Periodical for the interchange of genealogical data and history about the Moser families who came mainly from Palatinate Germany and from Switzerland. Some immigrated to America, such as John Martin Moser and Hans Adam Moser, who were probably brothers who immigrated from the Palatinate of Germany to Philadelphia in 1728. John Martin Moser settled in what is now Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and died before 1743. Hans Adam Moser (1684-1770) settled...

Greysouthen also known as Graysouthen.

Edwards Cranston Brooks (1860-1922) was the son of Quincy Adams Brooks and Elizabeth Cranston of Portland, Oregon. Elizabeth was the daughter of Ephraim Cranston and Roxanna Edwards of Ohio. Her family traveled across the plains by ox-team and settled in Oregon. Edwards married Margaret Gray of Chicago shortly after graduation from West Point. He served during the Spanish American War and other military assignments. They were the parents of two daughters:...

Hans Michael Moser (1717-1789), son of Samuel Moser, married Eva Maria Elsasser in 1741 in Bischwiller, Alsace, France, and immigrated to York County, Pennsylvania. Descendants (spelling the surname Musser or Mosser) and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio and elsewhere.

Paul Stenzel (1830-1914), son of Jacob Stenzel and Mary Plewka, married Julia Kullot in 1856 and lived in Nowa Wiese, Poland. In 1884 they immigrated to Minnesota Lake, Minnesota (via Hamburg and New York), to join some of their older children who had already immigrated. Descendants and relatives lived in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Montana, California and elsewhere. Includes some family history and ancestry in Poland.

"The text begins with a brief history of the family and the establishment of the 'Pennsylvania Dutch' community. Individual chapters are devoted to the lines of descent from Hans Martin Mosser, Hans Adam Mosser, Hans Paulus Mosser and Philip Moser....an exploration of twelve collateral lines for the allied families Boehm, Everett, Hower, Koppenhoffer, Lichtenwallner, Long, Oswald, Seberling and Wannamaker..."Verso, Back Cover.

John Martin Moser and Hans Adam Moser, perhaps brothers, emigrated from the Palatinate of Germany to Philadelphia in 1728. John Martin Moser settled in what is now Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and died before 1743. Hans Adam Moser (1684-1770) settled in Lancaster County and later moved to Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives of the two immigants lived in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia,...

Charles Franklin Ruch was born 24 January 1869 in East Penn Township, Carbon, Pennsylvania. His parents were Lewis Franklin Ruch and Elizabeth Mantz. He married Estella Mary Kistler, daughter of Daniel Moser Kistler and Catherine Whetstone, 25 July 1907. They had one daughter, Emma Kathryn Ruch (1911-1989), who married Kenneth W. Fraser (1910-1987) and had three children. Ancestors and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania.

Christian Franckhauser, son of Peter Fankhauser and Christina Schwander, was born in 1668 in Vechingen, Bern, Switzerland. He married Veronica Risser in Tieffenbach, Alsace. They had six children. Their sons, Johann Michael Franckhauser (1709-1799) and Hans Peter Frankhauser (1714-1784), emigrated and settled in Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Illinois.