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Lore #61 (Spring 2012)   (adobe .PDF file   971kb)
  - President's Message
  - Military Query
  - Newspapers Yield Facts
  - Sad Story of Edgar Harris Sweetland
  - How to Help Create SFA Military List
  - Swetlands & Milton Bradley
  - Virginia Miller Obituary
  - Reader Repsonse

  - Donations

 

 

Lore #60 (Winter 2011)   (adobe .PDF file   428kb)
  - Reunion Announces
  - Edwin P. Swetland
  - Swetland's Sweet Shops
  - Luke Swetland Revolutionary War Records
  - See 1821 War Record
  - Ernestine Swetland's Passing
  - Donations

  - Reunion Registration Form

 

 

Lore #59 (Fall 2011)   (adobe .PDF file   167kb)
  - Reunion Goals
  - Homestead Fundraiser
  - Revolutionary War Pension Records
  - 2012 Scholarship Announced
  - Tribal Wisdom
  - Earle Swetland Query
  - Nancy Swetland’s Passing
  - Donation form

 

 

Lore #58 (Summer 2011)   (adobe .PDF file   677kb)
  - President's message
  - Crown Hill findings
  - Gravestone symbols
  - Tips on cemetery visits
  - Treasurer's report
  - Donation form

 

 

Lore #57 (Spring 2011)   (adobe .PDF file   204kb)
  - President request reunion information
  -Visiting family history library in Salt Lake City
  -Aaron Swetland's lighting work

  - Descendents meet in California
  - Donation form

 

 

Lore #56 (December 2010)   (adobe .PDF file   485kb)
  - President announces reunion
  - Newspaper features a Family's ties to Swetland Homestead
  - Q&A on the Salt Lake City, Utah Library
  - Donation form

 

 

Lore #55 (September 2010)   (adobe .PDF file   193kb)
  - SFA president encourages scholarship applicants
  - Help identify painter
  - Why apply for scholarship?
  - Read what former winners have to say
  - Reader shares old photo
  - Scholarship applications due March 1st
  - Donation form

 

 

Lore #54 (June 2010)   (adobe .PDF file   196kb)
   - President's message: Literature
   - Luke Swetland
   - New Book, Crown of Serpents
   - A family pirate story
   - CD's of Doug's book available now

   - Post on SFA website message board

   - Treasurer report

 

 

Lore #53 (March 2010)   (adobe .PDF file   139kb)
   - President's message
   - Planning your own family reunion
   - Do I ear what I ear?

 

 

Lore #52 (December 2009)   (adobe .PDF file   712kb)
   - President's message
   - Memories of Doug
   - Call for articles
   - Genealogy help
   - Obituary

 

 

Lore #51 (September 2009)   (adobe .PDF file   818kb)
   - President's message
   - Obituary
   - Treasurer's report
   - Funny genealogy
   - Researching "Oliver"

   - Getting people to share

 

 

Lore #50 (June 2009)   (adobe .PDF file   208kb)
   - President recounts true dedication to reunions
   - Reunion agenda
   - Register for Reunion
   - Mrs. Young-Thayer shares research
   -
Keep your photos safe

 

 

Lore #49 (March 2009)   (adobe .PDF file   203kb)
   - President encourages reunion attendance
   - Our President's life and interests
   - New London promises interesting reunion events
   - Writing an autobiography
   - Register for reunion!

From our President

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William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #48 (December 2008)   (adobe .PDF file   1,020kb)
   - Ancestral sacrifices inspire gratitude
   - What papers to toss
   - Colonists didn't have microwaves
   - Try family recipes
   - "Max" Noyes obituary
   - Reunion is coming

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #47 (September 2008)   (adobe .PDF file   199kb)
   - President emphasizes education, pride in our name, tells of reunion
   - Schools in the old days
   - How to apply for the scholarship
   - Swetland.org website
   - A Sweetland war story

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #46 (June 2008)   (adobe .PDF file   216kb)
   - President invites members to attend reunion
   - Treating gravestones responsibly
   - Your library card may bring more Internet data
   - Protect your computer!
   - Obituary, Treas. report

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #45 (March 2008)   (adobe .PDF file   181kb)
   - Computer Health
   - Pro Helps Lore
   - Reunion 2009
   - Puritan Planting
   - Lives Well Lived
   - Tightwad Genealogy Online

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #44 (December 2007)   (adobe .PDF file   129kb)
   - Need a scholarship?
   - President’s reminders and thanks
   - Save that family stuff
   - Children made shoes
   - Breaking brick walls
   - Add to book

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #43 (September 2007)   (adobe .PDF file   340kb)
   - Mark Swetland bows out
   - Successful Reunion
   - Donating to SFA
   - Help new editor
   - Reunion photos
   - Add to Doug's book

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #42 (June 2007)   (adobe .PDF file   143kb)
   - The President’s Message
   - Roger and Priscilla have been busy
   - A list of Swetland patents
   - We have a balance in our treasury
   - How we began
   - Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro with Carroll Wilcox

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #41 (March 2007)   (adobe .PDF file   190kb)
   - The President’s Message
   - Mark Swetland and his Health Concern
   - 2007 SFA Scholarship Winner Announced
   - Reunion Information
   - Who was Benjamin S. Swetland?
   - A Few Swetlands of the Chautauqua County NY Area (Brocton)
   - A Call for Pictures, Stories, and Information

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #40 (December 2006)   (adobe .PDF file   170kb)
   - 2007 SFA Reunion July 20th and 21st
   - New website for researching genealogy
   - Plans for the 2007 reunion
   - Tremendous Swetland and Sweetland data on the Internet
   - Internet data comes alive

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #39 (September 2006)   (adobe .PDF file   154kb)
   - The 2007 SFA reunion will be in Brocton, NY
   - How much information on people is on the Internet?
   - A second Luke Swetland
   - Why have a Family Message Board
   - A New Editor!!!!
   - The 2007 SFA reunion will be July 20 and 21
   - Why did no one send information to fill the blank?

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #38 (June 2006)   (adobe .PDF file   143kb)

   - More thoughts for the 2007 reunion
   - We find ourselves pulling out these (Memory Albums) more than a packet of pictures
   - S/S Lore Issues on line
   - Writing your family  history
   - We need an Assistant Editor
   - Two obituaries
 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #37 (March 2006)   (adobe .PDF file   144kb)

   - Your President's message
   - Email for S/S Lore

   - Gladys Swetland, 1892-2005 

   - William Swetland of Salem, MA 

   - This and That From Our Members 

   - Ancestry.com Civil War Collection 
   - One-Name Studies

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #36 (December 2005)   (adobe .PDF file   150kb)

   - Your President's message
   - Email for S/S Lore

   - Philetus Sweatland/Swetland

   - Jamie Swetland's Report

   - GenealogyPortal.com

   - Ellis Island Passenger Arrivals

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #35 (September 2005)   (adobe .PDF file   608kb)

   - Internet Ramblings - Help!

   - Email for S/S Lore

   - Your President's message - 2005 SFA Reunion

   - Karen Swetland

   - 2005 What a Wonderful Summer!

   - Pennsylvania Log Cabin

   - Certificate of Recognition

   - This space blank!

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #34 (June 2005)   (adobe .PDF file   157kb)

   - From Our President

   - Email for S/S Lore

   - William Wirt Smith

   - Ellis Island Records

   - William Swetland of Salem, MA

   - Pennsylvania's Oldest Resident

   - Gladys Swetland turns 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

From our President

Email For S/S Lore

William Wirt Smith

(continued from #33)

Ellis Island Records

William Swetland of Salem, MA

Pennsylvania’s Oldest Resident

Gladys Swetland at 113

 

Lore #33 (March 2005)   (adobe .PDF file   155kb)

   - Our President and Secretary enjoy Florida

   - SFA 2005 reunion data

   - Feast of the White Dog

   - William Swetland of Salem, MA in 1686

   - The SFA Website is real

 

 

Lore #32 (December 2004)   (adobe .PDF file   138kb)

   - Our President's "Retirement"

   - Benjamin Swetland, the fife-major

   - Dates for the 2005 reunion

   - Should there be a S/S website?

 

 

Lore #31 (September 2004)   (adobe .PDF file   145kb)

   - The Millers have offered to act as reunion coordinators.

   - David W. Swetland of Alma, Maine, writes wonderful letters.

   - The trials of scanning into the computer.

   - Galdys Swetland enjoys her 112th birthday.

 

 

Lore #30 (June 2004)   (adobe .PDF file   214kb)

   - The President's Message

   - The editor's new knee

   - David Wightman Swetland had a Birthday in April

   - Hear from some of our members

   - How to sign up for Lore to be delivered to you via Email

 

 

Lore #29 (March 2004)   (adobe .PDF file   223kb)

   - The President's Message

   - A Story of 2 Swetland families in 1895-1905

   - Lilth Swetland is an author

   - Frederick Leutchford Swetland

   - Gladys Swetland makes the newspaper

   - Robert Sweetland is NOT a mythical creature

   - how to sign up for Lore to be delivered to you via Email

 

 

Lore #28 (December 2003)   (adobe .PDF file   206kb)

   - DistantCousins.com is a useful Internet site

   - Irwin Messick is distantly related to James Bird

   - The President Speaks

   - Robert Sweetland is a mythical creature
   - Two Obituaries

   - how to sign up for Lore to be delivered to you via Email

 

 

Lore #27 (September 2003)   (adobe .PDF file   183kb)

   - Mark A. Swetland displayed Aaron Swetland's musket

   - David Bickford and Rob Ruth have great websites

   - A new photo

   - A hip fracture at 82

 

 

Lore #26 (June 2003)   (adobe .PDF file   204kb)

   - Come to the 2003 SFA Reunion

   - Write a Family History

   - Was William's Wife Really Named Agnes?

   - Sweetland and Swetland Coats of Arms notebooks
   - Bill Noyes retired again

 

 

Lore #25 (March 2003)   (adobe .PDF file   202kb)

   - Music and Our Ancestors

   - Crossing the plains...

   - Sweetland and Swetland Coat of Arms

   - SFA 2003 Reunion

 

 

Lore #24 (December 2002)   (adobe .PDF file   1796kb)

   - Plans for the SFA 2003 reunion

   - Newsletter Extras

   - A Swetland Coat of Arms

   - Crossing the Plains...
   - Intro to a Swetland book

   - Swetland Ancestors of Judith L. Young-Thayer

 

 

Lore #23 (September 2002)   (adobe .PDF file   166kb)

   - Previous reunion attendance

   - Needed: a MS Publisher 97 expert

   - We've lost a warm friend

   - Crossing the plains...
   - Intro to a Swetland book

   - A Sweetland researcher since 1976

 

 

Lore #22 (June 2002)    (adobe .PDF file   797kb)

   - Glady's 110th Birthday

   - William & Agnes Swetland

   - Thomas Ancestors

   - Our New Address

   - Swetland Internet Co.

   - Internet Ramblings, etc.

 

 

Lore #21 (March 2002)    (adobe .PDF file   830kb)

   - In Memoriam

   - SFA Treasury

   - 2003 Reunion

   - Internet Ramblings and Others

   - SFA Treasury

   - Sweetlands in England and Australia

   - Research Guide

   - Matthew Sweetland

   - Scott Swetland

 

 

Lore #20 (December 2001)    (adobe .PDF file   848kb)

   - Sweetlands in England and Australia

   - SFA 2003 Reunion

   - Statira P. Hurd

   - Internet Browsing

 

 

Lore #19 (September 2001)    (adobe .PDF file   818kb)

   - 2001 S/S Reunion

   - Baby Boy Swetland

   - A Note on Family Associations

   - Sweetlands in England and Australia

   - Internet Ramblings

 

 

Lore #18 (June 2001)   (adobe .PDF file   61kb)

   - 2001 S/S Reunion

   - NEHGS Circulating Library

   - Sweetland and Swetland Notes

   - Pennsylvania Notable Women

 

 

Lore #17 (March 2001)   (adobe .PDF file   51kb)

   - Swetland Family Website by Jason Swetland

   - SFA 2001 Reunion

   - More on Roger Swetland

   - SFA Treasury Status
   - Mark's Ancestral History

   - New Members of the SFA

   - More News

 

 

Lore #16 (December 2000)    (adobe .PDF file   814kb)

   - 2001 SFA Reunion

   - A Swetland Mystery

   - 1900 SFA Reunion

   - John Sweetland - Part III

   - 2001 SFA Scholarship

   - Emory Sweetland Speech

 

 

Lore #15 (September 2000)   (adobe .PDF file   210kb)

   - Lasting Impressions

   - 2001 Reunion

   - John Sweetland

   - Ira Allen Swetland
   - Roger W. Swetland Letter

 

 

Lore #14 (June 2000)   (adobe .PDF file   78kb)

   - Wonderful People Survey Responses

   - Websites and In This Issue

   - John Sweetland in the Revolutionary War

   - Reader Responses
   - Austin Aaron Swetland

 

 

Lore #13 (March 2000)    (adobe .PDF file   817kb)

   - Call For Help

   - Pamelia Stevens Swetland

   - William and Agnes Swetland of Salem, MA

   - Swetland Sources in Hartford, CT and Massachusetts

 

 

Lore #12 (October 1999)   (adobe .PDF file   51kb)

   - Swetland Homestead

   - Potter County Courthouse

   - SFA 2001 Reunion

   - Georgianna Swetland
   - Reunion 1999 Report

 

 

Lore #11 (May 1999)    (adobe .PDF file   831kb)

   - 1999 Reunion, Do You Know This Man?

   - This and That

   - Luke Swetland Book

   - Lois Franklin Data

   - Luke & Anne Gilliland Swetland

 

 

Lore #10 (April 1999)    (adobe .PDF file   883kb)

   - SFA 1999 Reunion, SFA Reunions 1896-1906

   - William Swetland 1789 - 1864

   - 1999 SFA Reunion Agenda

   - Chautauqua Records

   - On-line "Researcher"

   - Swetlands in Cleveland and Fredonia

 

 

Lore #09 (January 1999)    (adobe .PDF file   869kb)

   - SFA 1999 Reunion and Beginning Genealogy

   - Major Scott's Sterling Ancestors

   - Books on Swetlands, Sweetlands and Sweatlands

   - Notes From the Past

   - Odds and Ends

 

 

Lore #08 (October 1998)    (adobe .PDF file   880kb)

   - FGS Conference

   - Who Was That Man?

   - Luke Swetland Honored

   - Tornadoes and More

   - Chautauqua County, NY

 

 

Lore #07 (July 1998)    (adobe .PDF file   890kb)

   - 1999 Reunion Swetland Family Association

   - More Data Needed

   - Bits and Pieces

   - Obituaries

   - Family Connections

 

 

Lore #06 (June 1998)    (adobe .PDF file   687kb)

   - Doug Sweetland's Red Book

   - In Memoriam - William Richard Thomas

   - Margaret Ann Swetland

   - Harmon and Rosamond Swetland

   - Old Letters - Family Archives

   - Other Lines - Doty, Hamlin, Sutton, Cole

   - Other Lines (?) - Bruce

   - 1999 Reunion - Western New York State

 

 

Lore #05 (January 1998)    (adobe .PDF file   482kb)

   - Sweatland/Sweetland/Swetland1999 Reunion

   - The Swetland Homestead

   - Mary Jane Swetland

   - Descendants of Mary Jane Swetland

 

 

Lore #04 (October 1997)    (adobe .PDF file   619kb)

   - Sweetlands in England

   - Updating Doug Sweetland's Red Book

   - Margaret Jean Nyhart Smith

   - Partial Ahnentafel of Margaret Jean Nyhart Smith

   - The graves of Harmon and Rosamond Swetland

 

 

Lore #03 (undated)    (adobe .PDF file   321kb)

   - Surprise

   - Swetland Descendants

   - Queries

   - Church of the Latter Day Saints, Beaufort, SC

 

 

Lore #02 (undated)    (adobe .PDF file   612kb)

   - Reunion Notes

   - Donations

   - Another Loss

   - Research

   - Queries

 

 

Lore #01 (undated)    (adobe .PDF file   281kb)

   - The newly renamed Lore

   - The Swetland Family Scholarship

   - Sweetland Research

 

 

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