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Australian Reunion

February 16th, 2010 at 7:19 pm » Comments (0)

A reunion of Bunker descendants is planned to coincide with the 200th year celebrations of Bunker's Cottage at the Collingwood Estate in Australia. The aim of this a daylong event ...more »

More on the BFA’s San Diego Reunion in 2010

October 27th, 2009 at 5:42 am » Comments (2)

Bette Bunker Richards, BFA genealogist and hostess for the 2010 reunion in San Diego, posted the following update to the Bunker list at rootsweb: It is time to think about our ...more »

Bunker Data grows

July 29th, 2009 at 5:55 am » Comments (0)

Bunker Family Association genealogist Bette Bunker Richards recently sent an e-mail message to our Bunker mailing list on Rootsweb that I thought was worth posting to the website: I keep several ...more »

Early Details on San Diego Reunion for 2010

July 14th, 2009 at 6:58 am » Comments (0)

Since we all have so many seafaring ancestors, we decided to go sailing in 2010.  We will set sail on the cutter "Californian", a replica of an 1847 revenue cutter ...more »

BFA E-mail directory updated

July 14th, 2009 at 6:46 am » Comments (0)

The e-mail directory (in PDF format) has been updated to reflect new members added as of July 14. Follow the link at the top of the page to access the new ...more »

Reunion photographs

June 30th, 2009 at 6:51 pm » Comments (0)

Bette Bunker Richards sent me a few photos from the Bunker Family Association's reunion last weekend. Apparently everyone had a great time, and we're sorry we had prior obligations that ...more »

Need to submit updates for living relatives

May 8th, 2009 at 8:48 pm » Comments (0)

Earlier this week, our genealogist Bette Bunker Richards wrote a note that prompted an addition to our web site. Bette said: Of late, I have a lot of trouble finding people ...more »

Nantucket Bunkers

April 3rd, 2009 at 8:34 pm » Comments (0)

Nantucket Land and Landowners by Henry Barnard is online at http://books.google.com/books?id=424aAAAAYAAJ. Bette Richards notes that the book contains many references to Bunkers. more »

Branch Progenitors

January 15th, 2009 at 10:20 pm » Comments (0)

BFA Genealogist Bette Richards has updated information on James Bunker (D-1), George Bunker of Charlestown (C-1) and George Bunker of Nantucket (N-1).  These updates include the information on each contained ...more »

Bunker DNA Project Update

January 15th, 2009 at 9:57 pm » Comments (1)

Please visit the DNA project page, which has been updated to reflect findings of the project to date.  The Bunker Family Association continues to seek individuals willing to participate in ...more »