Connie Baer Petersen

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Bear (and variant spellings) families who mainly came from Alsace, Baden, Estonia, Germany, Hesse, and Switzerland. Many were of the Mennonite faith, and were Palatinate immigrants. Others came from Austria, Denmark, France, Ireland, and Wales. In the 1700's, some settled in Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,...