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In honor of Frank H. Pierce III, his love of the written word and his passion for history, we share with you our family's published research of our own wide-ranging heritage -- as Beville descendents, as early pioneers in America, as Marylanders from the Eastern Shore, and as Amerindians in the Canadian Maritimes.

Currently, our collection includes the celebrated Beville family histories, authored by Asselia S. Lichliter and edited by Frank Pierce, including 700 Years of the Beville Family (Volume I) and Pioneering in America with the Bevilles (Volume II). A Boys Eye View of World War II and Other Reminiscences of Maryland’s Eastern Shore captures a snapshot of a moment in history we will never see again, as Frank Pierce recounts what it was like to have lived as a young boy during the war in a small, isolated town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Continuing this family’s great tradition of writing about our heritage, Marie Rundquist has also published "Finding Anne Marie: The Hidden History of Our Acadian Ancestors" an article that describes her initial research into her maternal ancestors' Amerindian family lines in North America. "Finding Anne Marie," originally published on the French Heritage DNA Project websites in English and in French, and in three historical research journals, has fostered an intense interest in exploring Amerindian ancestry in North America and in mitochondrial (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome DNA testing among its readers, and may inspire you to research your own family heritage using these new techniques. 

Marie Rundquist announces the publication of her latest book, Revisiting Anne Marie: How an Amerindian Woman of Seventeenth-Century Nova Scotia and a DNA Match Redefine American Heritage.   Visit our site's Amerindian Heritage page to learn more about Marie's book and to find out how to order your copy!

In support of our family's mission to research our histories, to preserve our legends, and to bring our ancestors to life in our works, we restore these cherished publications to print. Browse our links to discover how one American family rebuilds its heritage, one story at a time.