Jane (Snell) Copes

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Jane (Snell) Copes is the descendant of Palatine migrants.

Biography

I came to WikiTree in March 2018 in order to "park" several GEDCOMs while I wait for RootsWeb to be back to full function. I've discovered that the program here is something else entirely, and it's well worth the effort to be part of the community. My files are big, and I want to include all the family members I've discovered, so it will take me awhile to get things in order. Thanks, all, for your patience.

I'm a chemist, teacher, writer, gardener, and small business owner, relocated in 2017 to New Haven, CT, area after living for many years in Minnesota. We moved to be close to our daughter and her family, so I get to add grandma (Nonnie) to my job description also.

I began family history work after my mother died in 1987, and I thank so many dedicated researchers for helping me find my way. I'm also working on getting my mother-in-law's extensive records digitized and archived. She joked about knowing parts of her family back to Noah, or at least the Druids.

My business is called Science Outside the Box. I really DO have fun with science every single day. JSC

And THIS is about my tiny hometown in Illinois. My father and his brothers, my sister and I, and our first-cousin-once-removed all attended the Blue Mound, IL, public schools. https://herald-review.com/news/local/for-whom-the-bell-tolls-in-blue-mound/article_66a0d413-e383-52ab-a728-d30299d6dd10.html?fbclid=IwAR0pu6DK_0TzgDrrwqjFz_1IlP8b_CXw8WElsVIuk6FosOKEjrwiD7m0Epw

Sources

These are sources I use often. I discovered that copying the formatting from a Word document does not work.

GERMAN PLACE NAME CONVENTIONS [1]

PALATINE MIGRATION

• A Collection of upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727 to 1776; Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, Second Revised Edition, 1876, Philadelphia.

COPES

• Family Bible [2]

OLMSTED

• Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); p. , #
• Thomas, Elijah L. An Abridged Genealogy of the Olmstead Family of New England, (printed by Styles & Cash, New York, 1869); p.

EAKIN

• Eakin, Paul Anderson and others. The Eakin Family in Thailand, (Prachandra Press, Bangkok, Thailand, 1955); p. JSC Snell-2717 owns this book and can copy pages for interested folks.

CONSER and MORRISON

• Search page here. [3]

EARLY

• Early, Cleland Edward. The Early Families of Knox and Whitley Counties, Kentucky With Allied Families, (D. Armstrong Company, Houston, Texas, 1989); p. JSC Snell-2717 owns this book and can copy pages for interested folks.

FISHER

• Fisher, Philip A. The Fisher Genealogy: Record of the Descendants of Joshua, Anthony and Conrnelius Fisher, of Dedham, Mass., 1636-1640. Everett, Mass.: Massachusetts Publishing Company, 1898. p. see at archive.org

SHEARER

• Genealogy.com webpage managed by Candice Nevaquaya [4]

SNELL

• Snell, John Alden and Winona Rae Duncan Snell. Descendants of John George Schnell and Maria Catharina Langin, (privately printed manuscript, 1997); p. JSC Snell-2717 has scanned this manuscript and will email selected pages to interested persons.
• name index to Bassinger Cemetery, Warren Co, OH. Many gravestone photos are linked here: [5]
• Snell indenture information [6]

PECKINPAUGH

• Brace, Edwin T. and Atha Peckenpaugh Brace. Packinpaughs, Pickenpaughs, Beckenbaughs, Peckinpahs, and Peckenpaughs. Descendants of Johann Adam & Anna Maria Beckenbach, revised edition, (Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, Maryland, 1984); p. JSC Snell-2717 owns this book and can copy pages for interested people.
• See also FindAGrave pages managed by C & N Rasmussen with surnames Peckenpaugh (112 pages) https://www.findagrave.com/user/46971876/memorial?firstname=&lastname=Peckenpaugh&partialLastName=true&page=2#sr-84656086 and Pickinpaugh (137 pages) https://www.findagrave.com/user/46971876/memorial?firstname=&lastname=Pickinpaugh&partialLastName=true. There may be more pages the Rasmussens maintain with other spellings. A treasure for sure!

MILLER

• Mason, Floyd R. and Kathryn G. The Michael Miller and Susanna Bechtol Family Record, 1993. WorldCat link: [7]
• Johann Michael Miller Family History website. [8]