Our organization was founded in 1970, the purpose being to research, record and pass along the history of our family - primarily since our arrival in America in the early 1700's -- but also to seek a greater awareness of our ancestry in Europe. During the first ten years of our organization, a significant focus was made upon gathering historical records -- Wills, deeds, notes from family bibles, etc. and publishing them in the organization's newsletter. Copies of those newsletters are available for download from this web site. Since that time, we have gathered and compiled a significant amount of genealogical data on each of Christopher's children and descendants in a Slusher Family Database.

Officers elected at our July 2010 meeting are:

Our organization meets on the third Sunday of July on each even year; our next meeting is tentatively scheduled for July 15, 2012 in Floyd, Virginia.

Anyone desiring to become a member may send biennial dues of only $5.00 per family to Alice H. Hollandsworth, Treasurer, 960 Horse Ridge Road, NW, Willis, VA 24380

For those of us with Virginia roots, we likely decended from Christopher Schlosser (Slusher), Sr., the settler ancestor of most of the Slushers in Floyd County. He was the youngest son of the German immigrant Peter Schlosser, who came to America through the port of Philadelphia in 1732 on the ship, the Dragon. Although Peter settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he is buried in Sharpsburg, Maryland. His tombstone, carved in German, reads, "Here rests in God Peter Schlosser born 20 January 1710 and died 8 January 1790. His age was 80 years, 11 months, and 3 days. When you awaken the dead on that day, so also reach out your hand to my grave."