The newest member of the extended Fero family: Kennedy Taylor Orwig, daughter of Kev Orwig and Ashley Orwig, granddaughter of Michelle Fero Orwig and Toby Orwig, and great-granddaughter of Patrick and Mary Jo Fero. Born 22 November 2025 in York, PA.
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December 2025
The doll belonging to my mother, Evelyn Harriet Newman Fero, around 1920.
Material: The head and limbs are likely made of composition (a mix of sawdust and glue) or possibly bisque (fired porcelain), common materials for dolls from the 1920s to 1940s.
Features: It has painted facial features, blue eyes that appear to be 'sleep eyes' (designed to close when laid down), and short, brown, somewhat mussed hair.
Outfit: The doll is wearing a dark, possibly black, heavy coat with brass-colored buttons and matching trousers and shoes.
Origin/Maker: Many dolls from this period, especially those with cloth bodies and composition limbs, were sold unmarked, making the specific manufacturer hard to determine without identifying marks. Makers like Ideal, Effanbee, and various German companies produced similar styles.
February 2024
Greg Hoover, son of Jon and Kathy Hoover, recently received this award for his great work for the insurance company:
Added several including:
An example of A.D. Fero's sermons at this page.
Grandma Pearl Fero's handwritten commencement address 1893.
September 21--Added my account of our trip to Russia in July 1994. Click here.
The pictures are at: Russia: Fero trip July 1994.
August 2023--I discovered a lengthy biography of Hanna Fero written by my brother, Mike. You can find it under the Fero pages "Hanna Fero".
June 2023: I've added many more pictures and fixed some links Google affected for unknown reasons.
October 28, 2022: I have added the Trace report looking for the antecedents of David Fero. It appears they were able to find David's first marriage to Margaret. Hanna's, his second wife and mother of our great-grandfather Albert David, mother's name was Barnard. Two Barnards were living with David and Margeret. Margaret disappears from the record after 1860.
The problem is that, even if we've found more information on David's life, we still have not broken through the block on his ancestors. More to do.
To see the report, you can click on the link to the left (Fero and then Search for David Fero) or go to In Search of David Fero
Some news! I have all the genealogical materials gathered by my brother Mike Fero, who died in October of 2020 (not Covid), and hope at some point to enter them here in words and pictures. (Because of health issues, this has been delayed but still on the docket. July 2023)
Also, I have created a GenieWorld blog in which to share longer stories about the wonderful, and maybe not so wonderful, events of our families. I encourage you all to provide your stories. https://pdfero.wordpress.com/
Welcome to our genealogy site. Here you will find the names Fero, Newman, Moore/Keating, Tressler, Rogers, Abbot, Doughty, Pitcher, Woodward, Bell, Barnard, Breed and many more. So sit back and enjoy . . . but while doing so be on the look out for information we can add or change.
When I look backwards and forwards at the names of family members past and present, I find the following names. Any family member, close or distant, who wishes to be memorialized on the this Website need only contact me with the materials you'd like added; for instance, pictures, stories, family trees.
Note: It is way hard to allow comments on this Website. Please send your comments, suggestions or complaints to me at: http://pdfero@gmail.com.
New as of April 2021
--Added a page for the Scotland family, Muir/Moore (Helen Moore Newman's ancestors) with pictures of our Scottish clan tartan. Click here.
New as of March 2021
--Added Michael B Fero's autobiography and some important papers click here
New as of February 2021
I'm downloading all the family information I can from the Ancestry.com site. I plan to include in this site and in the first iteration, I'm pretty much just dumping the files into a few folders to protect them and make them available to you. You can find them at Miscellaneous.
New as of September 19, 2020
I've created a new page for anyone's autobiographies or biographies of the family. I've added my information both as an example and to save it. Anyone who has done genealogy knows how frustrating it is to find details about the lives of our relatives. I hope this capability will help.
New as of August 9, 2020
NEW PAGE for family members to post DNA analyses. Send me yours or give me permission to use those I already have.
New as of 5 April 2019:
Wedding of Michelle Fero and Toby Orwig
Updated record of LD Fero's WWI service (see below)
New! As of 17 March 2019:
PD and MB Fero have reconstructed the WWI service of Leroy David Fero, Barnard Fero's older brother. Click here.
Addition to Kelly Fero's page.
The meaning of Fero. Click here.
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The chronicle of Patrick Fero's year in Trabzon, Turkey, in 1959. New edition of Talking Turkey with Fero
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The patriarch of our Fero branch, Barnard Fero, has died. Click here for the obit written by Mary Fero, daughter-in-law of Barney, and click here for the eulogy written by Michael B. Fero, second son of Barney.
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All three unidentified pictures have been identified. See that section.
The meanest Fero of them all. Meet Fero, Interplanetary Detective.
Interview of surviving members of Kelly Fero's Argentine band, the Schibbinz.
The latest creation of Michael Barnard Fero: DESTINY? See the intriguing story on the right.
Check out Mike B Fero's work on the Breed's--click here:
Destiny fero moore.pdfThis Website is under construction. We will not stop until we've traced our roots back to The Garden of Eden.
Collected Genealogy Quips
My family coat of arms ties at the back ... is that normal?
After 30 days unclaimed ancestors will be adopted.
Ever find an ancestor HANGING from the family tree?
Genealogists are time unravelers.
"Crazy" is a relative term in my family.
I think my ancestors had several "Bad heir" days.
I'm always late. My ancestors arrived on the JUNEflower.
Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards, as progress.
Shh! Be very, very quiet ... I'm hunting forebears.
That's strange: half my ancestors are WOMEN!
Genealogists live in the past lane.
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