It has been about 30 years ago when I received a "Simmons Kinfolk" newsletter from Marcia Eisenberg.  At the time I did not have any interest in genealogy however, I did place the newsletter in a safe place for future reference.  Then about 1993 a couple years after my mother past away I became interested in the family genealogy.  I dusted off the newsletter and tried to contact Marcia Eisenberg at the return address on the newsletter.  As luck would have it the letter was returned as undeliverable.  I lost interest and became entrenched in my job and did not have time for hobbies.

Finally, the genealogy bug bit me about February 2005 and I could not set the newsletter aside again!  Using this newsletter as the catalyst to start my own Simmons Family Genealogy, I began assembling family artifacts from my files and also challenged my siblings to join in and help.  Since then I have assembled mounds of Simmons material from my siblings and other relatives.  Using this material I have setup this web site to share the material and also to expand this material by the generous contributions of the web site visitors.

I have acquired all issues that Marcia and her sister Roma have published between 1975 and 1978. Linked below are all issues that Marcia and Roma published.  The family tree of William Simmons and Betsey Ives has been updated with information obtained from these Newsletters.