Newfarmer-Pace-Farris Families
Introduction
The whole Newfarmer side of my extended family are actually
in-laws, but when my mother first looked at the genealogy
binder that I made for her, she said, "where are all the
Newfarmers? You left them out! You need to do the Newfarmers."
I admitted that my program didn't do much with
in-laws, but she was adamant. She had been very fond of Aunt
Nelle (Nelle Heaton Newfarmer) and had followed the Newfarmer
children through the years. So, Mom Rules, and I made a special
file on the Newfarmers for her binder. That was the start of
a great new relationship with the Newfarmer, Pace, and Farris
families.
My Newfarmer research led me to Shirley Pace Newfarmer, who
holds the boxes and folders of family history. Sometime into
my project on the Newfarmers, Shirley asked if I could help
her organize her Pace information, and that led to the Pace
and Farris families, and a whole gang of interesting individuals,
not to mention a couple of Pace-Farris researchers who have been
incredibly helpful in putting together all these families.
Unfortunately, I don't yet have an old Farris picture, but one
will be forthcoming soon.
A note on the "Other" or "Indiana" or "Illinois" Newfarmers. There
are two known Newfarmer families which are almost certainly connected,
however we have not established absolute proof. So, I keep the two
lines separated on the charts. The Newfarmer family history contains
what information we have on both of these original Newfarmer families.
Jim Pearce
