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"A Visit from a Civil War Soldier," a tour of the Gettysburg battlefield and a book signing highlighted our three-day national reunion in 2011. See news articles by the Pittsburgh Tribune Review (link) and Uniontown Herald-Standard (link).

This award-winning site -- now in its 12th year -- has twice been named one of Family Tree Magazine's "Top 10 Family Websites." Having drawn more than 2 million visitors since 2000, it captures the sweep of Americana through the eyes of one Pennsylvania German family, with tens of thousands of stories.

Minerd.com is a forum for sharing knowledge and promoting the national reunion of our large pioneer clan, the Minerd- Minard- Miner- Minor family, with origins in the Pittsburgh region of Pennsylvania. The site may change the way you think, learn about and understand families. While our clan is no bigger, better or more interesting than anyone else's, it is symbolic of many early families who put down roots and let time work its magic.

Instead of just tracing backward, we're also exploring forward in time to tell the saga of one clan over a span of 275 years. It starts with German-Americans Friedrich and Eva Maria (Weber) Meinert Sr., of Berks County, PA and their son, Revolutionary War veteran Jacob Minerd Sr. and his wife Maria Nein, pioneers of Fayette/ Somerset Counties, PA, and thence to thousands of their siblings and descendants, down to the present day. We're very interested in making contact with all descendants, everywhere, and learning how they've touched our nation. More >>>

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Publishes Guest Column,
"The Poet and the Farmer at Fredericksburg"

Feb. 5, 2012 - In its popular Sunday feature, "The Next Page," the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette publishes a full-page column by Minerd.com founder Mark Miner entitled "The Poet and a Farmer in Fredericksburg: Walt Whitman and My Uncle in a Civil War Hospital." The column uses Civil War diary entries from the author's great-great grand-uncle Ephraim Miner "on how the not-yet-famous poet and his uncle overlapped in their service to wounded soldiers." The column is based on the book, Well At This Time (Minerd.com Publishing).

Minerd.com's 2011 Annual Review

Approaching its two-millionth visitor and its 10,000th embedded image, and celebrating its 11th anniversary in 2011, Minerd.com grew with voluminous new content and hundreds of rare images, was mentioned in books, news stories, websites and social media outlets, and forged new friendships to help reach new audiences. . More >>>

20th Annual Research Trip Documents Early Pioneer
Lives in Wichita and South-central Kansas

In October 2011, cousins Eugene Podraza and Mark Miner completed their 20th annual research trip, logging 992 miles in five counties near Wichita. They paid respects at the graves of Kansas pioneers of the late 1800s and early 1900s, and found court records, books and news obituaries documenting their early lives on the prairie. More >>>


Mahala (Minor) White - Isabel, KS - Bio	Eliza (Miner) DeMoss - Kinsley, KS - Bio	Norman D. Knight - Burrton, KS - Bio	Mamie (Walker) Rice - Wichita, KS - Bio

Order the New Civil War Book - Well At This Time

Order your own copy of Well At This Time: The Civil War Diaries and Army Convalescence Saga of Ephraim Miner, authored by Minerd.com founder Mark Miner. More about the soldier, the book and how to order your copy. >>>

Minerd.com Joint Venture with VisitPittsburgh
to Attract Reunion Goers to Western Pennsylvania

VisitPittsburgh, the official tourist promotion agency of Allegheny County, PA, signed a promotional joint venture with Minerd.com to draw more reunion groups to the region with inspiration and advice. “We’re delighted to work with Minerd.com to reach new audiences around the world whose ancestral home is Pittsburgh,” said Tinsy Lipchak, VisitPittsburgh’s executive director of tourism and cultural heritage. The news announcement is picked up by 300-plus electronic news media outlets. More >>>

Prayer for Our Military Cousins in Harm's Way

Scores of our cousins are serving in the United States Armed Forces in the war on terror in Iraq, Afghanistan and other military hot spots around the world. Please say a prayer for their safety -- click to see the names of each known one.

In Memory - Capt. Erick Foster - The Ultimate Sacrifice in Iraq

Cousin Erick M. Foster, a captain and paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, died Aug. 28, 2007 of combat injuries sustained during an enemy attack using small arms fire in Muqdadiyah, Iraq. The great-grandson of Oakey and Gertrude (Shroyer) Harbaugh, he was the troop commander of A Troop, First Squad, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. Tragically, Erick is now one of 27 known cousins in our family to make the ultimate sacrifice during wartime. Kellner's Fireworks held a fireworks exhibition in August 2008 in Oil City, PA in memory of Erick and as a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project.

We Want to Hear from You!

Our website and archives are continual works in progress. We regularly update the site with new findings, and add to the archives with news of you and your family, past and present. (We even welcome ultrasound photos from the womb, such as the image here of Jacob Benjamin Miner, a 1999 addition to the family!) If you have questions or information, spot any errors, or wish to contribute your own writings, family knowledge or archival materials for the benefit and understanding of all, please contact us.

VisitPittsburgh.com is the promotional sponsor of Minerd.com's homepage

Minerd.com has received several awards and has been licensed to display the Pittsburgh 250 and Ohio Bicentennial logos.

Acknowledgements - Newly updated Who's Who 2010 booklet
Researching the names Minerd, Minard, Miner, Minor, Meinert,
Meyndert, Meinder, Minder, Minord, Mineard

Total visits: May 7, 2000 to April 30, 2012: 2,059,708
Last updated: May 22, 2012

Mark Miner Communications, LLC is the corporate sponsor of this website.