by Deb | May 29, 2013 | Daughters
I’ve blogged about this before, but just have to say — I keep getting more patriot homes in PA every week. I try to record all the homes by county and do further research to be sure that the home is one that was built and/or lived in by a patriot. I will...
by Deb | May 10, 2013 | Bradford County PA, Daughters, Duart Family, Shoemaker Family
Well, the three years as South Central District Director for the Pennsylvania State Society, DAR is winding down. I’ve had a busy 3 years, but very rewarding. I have visited each of the DAR Chapters in the South Central and joined in on many other...
by Deb | Mar 21, 2013 | Duart Family
I am looking for Duarts who are male descendants from John Duart b. 1784, d. 1829, Ontario Canada, to take a DNA test. This would help in determining the family line and whether we are actually part of the MacLean’s of Duart. If you would contact me through...
by Deb | Feb 20, 2013 | Shoemaker Family
I picked up my book from the printer yesterday. It looks great. Now the hard part comes – advertising and marketing a limited audience book. The book title is: Shoemaker and Packard History: A Letter from James Doty to Arthur Shoemaker 1965. I hope the...
by Deb | Feb 3, 2013 | Brown Family, Duart Family
Hot off the presses Shoemaker and Packard History: A Letter from James Doty to Arthur Shoemaker A book I compiled from a letter James Doty wrote to Arthur “Clell” Shoemaker in 1965. I have documented much of the family history that was written in...
by Deb | Dec 29, 2012 | Daughters, Shoemaker Family
I didn’t make the Christmas deadline I had set for myself, but did make it to the printers December 28th. The book will be available through my website in the new year. With the index of more than 3000 names, the book will be at least 120 pages, in hardback,...
by Deb | Dec 3, 2012 | Shoemaker Family
I’m coming down the home stretch on publishing the letter that James K. Doty wrote to his cousin Arthur (Clell) Shoemaker in 1965. I have been working on documenting this letter for at least 4 years. I’m still looking for an obituary on James K. Doty, who...
by Deb | Nov 14, 2012 | Shoemaker Family
I have finally proven my ancestor, Susannah Shafer Shoemaker Ayres, to be the daughter of Adam Shafer and Elizabeth Swartout/Swartwood of Luzerne County, PA. This was a hard one. I first found her listed on an application for NSDAR, as one of the children of Adam and...
by Deb | Aug 28, 2012 | Hershey Family
Sunday was another Hershey Reunion and was held at Paradise Park in Paradise, PA. Every one of Frank and Lydia (Buckwalter) Hershey’s children, who had children (Esther, Torrey, Ruth, Frank, Elmer, Ada Mae, Ephraim, Vera), had representation. Lots of grand and...
by Deb | Aug 16, 2012 | Daughters
I’ve been working on a couple of challenging NSDAR applications this month and have found how many times people on the internet perpetuate incorrect data. One thing that the NSDAR genealogy course teaches is that if they were born in KY, then their parents had...
