Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Fitzsimmons families of Hillsdale County, Michigan. Some focus is on (but not limited to) descendants of George Fitzsimmons (1793-1870) and his wife Lydia Raplee (1799-1879). George and Lydia had seven children: Mary, Catherine, Lydia Ann, George W., Andrew Madison Raplee, John, and Vincent. In 1837, George and Lydia left New York with their children and other relatives to settle...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Longenecker (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from Austria, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland. Some were Anabaptists, Mennonites, and members of the Church of the Brethren. Many came from the Langnau area near Langenegg, in Emmental, Caton Bern, Switzerland. It is possible earlier ancestors came from Lake Contance area, which includes Austria, Germany, Italy, and...

Jacob Schumacher (Shoemaker), a Quaker, was born in Germany and immigrated to Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1682. He and his wife, Margaret, had four children. The family moved to Philadelpha ca. 1715 and he died there in 1722. His grandson, Henry Shoemaker (ca. 1731-1797), son of Jacob Shoemaker, Jr., served with the Berks County Militia during the Revolutionary War and was appointed a justice for Northumberland County in 1784. He and his wife, Barbara,...

This work lists the early Dawson immigrants and residents in New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Ohio. It also contains the descendants and relatives of some of these Dawson immigrants and residents. Includes ancestry and genealogical data in England, Wales and elsewhere. Also includes those who immigrated to Nova Scotia, Quebec and elsewhere...

William Magee Logan Jr. (1815-1885), son of William Magee, Sr. and Sarah Shoemaker was born in Jackson County, Indiana. He later moved to Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Descendants lived in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Florida, Georgia, and elsewhere.