The family’s document is our starting point. These independent records add context, identify useful leads, and help show where more research is needed. Research reviewed September 11, 2026.
The complete document supplied by the family. Its account, tables, side branches, military records, research suggestions, and appendix are preserved in the archive. A starting point for research, not a fully verified pedigree.
Open sourceLehigh’s description of this original property record names Peter Kachlein among the grantees. The accompanying biographical note identifies him as a miller, publican, civic official, and colonel. It independently anchors the Kachlein spelling and Peter’s presence in Easton.
Open sourceThe bibliographic record identifies Thomas Jefferson Kichline as author, the Kichline Family Association as contributor, and a 29-page publication. This confirms the book’s existence and attribution; the catalog alone does not verify its genealogical claims.
Open sourceThe catalog lists the 1926 work, a supplement attributed to Marian R. Hart concerning Charles’s descendants, and Kachlines, Keichlines, Keithlines and Kichlines by Ruth E. Willis Hansel and Walter L. Hansel. The PDF’s “Three Brothers” title needs further bibliographic checking.
Open sourceThe transcription records Solomon Kishline (1815–1883), Elizabeth Neely Kishline (1813–1877), and a reported 1840 marriage. This is an independent lead for the Indiana spelling, not proof that this Solomon is the person born about 1841 in the family PDF. Check original stones, marriage, and census records.
Open sourceA historic view of the city associated with the early Pennsylvania family. Used for geographical context; it is not a picture of a specific family property.
Open sourceAn additional archival view of Easton’s rivers and waterfront, available through the Library of Congress. The catalog states no known restrictions on publication.
Open sourceCorrections and uncertainties are part of good family history. The original stays intact; these notes explain how we present it.
The PDF cites community genealogy platforms as “primary sources.” Those platforms can lead to original documents, but a profile or catalog entry is not itself a birth certificate, will, passenger list, or service record. We distinguish the supplied account from independent evidence throughout the site.
The document itself acknowledges that John Foster’s branch is not publicly linked to the Pennsylvania Peter branches. Its generation numbers and parent-child links include gaps and overlaps. They should not be read as a proven, continuous family tree.
The lineage table gives John Foster Kichline’s birth as September 4, 1860, while other sections place his move to Nebraska “around 1860” or in the 1860s. The site uses “later 19th century” as a broad description of the reported branch, without asserting a specific move date. Census and vital records are needed.
The compilation connects Küchlein with “little cake” and a pastrycook’s occupation. A linguistic resemblance alone cannot establish this family’s surname origin. The German parish, exact early spelling, and occupational explanation remain research questions. Kislin and Kishlicki are not treated here as proven related names.
The Indiana cemetery transcription names a Solomon Kishline born in 1815. The PDF lists a Solomon born about 1841 in a scattered branch. These may be different people. The 1840 marriage mentioned by the transcription also cautions against a blanket claim that Kishline first emerged in Nebraska around 1860.
FamilySearch attributes the Charles-branch supplement to Marian R. Hart and lists a Hansel work under Kachlines, Keichlines, Keithlines and Kichlines. We have not independently confirmed the PDF’s title “Three Brothers.” The original booklet has 29 printed pages in Google Books; digital scan counts can include additional leaves.
The counts of 27,540 FamilySearch records, 144,781 Ancestry records, and 58 WikiTree profiles are retained only as claims of the 2025 document, not current statistics or surname population counts. Birthplaces, exact birth dates, university attendance, the “first grist mill” claim, and detailed military biographies still need record-level checks.
Page 6 contains names of living people and speculative connections to Audrey Kishline. The unmodified source is retained at the family’s request; these suggestions are not promoted as established biographies or relationships. No additional private information about living people has been researched or added.
The table of contents refers to pages as high as 16, but the supplied file has 12 physical pages. Archive navigation follows the actual PDF page order. Original wording and contents are preserved, including this discrepancy.
Work backward one generation at a time using birth, marriage, death, church, census, probate, and land records. Consult Northampton and Lehigh County records for the Pennsylvania branches, and Nebraska, Kenosha, and Michigan records for the later branch. DNA ethnicity estimates alone do not prove a named ancestor or a parent-child relationship.
Jörg Braukmann, Bacharach 2025, May 10, 2025. Used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Converted to WebP, resized, and displayed with crops and color treatment. This photographic adaptation is shared under the same license. A contemporary view for regional context, not a verified family residence.
Library of Congress historic image, obtained through Wikimedia Commons, where it is marked public domain. Converted to WebP, resized, cropped, and displayed with a sepia treatment. The photograph shows the city, not an identified family home.
All twelve document page images are rendered from the family-supplied PDF. The K monogram is an original typographic mark, not a historical family coat of arms. Fonts: Cormorant Garamond and DM Sans, under the SIL Open Font License.