Bonnie Kathleen Pratt

Bonnie Kathleen (BACH) Pratt F.H.C.

Bonnie began her professional career working in her father; Robert Louis

Bach’s bank…the Bartelso Savings Bank in Bartelso, Santa Fe Township,

Clinton County, Illinois, United States.

Learning such skills as documentation, organization, detail to accounting

procedures and the necessity of keeping good records, Bonnie honed these

skills, which would later be an asset in family history research.

Bonnie began her family history research career in 1975 after becoming a

member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Her first calling as a

new member was to serve in the newly created genealogical department or

known today as the Family History Center in the Springfield, Missouri Ward.

This two-year calling gave Bonnie a tremendous amount of experience helping

others to research their families.

In fact, she felt family history research was fun and came easy. When others took vacations to

exotic places, Bonnie and family went to courthouses, cemeteries and libraries covering coast to

coast in pursuit of her family records.

She walked on the old Dillard Plantation in Spotsylvania County, Virginia and collected souvenirs

of a hand made nail and a hand made brick from the old plantation known as Aspen Grove. She

cracked open the courthouse records in Randolph County, Illinois locating marriages, deeds, wills

and court records deciphering her family roots in pursuit of knowledge concerning her ancestors.

While she endeavored to find these records, a profound love for her ancestors developed over the

years and a strong sense of kinship for those who paved the trails in her past became a motivating

factor in her desire to know the reasons for their sacrifices.

Parents, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles all inquired of her stories and details of her family

history research and she became a well-known scholar concerning their roots.

In reality, years of reading and studying increased her expertise and she made it look fun and

easy to others. Due to her example she exhibited for the love of ancestors, she inspired others in her

family to pursue their family history. All of this was accomplished while raising 6 children.

This dedication and talent did not go unnoticed by the Lord and over the course of several years,

Bonnie was asked by her church to instruct several family history courses.

With the assistance of her husband; Floyd Thomas Pratt, Bonnie and Floyd developed several

books and courses designed to increase the knowledge of family history researchers. These books,

articles, stories and commentaries can be found at the following locations.

Being researchers of the highest degree, Bonnie and Floyd created Pratt Publications.

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Offering to the public, a series of books titled, Pratt Progenitor Papers. This series of

volumes are a collection of legal documents, stories, pictures and historical presentations concerning

the families of Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina.

The first three Volumes were released to the public in 1991 and were issued to 18 different

libraries including the Library of Congress and the St. Louis Public Library. The next 11 volumes were

sent to the Salt Lake Genealogical Library with 60 volumes scheduled for publication.

Bonnie and Floyd created the Genealogical Institute to further the education of

serious researchers.

The offers a series of educational materials to teach and instruct

the novice as well as advanced researchers, procedures Bonnie and Floyd have tried and tested to

be of great value in family history research. These courses offer “a hands on” curriculum designed to

instruct in investigative, deductive reasoning and logical techniques for tracking your family history.

Many have found a treasure chest of knowledge when undertaking these courses.

Bonnie and Floyd have taken the hobby of genealogy and have enhanced it into a science. Heavy

on instructions concerning documentation, research procedures, alternative sources and common

public records, these courses are valuable tools for the family history researcher. The Pratts have

been informed by researchers their material found in their publications are recorded as source

validation for such organizations as the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) and the Daughters of

the American Revolution (DAR).

In pursuit of their family history knowledge, the Pratts did not fail in increasing their educational

knowledge and both became qualified Family History Consultants (FHC) through a course study

offered by their Church.

The Pratt’s ability in family history research has amazed many experienced researchers. When

Bonnie and Floyd are asked for help concerning a stumbling block in someone’s family research, their

quick wit and logical minds rapid fires instructions and procedures so fast the delighted researcher

cannot write the instructions quickly enough. Little do other researchers realize, this knowledge has

been acquired over 40 years of research.

As the years moved on, Mr. Pratt became concerned about their 40 years of hard research work

of various family histories. After a serious heart attack in 2012, Mr. Pratt decided to post their

collective bodies of work on a website making them available to all interested researchers without

compensation.

After careful consideration, Mr. Pratt chose the website www.openlibrary.org. “Open Library” is a

repository of millions of digital books available to the public for free.

There are two or more ways to access Bonnie and Floyd’s publications.

If you open the website as listed above you click on the authors label on the left hand side and

type Bonnie Kathleen (BACH) Pratt F.H.C. or Floyd Thomas Pratt F.H.C., M.A.G.I. The website will

open to their name, click on the name and you will be directed to a listing with presently 78

publications (2015).

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You can either scroll the list or an easier way to reach his lists is at the following website…

https://openlibrary.org/people/floydpratt59/lists

If you notice there are currently 9 lists or categories of books, article, stories and commentaries

attributed to Bonnie and Floyd’s publications.

These “Lists” are broken down as follows not necessarily in any order…

Vital Text Series - This section covers public vital records. Including marriage records, deeds, census

records, births, deaths, probate and indexes to public records. The counties of Missouri covered are

as follows; Crawford, Washington, Franklin, Gasconade, St. François, Ste. Genevieve, and Jefferson

counties.

Pratt Archive Collections - This Collections comprises of a series of books containing cemeteries,

family histories, biographies and various books by individual authors. There are several sections with

this group… Cemeteries contain documented census information for various cemeteries in Crawford,

Washington and Franklin Counties of Missouri. Family Histories are a collection of historical books

concerning a group of a family or family names.

Cradle to Grave (C2G) Profiles - The Cradle to Grave Profile (C2G) documents an individual’s

life from the cradle to the grave. All known research material concerning that individual is represented

in a family group sheet format. These C2G profiles are presented to the researcher within a family

group sheet detailing the husband, his spouses and all known children. Regardless of how many

times the subject has been married, the researcher receives a full report on all known spouses and

children for one low fee.

The Pratt Chronicles… - The Pratt Chronicles series or what we call a Cradle to Grave (C2G)

profile on steroids, is an in-depth comprehensive biography on one individual’s life encompassing all

known events, including historical factors from the time of their birth to their burial. These events are

comprised of current music, inventions, movies, family births, deaths, marriages, legal documents,

occupations, military participation, pictures, maps, mementos, world history, US history and economic

conditions as they occurred on a yearly basis.

Literary History Series contains rare books concerning family history written by other

authors…many who are deceased. These books were bought over the years and now enjoy the

status of a rare find in the genealogical library.

View From the Mast… - Over the years, the Pratt’s have found it necessary to write articles

concerning observations concerning various family history topics or what we call personal artifacts.

These reports, articles and short stories are contained in this section labeled…View From the Mast.

Having a unique perspective from the top of mast on the sailing ship of discovery, the Pratt’s have

sailed through the waters of family history research for the last 40 years. These articles were

designed to bring to the attention of family historians some unusual details they have witnessed

during his research tenure.

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Genealogical Institute - M.A.G.I. Courses These courses were developed over the years to

assist the novice as well as the professional in all manners pertaining to family history research.

Written in easy to read format with detailed explanations concerning various subjects of interest to

family history researchers.

Pratt Progenitor Papers Series - This series is comprised of the famous Pratt Progenitor Papers.

Staring with a known ancestor, this collection covers 2 or more generations of descendants.

Each volume follows a particular individual and his descendants including children, grandchildren and

spouses if known. Each of these volumes include legal and detailed information about a particular

ancestor…many contain Cradle to Grave (C2G) Profiles. The order of reporting is as follows: 1st a

Descendancy report on the primary, which is usually the husband; 2nd the primary or husband

followed by all known wives, then 3rd the second generation comprising of all known children and their

spouses, followed by additional subsequent generations of descendants. The PPP are light on

speculation and assumptions, heavy on factual documentation offering research insights and

suggestions.

Ancestral Family History of… - This book showcases a selected individual usually

a living descendant, detailing their direct line ancestors as far as the research has been completed.

This type of format is known as an enhanced pedigree chart. These books contain as many as 10 to

70 generations limited only by the number of ancestors of our primary individual. Whereas, pedigree

charts list only the vitals on an individual, these books generate all known notes, articles, legal

documents and if applicable, Cradle to Grave (C2G) Profiles on each and every direct line ancestor

and their spouses.

When accessing the Pratt’s books on Open Library, click on the heading of each list and you will

be directed to the books, articles, stories and commentaries contained in each section. Click on the

title of the book or article you desire for a full explanation of the item with contents. On the upper right

hand column, are the words “Read Online” and PDF. All of these publications have been uploaded to

the Internet Archive Digital Library repository and you can access them directly at the following…

https://archive.org/

If you wish to read online, click the read online link; the book will open and if you wish to download

this item click the PDF link in the box on right. We suggest you download, giving you the opportunity

to read and study the books, articles, stories and commentaries at your leisure.

We, in the genealogical world are deeply grateful to be associates of researchers such as the

Pratt’s. Through their research and dedication, future generations will benefit by their advances in the

genealogical research field.

In addition we are thankful for the inspiration that sparks people like the Pratts to magnify their

love for people and history. We feel, with a lifetime dedicated to the genealogical pursuit of truth and

knowledge, Bonnie and Floyd’s accumulative body of work, will stand as a quintessential

manifestation of this divine love.

Lewton Cole, Chairman

Genealogical Institute

Bonnie Kathleen (BACH) F.H.C. Pedigree Chart by Bonnie

Katheleen (BACH) Pratt F.H.C. Page 1 of 63

1 Bonnie Kathleen (BACH) F.H.C.

b. 28 April 1945

p. Christian Welfare Hospital, East Saint Louis ~

m. 14 August 1972

p. Tyler Place United Presbyterian Church, 210~

d.

p.

sp. Floyd Thomas "Tom" Pratt F. H. C., M. A. G. I.

2 Robert "Bob" Louis Bach

b. 25 January 1917

p. Bartelso, Santa Fe Township, Clinton C~

m. 21 June 1941

p. Old Catholic Church Catherdral, Saint L~

d. 11 November 1970

p. Saint Joseph's Hospital, Breese, Breese~

3 Enid (LEINER)

b. 7 August 1912

p. Sparta, Sparta Precinct, Randolph Coun~

d. 31 July 1991

p. Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, United ~

4 Blase Bach

b. 25 July 1867

p. near Carlyle Post Office, Township 1 R~

m. 11 September 1893

p. Belleville, Belleville Township, Saint Clai~

d. 13 February 1935

p. Bartelso, Santa Fe Township, Clinton C~

5 Mary Agnes (JOFFRAY)

b. 8 July 1873

p. Belleville, Belleville Township, Saint Clai~

d. 10 December 1926

p. Bartelso, Santa Fe Township, Clinton C~

6 Frederic "Fred" Thomas Leiner

b. 16 October 1884

p. 515 West Broadway, Sparta City, Sparta ~

m. 6 June 1907

p. Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, Un~

d. 26 April 1963

p. East Saint Louis City, East Saint Louis ~

7 Hazelton "Hazel" Marye (DILLARD)

b. 21 September 1885

p. Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, Un~

d. 7 June 1973

p. Collinsville, Collinsville Township, Madi~

8 Blasius Bach

b. 11 March 1825

p. Achen, Moselle Department, Lorraine, F~

m. 11 June 1866

p. Saint Clair, Illinois, United States

d. 18 June 1876

p. near Carlyle Post Office, West Clinton ~

9 Anna "Annie" Margaret Schwartz

b. 18 June 1829

p. Alsace-Lorraine, France

d. 24 January 1893

p. Bartelso, Santa Fe Township, Clinton C~

10 Peter J. Joffray

b. 12 September 1844

p. Saint Clair, Illinois, United States

m. 13 August 1866

p. Belleville, Belleville Township, Saint Clai~

d. 19 July 1915

p. Belleville, Belleville Township, Saint Clai~

11 Margareth Stark

b. 6 September 1846

p. Rhein bayern, Westphalia, Germany

d. 25 June 1929

p. Belleville, Belleville Township, Saint Clai~

12 Frederic "Fred" Leiner

b. 31 July 1851

p. Hanover, Stadt Hanover, Niedersachsen~

m. 6 January 1881

p. New Palestine, Palestine Precinct, Rand~

d. 5 October 1906

p. Sparta, Sparta Precinct, Randolph Coun~

13 Lorena Belle (TAGGART)

b. 26 May 1864

p. Randolph County. Illinois, United States

d. 18 March 1934

p. East Saint Louis City, East Saint Louis ~

14 William Wirt Dillard Sr

b. 10 November 1837

p. Dillard Plantation, north fork of the Anna~

m. 10 December 1866

p. Caroline County, Virginia, United States

d. 30 May 1905

p. Osawatomie State Hospital, Osawatomie~

15 Margaret "Maggie" Baynham (SPIN~

b. 1846

p. Rose Cottage, Chesapeake Bay, Caroli~

d. 26 April 1899

p. Kimball, Neosho County, Kansas, Unite~

Floyd Thomas Pratt, F.H.C., M.A.G.I., 15434 East Ford Circle Apt A-1, Aurora, Colorado 80017-3094, (941) 209-1701, floydpratt59@gmail.com