Press & Publications
The Ferris Family in Press & Publication
Selected press, interviews, publications, and public appearances connected to the Ferris family, its research, and the history of the Ferris Wheel.
Events & Recognition
Public appearances and programs.
125th Anniversary of the Ferris Wheel
Navy Pier announced Jim Ferris, a relative of George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., as part of its 125th-anniversary celebration of the original wheel.
Books
Published works that draw on the family research.
A principal resource for the Jeffrey Ferris lineage
This independent Ferris genealogy site describes James G. Ferris's Bombs & Bones as the most extensive list of the Jeffrey Ferris lineage, and directs researchers to it.
Cited in an independent family genealogy
This independent family genealogy cites two of James G. Ferris's works in its numbered source list, alongside published works and DAR records.
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
Kathryn Gibbs Davis included James G. Ferris's family research among the historical sources for this illustrated biography of George Ferris.
Circles in the Sky: The Life and Times of George Ferris
Richard G. Weingardt's biography of George Ferris draws on James G. Ferris's Bombs & Bones family research. Jim also contributed Ferris-family material during the book's development.
George Ferris — research biography
Penn State's Center for the Book lists James G. Ferris's Bombs & Bones among the sources for its biography of George Ferris.
Media & Interviews
Interviews, podcasts, and media features.
The Ferris Wheel
Jim Ferris joined the Chicago Tribune's From the Midway podcast to discuss the invention and history of the original Chicago Ferris Wheel.
Research Legacy
Decades of family research, carried forward.
Obituary of James Gary Ferris (1942–2025)
The family's published remembrance of James G. Ferris: amateur genealogist, longtime keeper of Ferris family history, and great-great-nephew of the wheel's inventor.
1912 Olmsted Genealogy — Digital Edition
A 2008 Olmsted family newsletter documented James G. Ferris's project to digitize the 1912 Olmsted genealogy, add updated Ferris-family descendant information, and make the collection available to other researchers.
James G. Ferris's family research archive
James G. Ferris built Bombs & Bones at ferristree.com as a long-running home for his Ferris family research. The original website is no longer online; its research has been preserved in the Ferris Wheel Heritage archive.
The family record behind this work is set out on the family page