These lists, FLESHER and FLEISCHER, have been dormant for some time. Let's get them active again! Our family surname was originally FLEISCHER - our ancestors lived in and near the village of Ober-Seemen in today's Germany. Our immigrating ancestors arrived in Philadelphia in November 1752; since then, various spellings of our surname have occurred, including the original FLEISCHER, the "modern" FLESHER, and other variants such as FLESCHER, FLEISHER. I maintain a genealogical database of all known individuals of any of these spellings, whether nor not I can prove relationships to my line. I will be delighted to enter you in my database and share any relationships revealed with you. Let me hear from you! If you are young (and today that's almost everyone to me), please provide your FLESHER/FLEISCHER father and grandfather's info as well. Larry Flesher

Here's the scoop: 2011 Flesher Family Reunion   When:       June  17, 18 & 19  (Friday-Sun) Where:     Bearcreek Farms   (www.bearcreekfarms.com)     Located just 8 miles north of Portland, IN,  between Bryant and Geneva, IN and east of Highway 27 approx.  4 miles.   Detailed directions found on internet.   Address is 8339 N 400 E.   Who:  For anyone descended from or married to someone descended from Balthasar FLEISCHER (1692-1755) or any visitors from other FLESHER family lines.  Direct descendants of James J. & Eliza Jane Flesher and children Phoebe (Wm. H. Bechdolt), Riley, Jane Jennie, Frances “Fanny” (Samuel Barr), James William, Rosanne (James W. Pyle), George, Alva, Sarah Ellen (Henry B. Trefz, Adam & Irene “Rena” (Carey Brown).    Activities include: Friday evening  (5-8pm)  Meet and Greet Saturday morning  short genealogy presentation and charting update for those in the Jay County and mid-West areas.    Lunch in Portland (Subway, Ponderosa, or choosing).  Saturday afternoon  will be visits to local cemeteries where Fleshers have been buried. Saturday evening  dinner together at the Bearcreek Farms restaurant Sunday morning send off breakfast also at Bearcreek Farms restaurant.   Bearcreek Farms is a local dinner/theater complex.  They have cabins (2  units per cabin), restaurant facilities (separate dining areas), meeting rooms.  Very casual, bring lawn chairs for the courtyard.  Hope to see you there.  HOST:  Jeff BROWN of the Weston family line jabenworld@embarqmail.com]                Phone:  (260) 525-1139

The 2011 biannual FLESHER family reunion will be 17-19 Jun 2011 in Jay Co, IN at the Bear Creek Farms in Bryant, IN, 10.3 miles from Portland, IN. The reunion is being coordinated by: JEFF BROWN <jabenworld@embarqmail.com> Please mark this on your calendars and plan to join us. More later! Larry Flesher

My FLEISCHERs came from Sachsen, Germany in 1848 on the Ship Andalusia. I am curious if anyone else on the list knows if their relatives came from the same area? Nancy Mehaffie Lancaster, CA

> ----- > Hello, cousins! > > I'm writing this from Augusta County, Virginia. > > Last weekend, we had the great pleasure of attending a Fleischer family reunion in and > near Franklin, West Virginia. Ray Flesher and Archie Bennett provided some great tours of > places where our extended family started, and where some of our ancestors are buried. > Everyone pitched in for a magnificent picnic lunch, where we were able to properly > overeat. > > Those who attended were also given plenty of time to pursue individual research > activities. It was very nice to put faces with some of the names from email messages and > so on. > > Look for your next issue of the Flesher Family Redwood for more details. If you aren't > subscribed to this publication, contact Ray Flesher . > > Unfortunately, we were notified of the passing of Carol's mother in San Jose, California, > so have to cut our trip short and travel to the west coast. > > More later. > > Larry Flesher > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using Fidelity Networks, Inc Mailman Professional. > http://www.fidnet.com/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Fidelity Networks, Inc Mailman Professional. http://www.fidnet.com/