I just posted to my page, but am not sure how to let everyone see it, a photo album on the Reeseville, Pennsylvania Veteran's Memorial. Reeseville is in Etna, Shaler Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Hi. I am new here and I am interested finding REECE connections. I have very little to go on and have been hitting brick walls for many years. My great grandfather was GEORGE W. REECE, born April 1, 1863 or 1864 in Western…
Happy News! My only male first cousin, Robert Paul Reese II, (my Father's brother's son) did his Paternal DNA test. His results are in. I am very happy to learn of his DNA results because my Dad and his Dad had no other siblings. Our Dads…
Does anyone have anything on Naomi Anna Texana Sharp(e) Reece, who was born April 28, 1876 and died April 23, 1919. She married Caswell G. Reece ca. 1873. They are both buried in Pine Log Cemetery, NC
Lee,
My Grandpa Reese, Joseph Gideon Reese's brother Philip Walter Reese worked in Texas in Oil too, and his son Gale Warren Reese was killed with his wife as their car drover an oil vent or something in the road and exploded near an oil field…
Lee or whom else it may concern . . .
My more recent Reese ancestors lived in Missouri in the lower south east and lower southern eastern regions . In Marked Tree, Ark, Wayne County,Mo, and Fremont, Mo. and St.Louis. And before that some were from…
DL and others. Here is a kinship report for my Benjamin Franklin Reese. I have not verified all of these relationships but am working towards it. I hope this will be of help to someone. The location is basically Allegheny…
I am looking for any information about the Reese family that lived in gause texas in the late 1880's and the early 1900's. Some of the family members were;
William B Reese and his wife Ann C Reese, they moved to texas
to texas from…
Hi, Deb (DLReese) here,
I just uploaded a bunch of my old photos. I love old photos! I have even been able to see family resemblances among photos from other, not so distant relatives, in Ancestry Family Trees and make acquaintances with…
DL there are sibblings, but I have to make sure I have everything in my program. I am not sure of the names you listed but I will look more closely this evening. It is amazing how many Reese's are out there! I hope my…
My grandmother, Selina Mae Reese, d/o Benjamin Franklin Reese, was born in Reeseville, Etna, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. I have been trying to locate Reeseville and nobody has been able to find it on their maps. There is a Reese…
Smith, Richardson, Green, Dorn, Campbell, Reece, Westbrook, Shelnutt, Fagan, Pevehouse, Kegans, and many others!
What countries and other locations are you interested in researching?
USA, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Italy
What is your level of genealogy knowledge?
Intermediate Family History Researcher
For what reason did you start genealogy research?
To preserve family history and find out more. I believe our family history is a precious treasure that we should value highly and not let slip away into oblivion.
Hello, I thought of this after I last posted in Confederates discussion group.
You've probably done this already, but one thing you might try is Googling "Hilliard's Alabama Legion, 3rd Battalion" to see what books are out there on that particular regiment. You'll probably find pictures of the regiment's unique Flag, and by searching the index of any titles (at your Library, of course) perhaps even find your ancestor's name and, we can only hope, his Picture! Also, perhaps look for book titles about the Chickamauga Campaign. It lasted quite a while; there should be lots of books written about it. I'm sure there are bookstores devoted just to the Civil War... I don't know where you live, but in a larger city there's got to be specialty bookstores like this AND larger libraries with voluminous holdings! I won't promise definitely, but next time I make it to my city Library (or even the County library) I'll remember to check on these very ideas to see if my hunch is correct. Anyway, I love the research, so it's no bother! Take care. Good luck. Sue
Hello Stacey. I have a family with the surname Pla, who left Europe to work on draining the Fens in Cambridgeshire. Somewhere along the way the name changed to Le Pla. When they arrived in England some children are recorded as having the surname Pla and others Le Pla in the same generation. When David Le Pla emigrated as a free settler to Australia about 1852 the surname changed yet again to Leplaw.
I can imagine the census taker did all of the writing as they still do today due to a goodly percentage of the population being illiterate in those days. He would have also been responsible to ensure his handwriting was legible to others. Mistakes were common though, as the census taker had to listen to so many different accents and in many cases he simply wrote down the names as they sounded to his ear. The same sort of mistakes happened when officials filled out ships manifests.
Holy cow, I must've spent almost the entire day on this site, choosing groups, forming groups, uploading a few pics ... like I have time for this! And yet, this site doesn't really seem like a "waste of time" to me. I think there'll be good things come out of the time I spend here!
Thank you Stacy for the welcome. I love my Texas family roots. In fact, I am the first generation to be born here in CA, a fact my Dad doesn't let me forget. ;)