Welcome!
We hope you find our research interesting. These pages contain ancestors from both our families.
Our companion blog contains a number of posts explaining our methodologies, specific questions we are looking to answer, and telling interesting stories.
Without a login, you will not be able to view the data for anyone who is still alive.
if you can, please help us! If you have documents, photos, corrections, or anything else you think will fill in the numerous gaps in our family history, we would love to hear from you!
We are especially looking for the following sorts of things:
- Immigration and Naturalization data
- Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates
- Military Records
- Photos (all kinds ... People, Residences, Cars, Workplace)
To see what we are finding particularly elusive, visit our most wanted page.
Top 100 Surnames in Our Family Tree
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Allen
Anderson
Barlieb
Bartusiak
Baumann
Borneman
Breiner
Bricker
Brown
Case
Charles
Cimbal
Clauss
Cochran
Covey
Demsky
den Graeff
Erb
Fair
Fienauri
Fox
Friling
Gehman
Geiser
Gillmer
Gilmore
Godown
Gray
Haldeman
Halteman
Harstine
Herstine
High
Hillpot
Javes
Johnson
Kondas
Kruger
Kwiatkowski
Lafaw
Landis
Lauer
Lawrence
Lear
Leichliter
Lutz
Martin
Maxwell
McIlroy
Mechling
Miecznik
Miller
Minnick
Mohr
Moninghoff
Neefies
Neligan
Nevius
Noble
Paetzell
Purdy
Pursell
Rash
Roberts
Rodenbach
Schaible
Schantz
Scheetz
Schell
Schneider
Shantz
Shimer
Shoemaker
Showalter
Sigafoos
Smith
Smolinski
Snider
Snyder
Stahley
Stout
Sweitzer
Tajak
Talarowska
Talarowski
Taylor
Templeton
Thomas
Trout
Vliet
Vorhees
Waclawski
Wean
Wideman
Williams
Winters
Wismer
Worthley
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