The Folsom bulletin : a historical and genealogical newsletter published by the Folsom Family Association of America, Incorporated
(Periodical)

Semi-Annual

Semiannual, published around April and October.

Vol. 1 no. 1 (May 1977) -

Editor: John R. Folsom, Jr.; Vicki F. Eggleston; Wendy Garrard.

Published: Amherst, New York; Williamsville, New York; Orlando, Florida; Garland, Texas; Rowlett, Texas; Mayo, Florida.

Not yet available in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at this time. (14 Nov. 2005).

Beginning with vol. 27 no. 1 (May 2003), volume numbers advance to the next digit with each issue, and only one issue is assigned to a volume, for example, vol. 27 no. 1 (May 2003) is followed by vol. 28 no. 1 (Nov 2003), and so forth. Some issues revert back to earlier numbering pattern.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Folsom (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England and Scotland. Ancestors include John Foulsham and his wife, Mary Gilman who left Hingham, England in 1638 to settle in Hingham, Massachusetts, and who later moved to Exeter, New Hampshire. John's surname was Anglicized to Folsom in America. Other ancestors include John Wesley Fulsom and his wife, Nancy Parker who settled in Ontario, Canada. Another ancestor was Ebenezer Folsom, who married a Chocktaw wife by the name of Natika. Their daughter, Sophia Folsom (1773-1871) married a Scotsman, Major John Pitchlynn who was raised by Chocktaw Indians after his father died. During the 1700-1800s, Folsoms lived in New Brunswick and Ontario (Canada), and in Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Washington D.C. Later descendants also lived in England, Germany, and in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Washington, and elsewhere.

The Folsom Family Association of America, Inc. was founded in 1909. It is also known as the Folsom Family Association. Membership is primarily for descendants of John and Mary Foulsham throughout the United States and Canada. The Association has various ancestral branches, and holds annual reunions on the second week in August. Their archives of historical and genealogical data and artifacts is maintained at the Historical Society in Exeter, New Hampshire. More information is found on their Web site.