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About Transfers

I do transfer memorials, and if you're related, with few exceptions, will transfer memorials to those more closely related than me. If you would like a transfer of a memorial, just ask for it - use the "edit" tab and the "Suggest any other corrections" link to send me your membership number.

My Books

I first began researching my genealogy in 1980 and published a family book for my line in 1989 (now out of print). In 2023, I published a book for the entire Bushong Family: The History of the American Bushong Family, which charts all Bushongs back to their roots in Switzerland. In 2025, it was recognized by the Ohio Genealogical Society for one of their book awards and it s currently available from Lulu.com or Amazon.com.

I love old photographs and am the recipient of my paternal great-grandparents' photo albums as well as the Bushong Family Bible.

I am retired now, and as long as I have internet, you can count on me to build memorials and do research. I live on the beach on a deserted part of an island in Belize, so I won't be taking many volunteer photos of stones, sorry to say.

About the Bushong Family

I have charted 99% of the Bushong Family, including FindaGrave and the entire 1930 Bushong Census. It is published in a GEDCOM tree: The Bushong United Family Tree, currently has over 5000 Bushong direct descendants, and over 2500 wives and in-laws.

To visit, go to BushongUnited .com

Of course, I'm always happy to manage any Bushong memorials. Since the two lines of Colonial Bushongs - Hans and Nicholas have been proven with genealogy and DNA analysis to be brothers and from the same family, we're probably related.

You don't even have to ask - just transfer any Bushong memorials to me. I'll take care of them until their close families are ready for them.

About the Civil War

In the Civil War, my Great Grandfather fought with Co. D of the 21st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was captured at the Battle of Stones River, December 31st, 1862, and paroled "on the field" the next day. After a year in noncombatant duty, he returned to the regiment and reenlisted to fight for the rest of the war.

I have walked the Stones River Battlefield, where he was captured, and also been to Chicamagua and Snodgrass Hill in Georgia, where the 21st fought a desperate stand to help save the retreating Union Army and helped General Thomas acquire his nickname as "The Rock of Chicamagua".

About the 21st Ohio Memorial

I have located over 200 memorials for 21st Ohio soldiers and their officers. All ten companies have been linked, first through the Col Jessie Norton Memorial, and then by company, to the men.

Rick