Bier – The Kingealogy

Bier Landing – Landon Biers Diary

November 21, 2018November 21, 2018Blogging, Descent, PersonalBier, Chapline, China, Landon, Sauber, United States

[dropcap]I [/dropcap]was lucky enough to receive a few Bier family treasures by my mother. One of them is the diary of her grandfather, James Landon “Landon” Bier. The diary spans from 20 Apr 1927 to

Biers of Baumholder

February 25, 2018February 25, 2018Blogging, Descent, Places#FHWC2018, Bier, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, German, Germany

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]o understand the lives of our ancestors we must understand where they lived. My investigative journey took me to Baumholder, Germany and gave me the opportunity to have a deeper appreciation for my Bier family

German Innovation and Inventions

February 20, 2018February 20, 2018Blogging#FHWC2018, Bier, Family History Writing Challenge 2018

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y third great grandfather was Carl “Charles” Christian “C.C.” Bier. He was a German immigrant to America. C.C. was an inventor, a dreamer. I have a few stories about him. I am going to share

Little Woman – Large Legacy

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Descent#FHWC2018, Bier, Boger, Bruhn, Burgess, Chapline, Doty, Edwards, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Harless, Jaynes, Jobes, Jones, Monahan, Nixon, Sauber, Tutolo

[dropcap]G[/dropcap]randma Bier was a tiny woman with a big legacy. Edna Elizabeth Chapline was born on 06 May 1894 in Wheeling, West Virginia. She was born premature weighing only 2 pounds. Her parents, Wilber Cross Chapline

Now I Really am Hopeless

February 18, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#FHWC2018, Bier, Burgess, Family History Writing Challenge 2018

[dropcap]I [/dropcap]do not recall everything after I heard that my Grandma Hope died. I remember screaming NO. I remember saying now I really am Hopeless. I do not feel that way anymore. She was the first

Favorite Photo – Or Photos

February 3, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#52ancestors, #AncestorChallenge2018, #FHWC2018, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Bier, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, King, McIntyre, Pruitt, Randolph, Shuman, Wolfe, Yoho

Week 2 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge was difficult. The theme is Favorite Photo. I could not pick only one. I asked the men in my life to help me pick. Actually,

Morgan Clarke Bier – My Pap Pap

February 3, 2015April 16, 2018SurnamesBier, Chapline, Obituary, Sapp

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]organ Clarke Bier, is my grandfather, my Pap Pap. On Thursday, January 29th, 2015 Pap Pap passed away with his daughters at his side. I want to talk about his life and our relationship, not his

What is Kingealogy?

January 1, 2015February 17, 2018Descent, Places, SurnamesAnderson, Bier, Bohannon, Brewer, British, Burgess, Byrd, Caldwell, Cavalier, Chapline, Cherokee, Crossland, Darrah, Dickson, Emert, England, English, Furbee, German, Germany, Goodnite, Hancock, Howard, Ireland, Irish, Jackson, King, Landon, Marshall, McMahan, Moore, Myers, Rainwater, Randolph, Runyon, Ruthven, Sapp, Scotland, Shuman, Sottish, Tennessee, Triplett, Trotter, Virginia, Webb, West Virginia, Willey, Wolfe, Yoho

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n basic terms The Kingealogy is the study of Kings, but in our case, it is a twenty plus year journey of our family genealogy. For me it started in childhood with Dad teaching me our past,