"Jost Krehbiel is the beginning of the known family line. He was born in Switzerland about 1670 and as a young man migrated to the Palatinate. He and his wife Magdalena had six children ... "--P. 24. Descendant John Carl Krehbiel, son of Jacob and Marie Jotter Krehbiel of Lohmuehl, was born 9 June 1811. John Carl and his brother Christian emigrated to America in 1833 sailing from Havre on May 1 and arriving in New York on June 20th. They went...

This volume reviews the historical clues left by Robert DeVorn's ancestors back as far as when they came to America. Secondary sources which place individual ancestors within the community are often used and information is given on his Diemer, Hattersley, Parr, DeVorn lines who came out of German, Russia, England, and France to settle on the east coast before many migrated to California. Includes DeVorn, Silverman, Diemer, Dvorin, Parr, Heinsohn,...

James Gay (1744-1819) immigrated from Ireland to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, married Margaret Mitchell in 1768, served in the Revolutionary War, and moved to Iredell County, North Carolina. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Illinois, New England, New York, New Jersey, Mississippi and elsewhere.