This group is open to members of the Pearsall family and extended cousins worldwide, as well as those interested in the Pearsall family history, and/or genealogy.

The group also discusses news and information relating to the Pearsall Family DNA Surname Project which is a research project open to anyone who wants to test or verify their relationship to other family members and related surnames (43-marker male Y-chromosome STR genetic genealogy test).

The purposes of this group are:
- to facilitate updates relating to the project above,
- to serve as an open forum for communication among members, and
- to help coordinate updates to the family history/genealogy.

The family surname may have evolved over the years into many surnames, these include:-

Pearsall, Parasol, Parcell, Parcelle, Parcells, Parcoll, Parsells, Parsells, Parsels, Parshall, Parsil, Parsill, Parsils, Parsoll, Parsolls, Pascal, Pashley, Passal, Passaley, Passelew, Pearcall, Pearceall, Pearceaull, Pearsel, Pearsell, Pearsol, Pearsoll, Peartil, Peashall, Peirsol, Perceaull, Persall, Persaul, Persee, Persel, Pershall, Persil, Persils, Persoll, Pertil, Perzel, Peschale, Peshale, Peshall, Pesenschale, Pexsall, Piersol, Piercall, Pierceall, Piersall, Porselly, Purcall, Purcel, Purcell, Purkell, Pursel, Pursel, Pursell, Purshale, Pursley, Purslow, Pussal, and Pysse. Other related ancestral surnames include: Corbeil, Lumley, Suggenhull, Swinnerton, and Swynnerton.

All of these possibly related surnames are believed to potentially share a common ancestor from Ålesund, Norway – Rollo (Gange Hrolf in Norwegian). Rollo was the Duke of Normandy, France between the years 911 and 932 A.D. (born ~854 A.D., died 932 A.D).

Twenty-four generations after Rollo in ~1629, Thomas Pearsall resettled to Virginia to start tobacco farming.

All aspects of the history and genealogy are in the process of being updated and validated. Your interest and participation is appreciated and welcomed.