E-Gen:Pearce Introductory Letter 1/27/01
Dear Pearce family Relative:
    Please forgive the form(al) approach, but I am trying to build a =
mailing list quickly and accurately, and this is the best way I could =
think of. Later I will be sending the first of many brief, =
personally-written articles on the origins of our particular branch of =
the Pearce family, which I will refer to as the "Bourne Connection."=20
    Just prior to a trip to England my wife Susan and I made in 1996, I =
discovered a 4-page document written at the turn of the 20th century by =
one of the four grand-daughters (?) of Charles Austen, brother of Susan =
Austen Pearce (from whom most of us on the mailing list are descended). =
Susan and Richard Pearce married in 1813 in the same ceremony as Charles =
and Sarah Pearce Austen. Yes, brother and sister married brother and =
sister, and they all came to America in the early 1820s to settle north =
of Pittsburgh, PA. I will share their adventures, including commentary =
from a professional British historian. After I send each article to you =
as an attachment, I will post it on my website =
WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/PEARCE2002 under "Family Heritage." Feel free to share =
these articles with other members of our family. My hope is 3-fold:
        1. The research I've done and information I've gathered will not =
be lost;
        2. It will be passed on to future generations and serve to =
connect lost Pearce "cousins" all across America; and,
        3. Others will also share their findings, thus speeding the =
accumulation of genealogical treasures.
    Will you kindly reply to me after you read this? Confirm that you =
have received this message and say that you'd like to continue to =
receive regular mailings. Send along the electronic addresses of others =
in our family if you wish (I'll leave it up to you to print and send =
articles via snail mail to those without computers). Feel free to send =
new information to me at any time that you would like to have included =
in future articles. Or, you may "unsubscribe" at any time, no questions =
asked.
    Thanks, Larry Pearce, Boswell, PA