I have done extensive research on my father's side of the family, Nisbet, and my mother's side, Patterson. To document the Nisbet family I wrote, "A Nisbet Family from Pennsylvania with notes on the Porter, Stieren, Thropp, and Workizer Families". To see selected chapters from this work (without pictures) see the table below.

The Nisbet's originated in Scotland, and those of my lineage, came to America circa 1725. They settled in south, central Pennsylvania. They slowly moved west in Pennsylvania to Blairsville around 1830 and Pittsburgh by 1880. From there the family has dispersed to Ohio, California, Vermont, and elsewhere. Now no one from my immediate family of Nisbets lives in Pennsylvania. My great grandfather William Alexander Nisbet served with the Pennsylvania volunteers during the Civil War. For more information on the Nisbet family genealogy contact the The Nesbitt / Nisbet Society.