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Meet these and other swell-looking cousins from across the Web and around the world! They're listed by first name -- A through L and M through Z. New this month: Urban-blight fighter Nancy Parmelee tops our Announcements and News as she battles graffiti and vandals in Middletown, N.Y. ... A dozen new items have been stored in The Attic's Gallery 4. ... We've added a few more obits and another family home in Malone, N.Y. ... Plus, I have a new job!

News:

Features: Noteworthy Art Commercial artist Raymond "Ray" C. Parmelee's [1882- ? ; Lewis Hall, Charles Prentice, Theodore Hudson, Theodore, Abraham, Abraham, Isaac, John, John] work graced the covers of dozens pieces of sheet music. Over the years, many copies have been sold on the web, traded by collectors and framed as art in home-decorating schemes. Take a look at some of the Ohio native's works -- and listen to "Polly," probably his most frequently sold cover on the Web.

World War I Draft Cards Almost 100 years ago, 24 million American men filled cards in a nationwide conscription program. Those cards -- all 688 under our families' name -- have been made public and I'm willing to share our family's with you. The data provide a nice snapshot of the family in 1917-18. You can check out great-grandpa's signature, learn how "your" spelling of the family name stacks up with the rest and find out just where your kids may have inherited those gray eyes.

The Family Honor Roll Here we honor those family members in uniform from Colonial times to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. More details are being added to those on the rosters for the Revolutionary and Civil wars. Pictures of Revolutionary War soldiers' headstones are also being added. And we're thankful for your submissions, like this one of the dedication of a marker for Roswell Parmelee (1739-1811), who served in the French & Indian and Revolutionary wars. UPDATED: Feb. 1, 2008 A letter written by Confederate POW William Jordan Parmelee has been found while others written by Marcus S. Parmele as a member of Union Gen. William Rosecrans' staff have come to light!

The Attic / The Family Album: Sound as a Dollar One of the rarest American coins is the 1804 dollar -- and this one was once part of Lorin Gilbert Parmelee's [1827-1905; Jeremiah, Gilbert, Jeremiah, Lemuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John ] collection. Lorin established himself in the baked-bean business in Boston and amassed a number of coins that were auctioned in 1890.

The Attic: Sister Act This 1857 group portrait, "The Parmly Sisters," hangs in a gallery in Washington, D.C. They're the daughters of dentist Eleazer Parmly [Eleazer, Jehiel, Stephen, Stephen, John, John].

Mysteries:
Puzzling Portraits We're pretty sure that one of the photos in this album is that of Robert Parmley (1789-1875), who was the father of 24 -- count 'em -- 24 children! But just who the rest of these folks are has us stumped. Can you help us identify any of these people?	A Grave Situation Who was Dr. John Parmele (ca1801-1844) -- and why is his tombstone sitting with another in the basement of a Milwaukee church? Visit the Features page for other family stories, mysteries and legends.

You may find him -- or some other kin -- here. Over the years I've saved pictures that relatives have submitted, including this one of the five sons of Lucius Seth Parmelee. Take a look at some of the handsomest, most beautiful people on this planet!

Have old family photos you'd like to submit for our Family Album? We'd love to post copies for others to share.

UPDATED: July 1, 2008

The pieces are slowly coming together on the first generations to live in America and the last to live in England and continental Europe. The vast majority of the North American Parmelee families of all spellings trace their roots back to Johns Sr. and Jr. who arrived in Connecticut in the 1630s. These families helped found Guilford, where the Congressional Church now sits on the site of our family's first home. The rest of the families are related to those who came to Pennsylvania in the 1840s.

A list of "unplaced" Parmelees, pre 1800.

UPDATED: Dec. 1, 2007

See how the census search is coming.

Leroy

Bernie

Eleazer

Julia Morgan

Philip

Clifton Webb

Did you know that members of our family include:

• Baseball player Leroy "Roy" Parmelee (1907-1981), left, who pitched for the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Athletics?
• And that the Minnesota Twins selected outfielder Chris Parmelee, right, in the first round of the 2006 amateur draft?
• Football player Bernie Parmalee (1967- ), left, who played for the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets and is now a coach?
• Oakland Raiders cheerleader Michelle Parmley, right?
• Grace Parmelee, who in 1988 became the first Asian-American female warrant officer in the U.S. Coast Guard?
• James Parmelee, a major contributor to the Washington National Cathedral in our nation's capital?
• Descendants of Phoebe (Parmelee) Castle (1779-1856), founders of Castle-Cooke, which financed the Dole pineapple industry, are buried at the Royal Palace in Honolulu?
• Dentist Levi Spear Parmley (1790-1859), who, in 1819, was the first to advocate flossing? One of his fellow dentist brothers, Eleazer (1797-1874), has been honored with a medal, left.
• Award-winning marksman Claude "Parm" Parmelee, right?
• Diplomat Michael Eleazer Parmly, the U.S. government's current representative in Havana?
• Henry Spencer Parmelee (1844-1902), right, the man who patented the first automatic fire sprinkler?
• Architect Julia Morgan (1872-1957), left, who designed William Randolph Hearst's landmark castle at San Simeon, Calif., the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner building and many YWCAs? (Her mother was Eliza W. Parmelee.) The Y in Oakland, one of her buildings, was recently sold.
• Pilot Philip Orin Parmele (1887-1912), left, one of the first to fly for the Wright brothers?
• Parmly Billings, right, whose grief-stricken family funded a library in his name in Billings, Mont., when he died at age 25? (His mother was Julia Parmly.)
• Pilot Charles Roy Parmelee (1896-1931), who piloted the Prince of Wales -- later Britain's King Edward VIII, who abdicated -- during the prince's tour of Central America?
• Three-time Academy Award nominee Clifton Parmelee Webb (1890-1966), left, whose mother was Maybelle A. Parmelee.
• Composer Charles E. Ives (1874-1954), right, whose mother was Mary Elizabeth Parmelee?

Chris

Michelle

Claude "Parm"

Henry

Parmly Billings

Charles Ives