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Genealogy

Early families in Europe, the first generations in Connecticut in the 1630s and Pennsylvania in the 1840s. Census records. Browse queries. Find your twig.

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Olde England

Visits the ancestral family homes in Lewes south of London and in Middelton-in-Teesdale in County Durham.

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New England

Guilford, Conn., is the Long Island Sound town that the Parmelees helped settle in 1639.

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Author! Author!

Browse The Family Bookstore. At least a score of relatives have penned books.

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Home, Sweet Home

A collection of family homes from throughout the United States.

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Coats of Arms

So far we've uncovered
six different ones!

FAQs

Get answers to most-often asked questions about the clan.

Your Twig?

Find out where you fit in the greater family tree.


Honoring a teacher

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough, left, pays tribute to teacher Elizabeth Mallory Parmelee in a commencement address at Wheaton College shortly before her death. And we've run across an online video tribute to her as well.


Making News


Escaping the Tsunami

James Aaron Parmelee [Benjamin Edward, George Washington, George Washington, Moses Edward, Moses, Oliver, Jonathan, Joshua, John, John] and his wife, Sureepon, of Bangkok, Thailand, were visiting their children in Missouri when the monstrous waves killed about 250,000 people on Dec. 26, 2004.

 


Family on a Budget

What happens when your parenting years overlap your retirement years? Charles and Jan Parmalee of Albany, N.Y., are finding out. After having two children in the '90s, they've added two more youngsters to their brood. It all comes down to dollars and sense.


Politics

Mr. Congressman

Over the years, I've been asked how Ashbel Parmelee Fitch (1848-1904) fits into the family. Well, the New York City lawyer who was elected to the House of Representatives four times was the son of Edward Fitch and his wife, Fanny Parmelee (Ashbel, Simeon, Hezekiah, Joel, John, John). Ashbel was named for his grandfather, a minister who spent much of his life in Malone, N.Y. Young Ashbel was born in Moores, N.Y., and studied at the Universities of Jena and Berlin, Germany, and the Columbia College Law School in New York City. After he was admitted to the bar in 1869, he set up practice in New York City. He was elected to Congress and was a Republican when he was seated in 1887, but he ran as a Democrat in his next three elections. He served as chairman on the House Committee on Private Land Claims (52nd Congress) and on the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives (53rd Congress). He resigned in 1893 to accept Tammany hall's nomination for New York City comptroller. He was elected and served until 1897, when the Democratic political machine refused to renominate him; Ashbel's name was placed in nomination at the Republican convention and he was defeated. He became the founding president of the Trust Company of America in 1899. Ashbel died in New York City in 1904 and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.


Our Man in Havana

That's cousin Michael Eleazur Parmly greeting members of Cuban dissident group at his residence in Havana on International Human Rights Day (Dec. 10, 2005). Michael is the top U.S. diplomat in Havana.


Cousins in the White House

Two men to occupy the White House are descendants of the Guilford Parmelees! Both Rutherford B. Hayes, left, and George W. Bush were declared victors after close votes and disputed ballots in Florida. Both were Republican governors who lost the popular vote but won in the Electoral College by slim margins--and weeks of controversy.

Annette the Suffragette

Annette was known as the "Suffragette Hornet" as she sweet-talked and bullied the Vermont Legislature to support women's right to vote.


The Family Honor Roll

From the 17th-century Colonial wars through today's War on Terrorism, the ranks of American armed forces have been filled with members of the family. From New England tombstones to the Vietnam War Memorial Wall (rubbing above), their names appear. I'm compiling lists of names by war, and including photos and other data.


Older features have been moved to our new Archives page.


Mysteries

Bible photos The Old House Got a Match? The Actress
Can you help identify some of the people in these photos found tucked inside a family Bible? Anyone recognize this old homestead in western Virginia? Why was it called the Parmelee House? This promotional matchbook cover comes from an old family shop in Sea Bright, N.J. Does anyone know anything about it? Anyone up to playing detective? This fetching old portrait was sent to me in the hope of finding out who this actress is.

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