven, FL, to Home (1913)
- Robert P. Gray in the American Civil War
- Kellar Hull Listing of the Robert & Annie Gray Collection
- Obituary: Robert Patterson Gray (1844-1928)
- Summary & Commentary on the Robert & Annie Gray Collection
- Last Will & Testament of Robert P. Gray (1844-1928)
- Cousins’ Corner: In Memoriam “Addie” Kellar Hagen (1918-2019)
- William Garfield (1889-1970) & Bertha Bonin Gray (1889-1987): Portraits of Greatness
- Cousins’ Corner: Dr. David B. Gray, Professsor
- Last Will & Testament of Elizabeth Leslie Gray (1818-1895)
- Descendants of Paul Barton & Bertha Ione Gray
- My Grandfather Paul B. Gray, the Gardener
- Short Stories from the Gray Family History, Part I: “My First Trip to Florida- A Brief Encounter”
- Short Stories from the Gray Family History, Part II: “Faith, Family, & Education”
- Short Stories from the Gray Family History, Part III: “Memories of my Parents”
- The Unusual Life of Uncle Merle Gray (1927 – 2013)
- Merle Gray: Great-grandson of Civil War Teamster, William Gray
- Aunt Mary Ellen Gray Duggan (1931-1990): From Roller Derby to Loving Wife & Mother
- Stanley Wayne Gray: An Interview with my Fascinating Uncle
- Lawrence “Doc” Lorraine Gray (b.1935): My quiet but smiling uncle
- Photo Gallery: Paul & Bertha Campbell Gray
- Fifty years of Gray Reunions (1955-2004)
- A Meeting of the Senior Gray Cousins (1998)
- My Mother Ruth: Part I – The Early Days
- Our Connections to the Great Western PA Coal Miners’ Strike of 1927
- Rev. Abraham Boyd & Bull Creek Church
- Uncle Samuel A. Gray: Part I – The Civil War
- Touring the Old Gray Homesteads
- Three Generations of Gray Family Handiworks
- MILLER Family
- Causes of Death: Miller/Krause & Associated Families
- Introduction: Joseph “Yost” Miller Family
- Our Joseph Miller* Family Tree
- Our Baer* Family Tree
- Our Baush* Family Tree
- Our Berkey* Family Tree
- Our Bowman* Family Tree
- Introduction: Bowman
- Table of Contents: Bowman
- Vitals: Our Swiss & Somerset Co., PA, Bowman Families
- Vitals: Gross Hans “Big John” Lehmann Buman
- Vitals: Cleinhans “Little John” & Margaret Suter Buman
- Vitals: Junghans “Young John” Suter & Elsbeth Russerin Bowman
- Vitals: Oswald & Judith Dandiker Buman
- Vitals: Hans “John” Rudolf Dandiker & Anna Santmann Baumann
- Vitals: Wendel Santmann & Anne K. Coopersmith Bauman
- Vitals: Jacob “Brecknock” or “Nimrod” & Elizabeth Krueger Bauman
- Vitals: Christian & Anna Maria Lincoln Bowman
- Vitals: Peter L. & Mary Horner Bowman
- Vitals: Benjamin & Susannah Berkey Bowman
- Our Burger* Family Tree
- Our Christian Miller* Family Tree
- Our Diehl Family Tree
- Our Groscost Family Tree
- Our Hans Musser* Family Tree
- Our Helmann Family Tree
- Our Hochstetler* Family Tree
- Table of Contents: Hochstetler/Hostettler
- Vitals: Hochstettler/Hostetler Swiss-German Ancestors
- Our Horner Family Tree
- Our Kimmel* Family Tree
- Our Koontz* Family Tree
- Our Lang/Long* Family Tree
- Our Lehman* Family Tree
- Our Lehmer Family Tree
- Our Lincoln Family Tree
- Our Livengood* Family Tree
- Our Mary/Johannes Michael Miller* Family Tree
- Our Mauer Family Tree
- Our Peterson Family Tree
- Our Rambo* Family Tree
- Our Sadorus* Family Tree
- Our Sarah/Jacob/Christian L. Miller* Family Tree
- Our Sauter* Family Tree
- Our Saylor* Family Tree
- Our Sell Family Tree
- Our Shaffer* Family Tree
- Our Stahl Family Tree
- Our Stutzman Family Tree
- Our Taylor Family Tree
- Our Zimmerman Family Tree
- Vitals: Joseph Miller family of Germany & Somerset Co., PA, US
- Vitals: Joseph, Sr. & Mary Sharp Miller
- Vitals: Joseph “Yost” Miller, Jr. & Anna Maria Catharina Lang/Long
- Vitals: Joseph A. & Mary Anna Shaffer Miller
- Vitals: Noah J. & Elizabeth C. Zimmerman Miller
- Vitals: Dibert A. & Susan Bowman Miller
- Vitals: Howard Pearson & Sarah Jane Baer Miller
- Vitals: Richard Orville Miller & Hilda Elizabeth Krause
- Table of Contents: Miller
- 1910 Miller Reunion Article
- And Baby Makes Four: Grandniece Alyssa’s Story
- Exodus From Germany
- Joseph “Yost” Miller (1748-1811): Last Will & Testament
- Last Will & Testament of Joseph Miller III (1860)
- “Yost” Miller-associated Family Sites in Pennsylvania: A Virtual Tour
- In Memory: Richard O. Miller (1920-2015)
- The Gunner & The Riveter
- Lost Civilizations of the Quemahoning
- The Miller Family in Iowa: From Katelyn to Joseph
- A 1917 Letter Between Miller Brothers: Pennsylvania to Iowa
- Captured by Pirates: The Story of Cousin Michael Beeghley
- Photo Album: Miller
- In Memorium: Husband, Brother, Father, Grandfather, Great-grandfather, Uncle, & Friend Daniel Lloyd Miller (1946-2020)
- Research/Writing in Progress: Joseph “Yost” Miller
- Another Unusual Somerset County Miller: “Saucy Jack”
- KRAUSE Family
- Introduction: Krause
- Our Krause Family Tree
- Our Bender* Family Tree
- Our Brenneman* Family Tree
- Our Christian/Hannes “Indian John” Miller* Family Tree
- Our Georg Family Tree
- Our Lee Family Tree
- Introduction: Lee
- Table of Contents: Lee
- On the Trail of our Early Lee Family
- The Questions of Anna Lee & Charles Krause’s Confirmations
- Meet our Great-great grandfather Thomas “Tommy” Lee & some of his ancestors and descendants
- Romantic Historical Fiction about our Casselman Valley Amish
- Photo Album: Lee
- Research/Writing in Progress: Lee
- Simon Lee’s WW I Letter from France, 1918
- Vitals: The Thomas Lee Families of Somerset Co., PA
- Our Lehman* Family Tree
- Our Mishler* Family Tree
- Our Musser* Family Tree**
- Introduction: Musser
- Table of Contents: Musser
- Vitals: Our Gilgan & Rosina Muller Moser/Musser Families
- Vitals: Gilgan & Rosina Mueller Moser
- Vitals: Daniel & Verena Morisegger Moser/Musser
- Vitals: Peter & Catherina Aeschliman Musser
- Vitals: Daniel & Magdelena Mauerhofer Moser/Musser
- Vitals: Hans & Maria Schwab Moser/Musser
- Vitals: Nicklaus, I & Catherina Schwartz Musser
- Vitals: Nicholas V., Sr. & Magdalena Delienbach Musser
- Vitals: Nicholas, Jr. & Elizabeth Musser
- Our Speicher* Family Tree
- Our Michael Miller* Family Tree
- Our Stambach* Family Tree
- Our Meyer Family Tree
- Vitals: Johann & Cathrine Krause Families of Prussia
- Table of Contents: Krause
- Descendants of Johann Ludwig Lebrecht Krause & Cathrine Sophie Giesau
- A Journey between two Passages: The “Mom” & “Pop” Krause family from the National Road to the Lincoln Highway
- Deaths in the Charles Krause Family – 2020
- Translating Charles Frederick “Pop” Krause’s (1884-1973) Baptismal Certificate from German
- Annie “Mom” Krause 1950 Diary
- Hilda Elizabeth Krause Miller (1921-1997): An Autobiography
- Gold in the Hills: The Alton Krause Family Story
- Photo Album: Krause
- The Life and Times of Ralph and Rachel Krause
- Krause-associated Family Sites in Maryland & Pennsylvania: A Virtual Tour
- Research/Writing in Progress: Krause
- Krause Electric & Refrigeration Changes Hands
- The Story of Clemens Krauss (1893-1954)
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- E-Genealogy 101: Three easy steps to woodshedding the family tree
- Getting to Know RootsTech, FamilySearch, and other Family History Sites
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- Tips on searching Message Boards & Forums
- Writing Your Own Family Narrative: A Short Bibliography
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