Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of th Brown families who came mainly from England, France, Germany, Ireland and Scotland, and settled in Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia in the 1600's. Some families migrated to Canada and New South Wales (Australia). During the 1800's and later, some moved to Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois,...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of Brooking (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from Devon and Cornwall (England), Ireland, and Wales. Since Devon, like Scotland, developed a "clan system," persons with the Brooking surname may descend from various ancestors. In the 1600's, some immigrated to Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Virginia. In the 1700's, some settled in Canada, Connecticut, Georgia,...

James Brown and Elizabeth Baldwin married in 1705 and settled in Middlesex County, Virginia. Descendants moved to Kentucky about 1790, to western Missouri about 1810, and then to California in 1849.

"The first confirmed, documented evidence for our Preston Fletcher is in the 1850 census for Georgetown Township, Floyd County, Indiana. This census records that Preston Fletcher was 33 years old, that he was born in Virginia, and his occupation was that of farmer. Listed with him was a wife named Ruth Ann Fletcher, 25 years old, who was born in Indiana. They have a son by this time, James Fletcher, age 2, who was born in Indiana. The Marriage Record...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Friend (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Scotland, and Sweden. In 1765, John Friend Sr. founded the town of Friendsville, in Garrett County, Maryland where reunions of the Friend Family Association are frequently held. Other Friends settled in Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio,...

Effie Maria Snurr was born on 17 February 1915 in Sumner, Dawson County, Nebraska. Her parents were Joseph Benjman Snurr and Mettie May Rollings. She married George Earl McFarland on 5 January 1935 in Eddyville, Nebraska. George was born on 14 November 1914 in Sumner, Nebraska and died on 3 December 1990 in Kearney, Nebraska. His parents were George William McFarland and Rose Ann Cunningham. Ancestors, descendants and relatives have resided primarily...

Johan Philip Braun (1697-1767), son of Johann Jost Braun, was born in Udenheim, Hessen, Germany. He immigrated to New York in 1709 with his family. He later settled in Pennsylvania. His wife, Elisabeth Magdalena Losch (1699-1763), was the daughter of John Balthaser Losch and Susanna Phillippina Gerina. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ontario, Iowa, Minnesota, and elsewhere.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Fine and Fines families in America. Some early ancestors came from a part of Holland which is now known as Bavaria (Germany). They immigrated to America and settled in Arkansas, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Some later moved to California, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and elsewhere.

Christian Disher or Teuscher, son of David Teuscher (1765-1842) and Catharine Bohlen, was born in 1797 in Diemtigen, Switzerland. He married Magdalena Minnig (1804-1882), He died in 1887 in Whitehouse, Ohio.