Introduction
Vitals: The Lehmers of Germany & PA
Research/Works in Progress
Color codes by Main Families – Pearce (green)
Gray (red)
Miller (gold)
Krause (blue) or
General (black or darker blue)
ONGOING 1/1/22: Every Breath a Gift: a Memoir by Larry Pearce – INTRODUCTION & TABLE OF CONTENTS (regular installments celebrating the 20th E-Gen Anniversary)
NEW 1/8/22: Chpt.1 – PRELUDE
NEW 1/15/22: INTERLUDE to Chpt.2A – CHILDHOOD & YOUTH INTO ADULTHOOD: Beginnings in Cooperstown
NEW 1/22/22: Chpt.2B – Move to Moon Township
NEW 1/29/22: Chpt.2C – Home in Indiana
NEW 2/5/22: Chpt.2D – We are Penn State
NEW 2/12/22: INTERLUDE to Chpt. 3A – a HALF-CENTURY OF MARRIAGE: Engagement, Wedding, & Honeymoon
NEW 2/19/22: Chpt.3B – Early Marriage Months in Pine Grove Mills
NEW 3/26/22: Chpt.3C – Getting Established in Jerome
NEW 4/2/22: Chpt.3Di – Forward to Forwardstown
NEW 4/9/22: Chpt.3Dii – New Opportunities
NEW 4/17/22: Chpt.3Diii – Death & New Life
NEW 4/22/22: Chpt.3Div – Back on Our Own Again
NEW 4/29/22: Chpt.3Dv – Retirement so Far
NEW 5/6/22: INTERLUDE to
NEW 5/14/22: Chpt.4A – MY LIFE’S WORK: Odd Jobs to Investment Rep
NEW 5/19/22: Chpt.4B – MY LIFE’S WORK: Broadcasting
NEW 5/27/22: Chpt.4C – MY LIFE’S WORK: Teaching
NEW 6/2/22: INTERLUDE to Chpt.5A & B – MY MISSIONS & MINISTRIES
NEW 6/11/22: INTERLUDE to
NEW 6/18/22: Chpt.6A – MORE RETIREMENT ACTIVITIES: Vacation Travels
NEW 6/25/22: Chpt.6B – MORE RETIREMENT ACTIVITIES: Writing Family History
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 & Son
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 10/3/15: Look for links, re-postings, & 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