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Our Major Progenitor: Thomas Prather (Prater),
ca. 1604 - ca. 1666

Read the interesting Will and family accounts of Henry Pawling Prather and wife Martha Watson of PA/MD ca. 1800's... click HERE

"FINDING AID" for Lillard-Bonner Genealogical Collection: developed by Richard A. Stowe...will soon be placed on the Kentucky Historical Society library website - Get details by clicking: NEWS

VOL I sold out 1/15/00: by John W. Prather, Jr. See "Book I" and other books above for details.

See ... Video clips of Nunney Castle and vicinity... click on the Nunney Castle picture below to get to the video clip selection button!

*...including the surnames PRATER / PRATHER / PRAYTHER / PRATOR / PRAYTOR / PRAYTER

Since December, 1996 this page has been accessed this many times:
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Last Updated: January 2010

....in remembrance of our brother Jeffrey Scott Prather, 1958-1981
and our Dad, Harold Martin Prather, Sr., 1926-1997

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Prather Coat of Arms - Embroidery - STUNNING!

January 24, 2010

Some months back I received a solicitation from a company who does hand embroidery of emblems, patches, and the like. I emailed them a graphic of the coat of arms created by Jennifer Prater, not expecting much in return, and last week I received the following 4" embroidery in the mail:

Really Neat!!

H Martin Prather Jr

PS I have lost contact with Jennifer from Galveston...if she is out there still, please have her email me.

Author John W. Prather, Jr. Moved to Care Facility

July 29, 2009

John's health has been deteriorating in recent months and has moved out of his apartment to the medical center at the same Carolina Village complex in NC. I called him today and generally he is in good spirits. He turned 92 on his last birthday.

It would be really grand if we could flood him with get well cards to show him our appreciation for the genealogy work he has done for our benefit over the years!

His current address is:

Carolina Village Medical Facility

John W. Prather, Jr.

600 Carolina Village Rd, #137

Hendersonville, NC 28792

Regards,

H Martin Prather, Jr.

John W. Prather, Jr.'s Books Vol I-III Materials Now at the Maryland Archives "Special Collections"

June 2008

Hello Cousins and Prather/Prater researchers,

John's 22 boxes of research materials related to his 2 published books (vols I & II) and the unfinished work on vol III are now at the Maryland Archives for checkout (so I am told). In a letter to John from the archives Special Collections Director, Robert W. Schoeberlein, Ph.D. states "A request slip for MSA SC 5764, with an appropriate stack location for a certain box (or boxes), given directly to a member of our References Services Department should (present) no problem for retrieval."

An inventory of the materials is available by clicking the link HERE. The Archives requires a user name and pw to access the materials and gave me permission to share it, as long as users abide by the Archives copyright rules: user name aaco, pw aaco#

Please note, the Archives have changed the ID of John's Special Collection from 5097 to 5764, so the former number no longer applies.

For those unable to go to the archives personally, the Maryland Archives offers a list of researchers who may be willing to take on specific tasks on a pay basis.

John is eager to hear what successes you may have in reviewing these materials, so please email me and I will pass on your constructive thoughts!

I live on Oregon, so will be a while before I can make it to MD to check it out.

H Martin Prather, Jr.

John W. Prather, Jr.'s Addendum to Vol I & II Available for Download

Hello Cousins and Prather/Prater researchers,

John gave me permission to release the Adobe Acrobat PDF file of his Addendum to volumes I & II, so here it is (the link is below)!!!!. Essentially, it is the shell of what would have been the volume III with the Addendum added, which was his original planned format. Because of his health at age 90, he will not be completing volume III.

I will save the details for your reading, but have a few things I want to mention up front.

If you don't have either vol I or II, the Addendum will make little sense to you. The addendum is primarily in the format below I provide here as an example:

-----------------------example format----------------------------------

Page 20. 3.007.07- JANE PRATHER
Delete:- --- first line --- JANE PRATHER (3.007.07) was b. ca.
1710 ---�
Add in lieu of above:- --- JANE PRATHER (3.007.07) b. ca.
1716.
Source:- John W. Prather, Jr.

Page 22, 3.012.01- JOHN MULLIKIN. SR
Delete:- --- first line --- JOHN MUUIKIN, SR. (3.012.02) was b. 9 Mar. 1716 --�
Add in lieu of above:- --- JOHN MULLIKIN, SR. (3.012.02)
was b. 29 Mar. 1684 There is confusion about the year John was born. If we agree that his mother was born ca. 1664 and was eighteen years old when she married she married ca. 1882. If we assume she was married two years when JOHN was born then he was born in the year 1684. We have no proof that this is true.
Source:- Linda Peper (93) (L.63).

---------------etc., etc.-----------------------------------------------

As you can see, it isn't meant to read like a novel, but more like an errata sheet.

The file is searchable by any keyword you enter by clicking on the "binoculars" in Adobe Reader, and there is also an index of surnames and their page numbers, as printed at the bottom of the pages.

As an assistant to John, here is what I can and can�t do for those who have questions-

What I can do: If there are inconsistencies or seem to be typos, I can look at John�s originals and see if the electronic copy is consistent. I can be contacted at martin@prather.net

What I can�t do: If there are issues about the content or changes shown here, you will need to contact John at his mailing address indicated in the PREFACE.

I also included information toward the back of the document on the Maryland Archives and also an internet link. What is unclear are the current procedures and costs to obtain copies of the materials from the Archives.

To view the file, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. Then click on the link below or paste it into your internet browser address bar.

http://martin.prather.net/Addendum_v20070708.pdf

If there are any changes, I will make them, change the file v-date and repost it, informing all.

Hope this helps some of you who have the book(s).

John W. Prather, Jr.'s Volume II Sold Out

For NEWS on John W. Prather, Jr.'s Volume III and Addendum to Volumes I & II... click on the BOOK III Info link at the upper left!

Other Interesting Tid-bits:

Prater / Prather Coat-of-Arms UPDATE

Exciting NEWS!! Jennifer Prater; the one who created the C-O-A depiction used on this site since 1996 and "borrowed" by many others, has sent me an update that I have incorporated here....enjoy!

download the unofficial font and install it from CONTROL PANEL, FONTS. (You may need to FIND the file "Caligula" if you aren't given the option to save to a specific folder.)

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