This website is devoted to the study of genealogy, and more specifically, my family history. Follow the menu items on the left or below to view brief biographies on on a few of my ancestors and their progeny.

• ADAMS Family: traces the descendants of Robert Adams (ca.  1740s - 1824) pioneer white settler of Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
  
• BARNES Family: Traces the descendants of Tobias Barnes (ca. 1806 - 1892) and his wife, Elizabeth (Custer) Barnes (ca. 1816 - 1889). Tobias and Elizabeth resided in Somerset, Bedford, and Cambria Counties, Pensylvania.
  
• BRANDT Family: Traces the descendents of Augustine John Brandt (ca. 1813 - 1899) early settler of northern Cambria County, Pennslvania and founding parishioner of St. Augustine Catholic Church at St. Augustine, Cambria County.
  
• CONRAD Family: traces the descendants of John George Conrad (1796 - 1874) and Mary Ellen Small (1802 - 1854), Catholic settlers of Adams and Cambria counties, Pennsylvania.
• CORLE Family: Traces the descendants of Leonard Corle (ca. 1755 - 1847), Revolutionary War veteran and early settler of Union Township, Bedford County, PA, forebear of the Corle families of Pavia, Pennsylvania.
• GRIFFITH Family: Traces the descendants of John Griffith (ca. 1748 - 1840), ex-Quaker, Revolutionary War veteran, and early settler of St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
• KRISE Family: Traces the descendants of John Krise (ca. 1785 - 1872), early settler of northern Cambria County, Pennsylvania and founding parishioner of St. Augustine Catholic Church at St. Augustine, Cambria County.
• MCMULLEN / MCDERMITT: Traces the descendants of James and Susan (McDermitt) McMullen of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, parents of 11, grandparents of more than 84, and great-grandparents of many hundred.
  
• MCDERMOTT Family: Biographical account of John and Elizabeth (Shields) McDermott, who immigrated from County Donegal, Ireland during the Irish Potato Famine of 1846-9, and eventually made their home in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. Also includes biographies of their children and their grandchildren.
  
• WALSH/PYNE Family: Biographical account of Lewis Walsh (1839 - 1910), his marriages to Annie Reilly and Alice Pyne, their children, and their grandchildren. A native of Ireland, Lewis first settled in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, and then made his home in Guttenburg, Hudson County, New Jersey.
  
  
  
  The 1-2-3 Succeed Planner
  Not Just a Student Planner, but a System for School Success
  
  

  I have been working with my colleague Bernard Ivin, on the creation of the 1-2-3 Succeed Planner, a student planner that provides students with a complete system for managing their assignments, grades, and school materials. In addition, the 1-2-3 Succeed Planner comes with a complete program for helping students maximize and achieve their academic potential. This program comes from twenty years of counseling experience working with hundreds of students, parents, and educators. For more information about the 1-2-3 Succeed Planner, please visit 1-2-3succeed.com.