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Nathaniel Winslow Gravesite - location correction

June 24, 2008 at 6:40 am » Comments (0)

Nathaniel Winslow, husband of Elizabeth Williams (daughter of Sobriety Bunker), was age 74 in the 1850 Census, listed as living in household of son Stephen Winslow, along with wife “Betsey” at age 63. Nathaniel died in 1852, and was buried on a small hill in Letter E township (originally called Letter E Plantation), Franklin County, [...]



Get Pennsylvania vital records online

May 26, 2008 at 6:12 am » Comments (0)

Recently, many states have helped in the cause of genealogical research by making their vital records available online.  I received an e-mail earlier today about an effort to have Pennsylvania records more accessible:
Here is the link to the website about the grassroots effort to get older Pennsylvania state death certificates available online like they have [...]



Bunker photographs

April 20, 2008 at 1:16 pm » Comments (0)

As you know, we had posted photographs of the BFA reunion in Olympia, Washington, and plan to do the same for the Portland, Maine reunion in June. The hosting company has recently undertaken a major upgrading of its hosting services, and one change is necessary for individuals to view any of the photo albums I’ve [...]



Greencity Photo Site on Phanfare

April 20, 2008 at 12:43 pm » Comments (0)

Phanfare, the hosting site for my photography, has recently upgraded the site, and it is necessary to create a login and password to view my posted photographs at albums.phanfare.com/greencity.
This login will allow the user access to any of my photo albums.



Bunker Family Association Web Site Redesign

February 27, 2008 at 9:09 pm » Comments (0)

This week, we converted the Bunker Family Association web site to a Word Press-based one, and the result will be that most postings for the Bunker family will be made on that site. I will duplicate some related postings in the Bunker Family History category here if they are related to my own Bunker [...]



New Theme for the Blog

January 23, 2008 at 9:09 am » Comments (0)

My blog now uses the xMark theme designed by Lisa Sabin-Wilson, who recently authored WordPress for Dummies. I plan on introducing a few new features to the blog as I convert web sites to newer formats.



Data Bases Updated

December 9, 2007 at 6:48 am » Comments (0)

My family history data bases have recently been updated to include new or updated information as of December 1, 2007. You can see the “Detling” family at Ancestry.com, view the data at World Connect at rootsweb.com (look for “Detling” or any other surname we have in common to find the file), or at my own [...]



John Williams Descendants

September 18, 2007 at 5:37 am » Comments (0)

John Williams, son of Samuel and Sobriety Bunker Williams, was born June 25, 1796 in New Hampshire. With his parents, he migrated first to Pennsylvania, then to Holmes Co., Ohio.  He married Anna Brown in Pennsylvania.
As part of the efforts to document the descendants of Samuel and Sobriety Bunker, we are now updating information on [...]



Devon Bunkers CD Release

August 19, 2007 at 5:29 pm » Comments (0)

The Bunker Family Association’s newest project (just completed) is a compact disc on Devon Bunkers. Compiled through the extensive efforts of Bunker Family Association genealogist Bette Bunker Richards, the Devon Bunkers CD includes information on the descendants of James Bunker of Dover, New Hampshire; William Bunker and Ann Forrester of New Castle, Delaware; Benjamin Bunker [...]



Family Tree Data Base Updated

June 11, 2007 at 5:26 am » Comments (0)

This weekend the family tree data based reached another milestone, as it now includes more than 11,000 individuals in more than 4,000 families. Among the significant additions was new information on the descendants of Peter Bradt, b. in 1820.
Feel free to browse at http://www.greencity.org/TNG. You don’t have to register to use the site, but if [...]