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Simmons Kinfolk Newsletters

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. Please note that there is

still much information that I need to organize and present from these newsletters. However, I have captured

most of the family information and blended this information into my Simmons Genealogy database which is

Personal Note from Wayne T. Simmons:

When I began my search for the Simmons ancestors I knew that it would take some effort to perform the necessary

research. However, after actually performing some research and then acquiring the Simmons Kinfolk Newsletters,

it became very apparent that the search for the Simmons ancestors would take a dedicated effort to make any significant

progress. It is difficult to put into words the gratitude that I feel for the hard work, time, expense and dedication that

Marcia Eisenberg and Roma Nowak had to expend to be able to publish these newsletters. Now that I have read these

newsletters and expended some of my own hard work, time, and expense, I know that Dedication must come next if I am

to ever come close to contributing to the Simmons Genealogy that Marcia and Roma have started!

My most sincere and heart felt thanks goes out to Marcia and Roma for instilling the Genealogy Spirit into me!

It is my deepest desire that this Spirit never leaves me!