tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85141882024-03-12T19:42:07.093-07:00<b>The Sheffler Family Daily News ... kindof weekly ... ish.</b></br> The latest in the Genealogy Research of Shefflers in North America:</br> New Discoveries and Old Stories.</br> Random Bits and Pieces.</br> Plenty of Questions...</br> Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-65236043801313171462015-03-22T14:42:00.000-07:002015-03-22T14:42:18.858-07:00

Hi there! &nbsp;This blog has lain dormant for quite a while, and it was brought to my attention that some links have died or been maimed in the interim. I jumped into action today to make sure that the email address at bottom right, don [at] sheffler [dot] org, is actually functional. &nbsp;And it is now functional. Don't know about the mailing list through bloglet yet, don't know about

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-59467216387307977332010-05-20T06:00:00.000-07:002010-05-20T12:10:17.707-07:00

Well, it has been open for more than half a decade.However, as you can see below there hasn't been an update posted here in roughly 4 years. Back then our main web site was static and this blog was merely a link. We did a lot of our communicating through the "Contact Us" page and email. We urged people to join the Sheffler mailing lists and forums (fora?) at Rootsweb.Things change...This blog

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1127254748022661682006-01-01T15:19:00.000-08:002006-01-01T15:54:59.620-08:00

Out here in California there is an old cemetery near me that began receiving the remains of early Southern Californians in about 1880. It is fairly large, though, and is run by a local cemetery association.In Pennsylvania, though, cemeteries belonging to churches of the earliest settlers, or private plots on land sold many times over since the first families buried their loved ones there, just

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1127773897152573672005-09-26T15:31:00.000-07:002006-01-01T15:41:00.140-08:00

I'm not from Pennsylvania.I've never been to Pennsylvania.Imagine how puzzled I look when I see that somebody was born in maybe Northampton County, then moved to Bedford County before part of it became Westmoreland County... and I have no idea when any of this happened.This helps:An animated map of the formation of the counties of Pennsylvania.CLICK HEREClick on "Play" to watch PA grow, or click

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1117485682431628872005-05-30T13:38:00.000-07:002005-06-30T20:11:38.766-07:00

This Memorial Day, just wanted to mention a few of the family that died in war time.Daniel K Sheffler and Henry Foster Sheffler were sons of Samuel C. Sheffler, and both served in the Civil War along with their brother Israel Truxal Sheffler.Henry served in Company A, 76th Ohio Infantry, and was killed around 1864.Daniel K. Sheffler was married and he enlisted when his daughter was just 2 months

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1114317082175688012005-04-23T21:28:00.000-07:002005-06-30T19:53:27.376-07:00

Yes, they're a coming.It's been a busy couple of months but now things are stabilized to the point where posts will appear here quite regularly.Also, when I am able to upload a somewhat complete Sheffler gedcom at Rootsweb I'll announce it here with a link.UPDATE 6/30/05: Yeah, right. Don't you love people promising the moon and delivering Swiss Cheese? While I suspect that our cheese is

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1109290326338175002005-02-24T15:59:00.000-08:002005-06-30T19:48:27.313-07:00

Notice on the right hand side now you can "subscribe" to this blog site in a number of ways.You can enter your email address and each time there is a new post here, like this one, it will be sent to you via email, with a link back to here.Or if you have a My Yahoo personalized page or a My MSN page, you can add this site as live content, right where you have your News and Sports and Movies,

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1108440535312313352005-02-14T20:06:00.000-08:002005-06-30T20:15:27.426-07:00

I have no idea how many people are currently coming to this site BUT at some point in the future perhaps translation from English will be necessary. We'll see.In the meantime I've added translation technology in the form of Babelfish below and to the right.

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1107913265381124392005-02-08T17:34:00.000-08:002005-06-30T20:32:10.776-07:00

I've recently had inquiries from more than one Shearer/Sheffler descendant. One said she'd started some genealogy work on her Shearers but that there were "too many" Shearers in the Westmoreland area. I suppose that made the whole project a little daunting.In jest I replied that there were also "too many" Shefflers around there too. This all in quotes because, well, heck, there can never be "too

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1106637845059632032005-01-24T23:19:00.000-08:002005-06-30T20:38:13.016-07:00

I've just seen Ed Sheffler's blog site for the line of Johannes Sheffler, son of George Sheffler. Anyone interested in this line should bookmark the site and stay in touch with Ed, he's got the fever. :-)Take a look at his work.I'm excited.

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1106115257212052552005-01-18T22:06:00.000-08:002005-01-18T22:14:17.213-08:00

OK. I've added a site. A few, actually. George Sheffler, circa 1779, now has a site within this family of sites. I'll be posting up bits and pieces of the George Sheffler story as time permits. And from his site, will be links to each of his children. Their stories, such as we know them at the present time. And so on. Most importantly, I'm looking for descendants of each of these lines to come

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1104255086617904962004-12-28T08:50:00.000-08:002005-06-30T19:55:48.156-07:00

I fervently swore solemn oaths to myself, about a month ago, that during this time I would find a way to squeeze in some organization, some clearing of the brush, some turning of the soil.It's one thing to just gather and accumulate ad nauseum. It's entirely another to create a semblance of meaning from the pile. So the goal was to burrow into the field of paperwork and electronic files, photos,

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1104255796707582712004-12-01T22:41:00.000-08:002004-12-28T09:43:16.706-08:00

The final transcription sections of Claude LaVern Cripe's 1967 audio recording are now posted at the Old Guest Column.

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1101363249245334392004-11-25T21:34:00.000-08:002005-06-30T19:59:10.966-07:00

For the last couple of years I've been trying to uncover the story of a forgotten Sheffler Family Reunion that took place the Summer of 1931, in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania.I have a copy of a handwritten letter from Levi Sheffler’s neice Lizzie Sutton, who lived in Butler Pennsylvania. (The copy was emailed to me by Barb Herring - thanks Barb). The letter was written in early 1932 to Levi’s

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1101359479921512032004-11-24T21:09:00.000-08:002004-11-24T21:11:19.920-08:00

Parts 3 and 4 of the transcription for Claude Cripe's tape are now up at the Olde Guest Column.

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1101238787056409622004-11-22T18:55:00.000-08:002005-06-30T20:02:34.746-07:00

Samuel C. Sheffler was George Sheffler's youngest son, born in 1815, a year after George returned from his service in the War of 1812. The youngest son of Samuel was Robert B. Sheffler, born around 1858. Until very recently I had only identified two children of Robert, sons William and Eugene, born in the mid 1880's.However, a number of months ago I was contacted by grandchildren of a Henry or

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At the Olde Guest Column

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1098591695866754842004-10-23T21:20:00.000-07:002004-10-24T12:33:25.853-07:00

I've added the first of 6 parts of the transcription from Claude Cripe's audio recording about his life. See it at Olde Guest Column where our Ancestors get to give us their stories. The link in the right bar gets you there too.

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1098293407909957162004-10-20T09:42:00.000-07:002004-10-20T10:33:17.666-07:00

There is almost no bigger thrill than when I'm able to re-attach to the tree a previously snapped-off twig or branch. Over the past few years I've been able to find a number of "long lost" cousins. 4th and 5th and 6th cousins, once or twice removed, or more. This is great! Suddenly there are pictures and records and, very importantly, recollections of people who were previously only names on a

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1097018324143407592004-10-05T16:05:00.000-07:002004-10-05T16:18:44.143-07:00

NEW Added Feature : The Olde Guest Column This is where our long-past line of Ancestors will appear with stories of their lives and communities. Yes, they will be telling it like it was. There is a new link on the right that will always take you there for the latest. In our search for family history, once we get past Gramma's stories of her childhood, we find ourselves building whole lives

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1096966099846759142004-10-05T01:32:00.000-07:002004-10-05T01:48:19.846-07:00

A number of months back I received an email from an Ed Sheffler, also in California, about our possible Sheffler connections back in Pennsylvania. He is descended from Johannes (John) Sheffler, the first son of George Sheffler. I am descended from 3rd son Friederich (Frederick). Ed just found this site, commented, and gave me an idea in the process. I see that Ed will have his own blog

Don Shefflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417979587850649959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514188.post-1096416795528303722004-09-28T16:53:00.000-07:002004-09-28T19:38:54.470-07:00

This post is essentially the "about us" page. A great many SHEFFLER families in America right now can trace their origins to three distinct Sheffler groupings: 1700's Eastern PA, 1800 Western PA, and the mid- to late-1800's Ohio/Indiana. From what I've seen Shefflers began landing in the American Colonies in the early 1700's, a great many of them in Philadelphia. I don't see much documentation

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