Introduction
Vitals: Our Sell Families of Germany & PA
John Sell, Sr: Application for Revolutionary War Pension (1836)
Research/Writing in Progress
Last revised 3/20/18
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Color codes by Main Families –
Pearce (green)
Gray (red)
Miller (gold)
Krause (blue) or
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.)