My Family History

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GEDCOM Trees (viewing trees requires 4.0 or later)

• Those Who Came Before Us (8831 KB)
  This research is an ongoing project. My family names being researched include; Beeghley, Biles, Hodge, Hunt, Lincoln, Mack, MacDonald, Mosser, Langley, Steele, Stewart, Patterson and Richards just to name a few. My daughters' paternal families have also been included; Murray Family (who arrived in the United States in 1858), Vourron, Socie, Rebillot and branches of those families. We thank these families for their contributions to this research. The Murray, Richards and Steel hit the shores of the US as follows: Murrays line arrived in 1858, Richards line arrived in 1823, the Steel line landed in 1905. The Steel, Hodge, Mack, MacDonald, Patterson and Stewart families originated in Scotland which is where our research is now taking place. The Richards and Murray families originated in Ireland. Another place we are now conducting research. However, we have learned that if the Irish families were Catholic, there are very few records left due to the conflicts in Ireland. The Beeghley and Biles and Hunt families originated in England. The Vourron family originated in France. These families have one thing in common, besides us, they all made the arduous trip across an ocean in search of a better life. We only hope that this research will echo the courageous efforts they made for our sake. I'm now a proud grandmother of three: MacCaila, Colin and Riley Irene. As you can imagine, we have taken many photos of these beautiful grandchildren. We have provided a link below for those photos. This is a private site, so you will need to contact me for access. DISCLAIMER. We would like to remind everyone that the best course of action in making certain you have the correct information for your family members is to document it yourself. Our family tree has been documented where possible. We have accepted and posted information from other family researchers. If you find there is no particular source mentioned, the information was most likely given to us by another researcher.
• Richards and Related Families (587 KB)
  This tree relates to the Richards family and all those families that have molded us into who we are today.

Family Photos

• Visit with Santa (2940 KB)
  2007 Visit with Santa are my grandchildren, six yr. old MacCaila and 2 month old Colin.
• From Pension Records of Emanuel Richards (35 KB)
  Testifying to the second marriage of Emanuel Richards. Subject Emma N. Richards.
• An Attractive Family Group Photo (9 KB)
  In the Morning Herald of Uniontown Pa was this photo and the following article: Pictured are Mr. and Mrs. Harold Richards of Bedford Hts. Ohio. Mrs. Richards is the former Carolyn Cornell......
• Declaration for Civil War Pension (73 KB)
  Witness' at bottom of page; JE Miller and ?, hard to make out the second name. Signed in 1899.
• Emanuel Richards (49 KB)
  
• Cramer Marriage Record - Original (88 KB)
  This is the original marriage certificate of Daisy Mae Matthews and John Wesley Cramer.
• William Turner Paterson (24 KB)
  
• Bedford Senior High School (63 KB)
  Debra was in the graduating class of 1973. There were 750 students in that graduating class. Graduation took place at Blossom Music Center to accomodate the massive class of '73.
• IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR ZOEY GIRL 03/21/06 (192 KB)
  Zoey was our family terrier who was purchased from a shelter in 2001, right after the birth of my Granddaughter. On March 21, 2006 Zoey laid down next to me on the couch as she did every evening. Except this evening would be the last for Zoey and I to share together. She peacefully passed away without illness or warning. Zoey was our tiny little companion for five years. She filled our lives with love and laughter. We will miss her terribly. Goodbye my Sweet little girl.
• How Five year old MacCaila views her Family Tree (134 KB)
  MacCaila picked this from our back yard and exclaimed "Look Gram, just enough for each of us!" She then began to name each leaf. Out of the mouth of babes.
• Reuniting of a father and a son. (1158 KB)
  I used to feel very sorry for this young man. I guess when you witness so much deceit and manipulation, it becomes hard to believe or trust anyone, including believing in yourself. His natural father is ready and has been waiting for many years for this day. I have no doubt that his father's family will show him love. I pray everything works out for this young man now that he knows the truth.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• Genealogy Report: Descendants of George Richards (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Alexander Biles, Sr. (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of John Steele (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Marie Martha Vourron (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Ancestors of George Leonard Murray (View PDF)

Related Files

• Newspaper Article announcing my graduation. (1 KB)
  Grandmother was a bit of a social butterfly and when there was some event within her family, it seemed to make the local news back home.
• Family Portrait makes local news. (1 KB)
  My parents had our family portrait taken some 45 years ago. Recently I came across an article containing the portrait. The following is that article.
• Some things are better left off the Internet (5 KB)
  Use of information found on Certificates of Death.
• Poem - My Name is Sarah (1 KB)
  Read this poem and please take an active stand against abuse.
• Our first school sponsored Grandparents Day, (2 KB)
  One of the many benefits of being a Grandparent is being able to do things with Grandchildren that you could not do with your own children. And I wouldn't miss these times for the world.
• Standards of Sharing Information (2 KB)
  We recently discovered three online trees which listed a couple of our family members with the incorrect parents. We notified those individuals and two have corrected their files. Since one has refused to do so, we thought this would be a good time to post the standards of sharing genealogy information. The topic of posting and sharing false information is covered.
• Personal rules to help guide you through life. (1 KB)
  These are standards in your life that should not compromised. They are also standards that you should expect others to possess.
• Divorced Catholics (9 KB)
  The Church's view on divorced Catholics.

Related Links

• Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society
• Cambria County Pa Research
• General Register's Office of Scotland
• Our Rootsweb Online Tree
• Common ancestor to all on Earth called 'certainty'.
• Photo website to view you must have an invitation.
• Monroe County Iowa Genealogy Site
• This is a wonderful site for Pleasants County (and more) WV
• An Invalidator and how they manipulate.
• Memorial which lists John McDermid, son of Elizabeth Steel
• Occupations of Scotland
• Merriam- Webster online dictionary
• Ohio's site Missing and Exploited children.
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission / Private John Mack