The first recorded Pawling that came to America was Henry Pawling. His exact date of birth is unknown and he allegedly came from...

Click here for Part 1 On the morning of Wednesday, 30 September 1942, Postmaster and Mrs. W.H. Cuthbertson received a telegram from...

William "Red" Hugh Cuthbertson, Jr. was born in Denver, Colorado on 30 April 1915. He was the son of William Hugh and Anna Deborah (née...

Westward expansion has been an important part of the American experience. After arriving in Pennsylvania, it was only a matter of time...

Tracing ancestors back to the point where they first acquired surnames can be a challenge as a name's spelling and pronunciation may have...

Since the dawn of humanity, thunder and lightning have both terrified and awed. Protection was sought from deities like Zeus and Thor;...

The term fraktur is used today to describe a wide variety of Pennsylvania German folk-art documents. In this particular incarnation,...

During the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson virtually ended the Creek War with his decisive defeat of the Creek Indians at the Battle of...

Barnabas Blue was likely born about 1757 in New Castle County, Delaware and became an early settler in Berkley County, Virginia (now...

Christopher Dock was born about 1698. He immigrated to the United States by 1714, becoming a teacher at Skippack in Philadelphia County...

Andreas Karl (Andrew Carl) Schrauger was born about 1656. His last name has also been spelled as Schrager and Schraeger in various...

Now to tell a little more background information about the Mennonites in my family tree. The name is derived from the founder of the...

Michael Ziegler, born probably about 1680 in Germany, came to America with his brother Melchior before 1717, as in that year he was...

The next step back in my Moyer line was to identify my 5x great grandparents. So, who were Abraham's parents? So, as I began that...

Here is a story about something that my Pennsylvania German ancestors may have used or even practiced at some point. Powwow, also called...

Since my initial post about my Moyer line (click here), more information has been discovered. Sometimes what has been passed down or...

John Sherman "Jack" Fasig was born on 18 March 1894 in Lancaster County, PA where his father, John Sr. had a tobacco farm. He moved with...

The "Kentucky Long Rifle" was originally known as the "Pennsylvania Long Rifle." Daniel Boone, a native Pennsylvanian born in Berks...

Without a doubt, the story was extremely moving. However, as with any legend, it is somewhat difficult to get at the real facts of this...

Click here for Part 2 Nearly ten years passed as Magdalena and Christian rebuilt their burned house and continued farming the land. ...