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WELCOME TO OUR LITTLE FAMILY TREE FROM BRADFORD COUNTY PA. MOST OF THE FOLKS ON THESE PAGES WERE EARLY SETTLERS IN THE COUNTY AND SOME OF THEIR DECENDANTS ARE STILL THERE TODAY. THE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE IS ONLY ON OUR EARLY FAMILY MEMBERS. WE DO NOT LIST ANYONE ON THIS WEB SITE THAT IS LIVING TODAY.

AS THIS TREE CONTINUES TO GROW WE FIND THE ROOTS MOVING OUT TO OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LINKS BELOW WHERE SOME OF THESE FAMILIES BEGAN IN THE THE NEW WORLD.

AS WITH ALL GENEALOGY THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE ARE MISSING MORE INFORMATION THAN WE HAVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS TO THIS FAMILY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, OR HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU FIND HERE, PLEASE CONTACT THE WEBMASTER. YOU WILL ALSO FIND FAMILY MEMBER CONTACTS ON SOME OF THE SURNAME PAGES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

SURNAME	STATE	COMMENTS
CRAIN	PA	Bradford and Clearfield Counties
DECKER	PA & NY	The first Decker came to Bradford Co from NY
FURMAN	PA & NY	Bradford Co PA, Washington Co NY
SCHAFFER	PA & NY	The first Schaeffer came to New York City from Germany in 1710
SCHRADER	PA	The first Schrader came to America circa 1775
STRONG	MA, NY, & PA	The first Stronge came to the Mass Bay Colony from England in 1635
VROOMAN	PA & NY	The first Vrooman came to New Amsterdam from Holland in 1664
WELLS	PA & RI	The first Wells came to Bradford Co from RI circa 1800
ZIELIE	NY	The first Zielie arrived in New Amsterdam in 1660.
MOST WANTED	PA & NY	Can you help us fill in any of our missing information
WAR VETERANS	PA, NY, CT, MA	Family Veterans of the Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, and Spanish American War.

ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THESE PAGES HAS COME FROM FAMILY RECORDS, US CENSUS REPORTS, DEEDS, WILLS AND COUNTY HISTORY BOOKS. IT HAS BEEN COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS BY MANY FAMILY MEMBERS. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE SENT INFORMATION TO US. THIS PAGE IS YOUR WORK AS MUCH AS OURS.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK JOYCE AT Joyce M. Tice Site Index . SHE HAS CREATED THE BEST SITE FOR THE TRI-COUNTY AREA ON THE INTERNET. WE HAVE FOUND THIS SITE VERY USEFUL IN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS FAMILY HISTORY.
ALAN & KEITH WELLS

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THIS PAGE HAS GROWN OUT OF MY SON'S BOY SCOUT GENEALOGY MERIT BADGE PROJECT. THE PICTURE BELOW IS OF KEITH CUTTING DOWN BUSHES AND SMALL TREES AROUND HIS GREAT-GREAT-GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S GRAVESTONE.

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