Archives (Newsletter) 2002 – 2012

Welcome to the Flora Flory Fleury Newsletter Archives

for the Years 2002 – 2012

In November of 1988 Leslie Flory and Bill Flory published the first issue of the Flora Flory Fleury Newsletter.  Leslie was the inspiration for this publication and Bill agreed to serve as the editor.  From this modest beginning the newsletter grew to over one hundred and thirty (130) subscribers living in most of the fifty states, as well as several subscribers in other countries.      When Bill made the decision to end the publication of the Newsletter with its October 2012 issue (Volume 25, Number 4) after a quarter century, he was asked to recount its early beginnings.  Bill wrote:  “In the 1960s I became interested in my father’s ancestral line.  As I talked to him I found how little he knew about his father, who had died when he was seven years old.  He thought he had come from Kansas (he was not sure).  So as a result of that conversation my interest in family research began.  Eventually (after a few years and following the writing of many, many letters) I made contact with Leslie Flory.  In the course of subsequent communications Leslie suggested that “We need a family newsletter”.  But he said “I am getting too old!”  Come to think of it, I believe at that time he was younger than I am now).  So I talked it over with Pat, my wife, and we decided we could take on the project.      “It was decided to publish once each quarter.  Leslie had quite a few contacts that he encouraged to subscribe.  We determined the subscription would be just enough to cover postage.  At that time I had access to a copier that allowed me free use.  Shortly after the first issue we had a printer make up the front page.  The names that are listed on the left hand margin were the various family spellings Leslie had run across in his research.  The Crest was one he had made from Bunderman’s 1948 book depiction.  The statement at the bottom of the page was suggested by one of the early subscribers and seemed to say it all.  In the early years of publication I think the most subscribers we had numbered in the one hundred and fifty to one hundred and sixty range.  The subscriptions never did really cover the cost of publication and mailing.  The Newsletter was primarily a labor of love and Leslie made frequent contributions, both financial and historical.”      The newsletters contain family trees, family histories, stories and anecdotes, reunion information and progress reports on various F/F/F research projects.  Since many of us had usually only recently become active researchers in our family histories later in, say, the 1990s or early 2000’s, prior to the depositing of this first group of Archived Issues on the web much of the earlier information was unavailable to many.  The 1988 to 2001 Uploading was done by Richard Gethmann on Ken Florey’s first Rootsweb F/F/F webpage in 2002.  When it was suggested to Bill that the online archiving of initially the earlier issues (and later the entire collection of issues) would be a helpful tool for researchers, Bill immediately agreed that it would be.      See the list of archived issues in the dropdown box above under “Newsletter Archives 1988 – 2001” and “Newsletter Archives 2002 to 2012”.  In addition a partial listing appears in the right-hand box.  A “Table of Contents” broken down for each issued appears below for the 2002 to 2012 Issues.  A similar one appears in the Archives Section for the years 1988 to 2002.  Click on the highlighted Volume Number and the link will take you to that particular issue.  {NOTE:  This Latter is at this very moment a work in progress.} Nothing Is More Fragile Than History Ignored!

Table of Contents Vol. 15, No. 1     January 2002 New – Western Flory Record So You Were I American – French Genealogical Society Motives for German Migration to North America Swiss Emigration 1650 – 1750 Interesting Story Things You Must Know Veterans History Project Vol. 15, No. 2     April 2002 Joseph Fleury Descendants Flory Reunion Top 10 Ancestries in America How Relentless is Time!!!! Flory Family History — Forward “Palatine” Vol. 15, No. 3     July 2002 Noah Flory 1779 – 1803 and Mary Eshelman 1782 – 1872 Sheldon Flory – Poet Laureate Henry R. Flory, 1877 and Minnie M. Good, 1878 Swiss Research The Story Tellers “We are the Chosen Ones” Richard Francis Stillahn Civil War Income Tax? Emigration?  Immigration? Vol. 15, No. 4     October 2002 The Search for Joseph Flory’s Homeland Joseph (Fleury) Flory 1682 – 1741) Copy of the Original Administrative Bond Copy of Marriage Record of Abraham Flory / Lavina Kinsey Lost Colony of Roanoke Lost Colony Project Vol. 16, No. 1     January 2003 Leslie E. Flory 1907 – 2002 The Search for Joseph Flory’s Homeland (Continued) Actual Questions Researching in Virginia? Who Are the Melungeons? Who Were the Creoles? Getting the Mitten Additional Flory Thoughts Family Reunion – One of a Kind Underground Rail Road The American Pledge of Allegiance Began When? What to Take on a Wagon Train Vol. 16, No. 2     April 2003 Flory – Flora – Florey – Florea – Flori Genealogy Website Columbus Flora 1837 – 1921 Descendants Flora Reunion Family Reunion Information Veteran’s Records Leslie E. Flory 1907 – 2002 (Correction) French Ancestors? A Need for Volunteers Slashes and Dashes Vol. 16, No. 3     July 2003 A Fraktur by Joseph Flory – 1850 Flory Coat of Arms Flory / Flora Ephemera (on the Website) Genealogy Scams Florey, Texas Facts About Calendars Henry E. Flory 1909 – 2003 Who Were These Immigrants? Descendants of Susanna Flory 1768 – 1856 Types of Grave Markers Ernest Flory – Australian Newsletters on Flory Web Site Joseph Fleury (born about 1797 in Faverois, France) Surnames Disappearing? Did You Know? Not Worth a Continental Federal Census Internet Link Vol. 16, No. 4     October 2003 Anna Maria Flory 1824 – 1887 Australia Civil War Preservation (The Civil War Preservation Trust) 66th Annual Flory, Flora, Fleury Reunion Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Switzerland Information Flory / Flora Ephemera Here are Some Interesting Facts Vol. 17, No. 1     January 2004 Joseph and Mary Flory “Discoveries” Ship “Hope” Passenger List “A” Flory / Flora Ephemera Vol. 17, No. 2     April 2004 Flory-Flora-Florey-Florea-Flori Genealogy on Ken Flory’s Website Flory-Flora-Fleury Supplement Civil War Fought by Boys Seniors Take Responsibility Magdalena Flory 1757 – Flory Cemeteries in Kansas To Who May Be Interested Thumb Nail History of 1903 Alsatian Costumes Tell A Story Pioneers’ Alternate Fuel Tale of a Census Taker Naming English and Welsh Children 1700 – 1879 Arley O. Flory 1914 – 2003 Flora Ephemera Vol. 17, No. 3     July 2004 Family Reunion Response to Flora Ephemera David Flora NEFF News Flory Information and Ohio Cemetery Records Newsletters on Flory Web Site by Richard Gethman David Flory 1759 – 1828 Flory’s Hill Early Flurry, Fleury Mysteries Vol. 17, No. 4     October 2004 Leslie Earl Flory  March 17, 1907 – October 22, 2002 Commemorative Issue Vol. 18, No. 1     January 2005 Floreys of Standlake, England Flora – Flory DNA Project Flora-Flory-Fleury Reunion 1929 Ford Truck Kansas Flory Reunion Meredith Irwin Flory Free Research Charts and Forms Dick Florea – Host of the Coast Abraham Flory’s Old House Olympic Swimming 2004 Captain Flory George Flowre  Vol. 18, No. 2     April 2005 Meredith Irwin Flory  Followup Story Netherlands Floras Flora-Flory DNA Project (Update) Alice (Gehl) FLory – Contributions 1929 Ford Truck – Follow Up Correction German Naming Customs Lone Star School Germanic Ties Vol. 18, No. 3     July 2005 Fact or Fiction Civil War Experience of Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Flory Flory-Flora-Fleury Family – 1948 by Walter Q. Bunderman for sale on Ebay Washington Creek Cemetery and Related History Abraham Flora Vol. 18, No. 4     October 2005 Genealogist Nightmare Elmer W. Flory’s Contributions Obituaries Kansas Flory Reunion Germanic Ties Returned Mail French Inquiry (by Pierre-Jean Vambre) Civil War Trivia Flory-Flora Interests David Flora 1830 – 1884 Flory Life in the 1500’s Vol. 19, No. 1     January 2006 Horchheim Germany – Florys Joseph Franklin Albert Fleury Returned Mial Correction One Hundred YEars Ago – 1905 William Flora Vol. 19, No. 2     April 2006 Restaurant Cafe Flory Jacob and Mahala Flory Aunt Mary Flory Miles Emanuel Flory Kansas Reunion Salome Flori Legality of Singing Christmas Songs Jno. Flora World War I Document Archive Bunderman Book Correction Catle Garden Web Site Fleury Plows Vol. 19, No. 3     July 2006 Marie Catherine Flori of Meel, Netherlands John Wesley Beeghley 7-19-1921 to 5-10-2006 History of the Church of the Brethren F.F.F. Name Distribution and Statistics Latin Gravestone Inscriptions A Genealogist’s Prayer Floris of Ellmendingen Nellie Ruby Schiffer of Australia Family Reunions Horchheim Flory Update My Elusive Ancestor Alvaneu (Graubunden) Switzerland F.F.F. Newsletter Subscription Family Tree DNA Testing Vol. 19, No. 4     October 2006 Flory Record of 1940 Edgar Roland Flory Susannah Flora Wilmer Bryan Flory Richard Florea (Passing) Historical Photos Most Common Surnames Mystery and Faith (by Wilmer B. Flory (1914)) Vol. 20, No. 1     January 2007 Guest Writer (Pierre-Jean Vambre) Early Flory Residence Need Information About Adam Flora Susannah Flory Think Outside of the Box Occupations of the 1800’s Flory Park Susannah Flora Minnesota Digital Library Richard E. Florea Joseph Flory Project Douglas County Kansas Reunion Conestoga Brethren Baptisms Meredith Irwin Flory (Additional Information) Vol. 20, No. 2     April 2007 Guest Writer (Ken Florey) Balthasar Flory  Horchheims, Germany David Flory / Flora Seeking Kentucky Floras Old Long Creek Graveyard Death Certificate Problems Early Flory Residence … Follow-up Gene Study – DNA Seeking Canadian Lines Your Legacy Old Homesteads Vol. 20, No. 3     July 2007 Reverend Geo. W. Flory Flory Residence, Bangor, Pa. Louis Flori / Flory Your Billions of Ancestors Gertrude A. Flory The Beidler Will of 1785 Coming to Light James Hilkey Flory’s 1921 Move West Flory Web Site Information World War I Burial Case Files Disappearing Words Richard and Shavey Family Photograph Album The American Dream Kinsman by Wayne Hand Matthew Flora Vol. 20, No. 4     October 2007 John FLorey Family John Florey of Macon County, Illinois Newsletter Archive 1988 – 2000 by Richard Flory Albright Florea Joseph Flory’s November 2, 1741 Inventory Annali or Hanliey Flory East Petersburg, Pa. Flory Reunion “The 1754 Flora-Flory-Florey Brothers From Birkenau to America” Calendar Proverbs Vol. 21, No. 1     January 2008 Hygiene, Colorado Med Flory Holocaust Records on the Way History of the Huguenots Pennsylvania The Land of Religious Freedom Indentured Servitude The Origin of English Surnames West Virginia Births, Deaths and Marriages — Free Online Susannah Flora Vol. 21, No. 2     April 2008 Floreys of Suffolk, England Surname Controversy! Your Family’s Health History Adolph Flory / Flora Digitizing Irish Books Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Flory Ancestral Mansion  Horchheim, Germany John Melvin Flora Canadian Genealogy Centre Christian Flora Vol. 21, No. 3     July 2008 Abraham Flury 1710 – 1777  (Research by Shirley Gamble) Palatine Germans to America Douglas County – Kansas    Flory Reunion Daniel Flory 1824 – 1889 Calendar Proverbs:    TIME Vol. 21, No. 4     October 2008 Abraham Flury / Flory 1710 – 1777 (Part II) by Shirley Gamble Household Chores Aaron M. Flory Old German Baptist Event  Douglas County, Kansas Emanuel Flory 1776 – 1849 Vol. 22, No. 1     January 2009 Abraham Flury/Flory 1710 – 1777 (Part III) by Shirley Gamble 300th Brethren Anniversary at Schwarzenau, Germany Flory-Flora-Fleury Reunion Wildfire Reveals The Old Oregon Trail Pierre-Jean Vambre Jacob Flory (Flora) Vol. 22, No. 2     April 2009 Civil War Memories Retold  Resident Relives Quantrill’s Raid Through Family Storytelling The Swiss Family Kagi Flory Park Civil War Experience of Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Flory (Follow-up) John Rudolph (Hanse) Kagi (Kegay) Amos Flora, Flora, Indiana Old German Baptist  Annual Old German Baptist Brethren Conference History of Hairdos Susanna Shafner – Informtion Vol. 22, No. 3     July 2009 DAvid Kimmel’s Life by Janice Bower Thompkins Kansas Family Reunion   Descendants of Abraham Flory John Flory and Sarah Stoner Question Lone Star School, Lone Star, Kansas Washing Clothes Recipe Vol. 22, No. 4     October 2009 David Flory and Barbara Kreider David Flory 1820 – 1910 Liberty Response to John Flory and Sarah Stoner Question John M. Flora Famous Fleury Plows Fleury Hockey Players Why the Long Faces in Old Photos? William Austin Flory Vol. 23, No. 1     January 2010 Florey Cemetery – Long Creek Township, Macon County, Illinois Lois Flory Hanna  1915 – 2009 Flory – Fleury Migration John M. Kimmel and Esther Flory The 73rd Annual Flory-Flora-Fleury Reunion David Flory 1820 – 1910   Update John Flory 1718 – 1781 and Wife Anna Marie Question Another Australian Flory Line Rev. Henry Flory of Greene County Digitized Sanborn Maps J.B. Flory Vol. 23, No. 2     April 2010 The Story Tellers Subscriptions for the Newsletter Kansas Flory Reunion What is Milk Sickness? Flory Deaths in Ohio 1908 – 2000 Flora – Flory – Florey Name Distribution in the United States David Kimmel’s Life  Follow-up What Do I Do Now? Ohio Certificates of Death Name Distribution in the United States Vol. 23, No. 3     July 2010 James Owen Flora Family Stony Point in 1779 Australian Flory Connection Jacob Flora Vol. 23, No. 4     October 2010 David Kimmel 1763 – 1827 Request for Family Anecdotes Edward Curtilles Flory Melvin Vaniman 1866 – 1912 Vol. 24, No. 1     January 2011 Request for Family Anecdotes Richard Flory  Clopton, Suffolk, England IN MEMORY OF December 7, 1941  Sixty-Nine Years Ago Vol. 24, No. 2     April 2011 John Flory’s Story Major U.S. Migrations and Territorial Acquisitions Time Line Love and Marriage The Pioneers Challenge Vol. 24, No. 3     July 2011 Faithful Employee In Memory of December 7, 1941  Response Correction in “My Family Anecdotes Walter Q. Bunderman Abraham Flory 1807 – 1888 Index to Holocaust Records Canadian Provinces Mother’s Day From the Palatinate to Pennsylvania Postal Service Suspended 150 Years Ago The Last World War I Veteran Vol. 24, No. 4     October 2011 Edward Curtillus Flory The Howard Flory STory Flory Station on the Underground Railroad Fluri of Switzerland Why U.S. Standard Railroad Gauge? This Land Is Your Land Vol. 25, No. 1     January 2012 Editorial (Regarding the End of the Newsletter) About Crows by John Ciardi Immigrant Cemetery at Union Square Samuel Flory Western Migration Vol. 25, No. 2     April 2012 Request for Family Anecdotes God Bless American, Land That I Love Just What Is A “Palatine”? Vol. 25, No. 3     July 2012 Request for Family Anecdotes   Continued from the April 2011 Newsletter   Viola Lucretia Felix Flory Station on the Underground Railroad Henry Kimmel was the Corn King of Kansas The Paxtang (Paxton) Boy Uprising Minnie Flory Bright Glossary of Women’s Words Ohio Markets   Celina, Ohio   Oct. 7, 1869 Vol. 25, No. 4     October 2012     Final Newsletter Issue Handover to the Flory Flora FLorey Florea Flori Genealogy Rootsweb site. Those Working on the Various Family Lines Behind Barbed Wire and High Fences Cresaps War  –  Mason Dixon Line The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina Ending Statement:  “And so, with some reservations, the publication of the Flora Flory Fleury Family Newsletter is concluded as of October 1, 2012.  We express our appreciation to all those who have contributed information over the years making this Newsletter possible.”

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