About Anna Kasper, ACDP
I am an avid Genealogist. I am an ACDP - Associate of the Congregation of Divine Providence (Sisters of Divine Providence of Texas). If you are unfamiliar with what a Religious Associate (also called an Affiliate, Consociate, Oblate, Companion) is exactly, visit my about me page for more information. In community college, I majored in American Sign Language/Deaf Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies when at university.
My ancestor Maria Thomas Badie was a wealthy woman who was married three times. In surviving legal documents, Maria used Thomas or Badie as her surname, not those of her husbands. (1) In records, the most common variants of her name … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Armstrong, Badie, Brackhonge, Braconie, Breuckelen, Brooklyn, Brouwer, Brouwer Berkhoven, Charity, Christian, Cooper, Dutch, Dutch Reformed Church of Breuckelen, faith, family, family history, family stories, Family Tree, Genealogy, German, Germany, Groome, Hope, Kimber, Lyons, Maria Thomas Badie, Netherlands, New Amsterdam, New York, Norris, Nutick, Old First, Quakers, Severns, Simpson, Van Sant, Verdon, Weiss, Worship
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March is Women’s History Month. The writing theme for March is “Females” and for this ninth week it is “Female.” I have so many women in my family tree I could write about. And later in the month, I for … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, A scandalous affair, Arnold, Barre, Barre Orleans New York, Broome, Broome County New York, Canfield, Chenango B, Cole, Colesville, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, DeKalb County, family history, Family Tree, Frederick, French, Fuller, Genealogy, Hoosick, Indiana, Losure, Lozier, Marchant, Merchant, Morgan, New York, Newville De Kalb County Indiana, Northrup, Orleans County Alms "Poor" House and Cemetery, Orleans County New York, Otsego New York, Oviatt, Palmer, Prindle, Rensselaer New York, Root, Temple, Women's History Month, Worcester New York
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The writing prompt for this week is “Courting”. Either as in courting in the law or courting as in romance. I could write about the myriad of ancestors that are found in Colonial American court records, including the ancestor I … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Ancestry, Arnold, Barnstable County, Basford, Cape Cod, Colonial Massachusetts, Coroners Inquest, Courting, Dennis Township, Duxbury, Duxbury Bay, Edward Doty, England, family history, Family Tree, Gabriel Wheldon, Inquest, Jury of Inquest, Marchant, Martha Cross, Mary Wheldon Taylor, Massachusetts, Merchant, Nottinghamshire, Plymouth Colony, Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest, United Kingdom, Wheldon, William Durkee, Yarmouth
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When I received the writing prompt for this week, Landed, I considered taking it in several various directions, I do have some British ancestors that were considered Landed Gentry, as well as owners of large amounts of land in early … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Barrett, Bill Weld, British American Colonies, British Colonies, Calvin Coolidge, Christian, Clarke, Colonial America, Davis, Dick Van Dyke, Doty, Doughty, Dueling, Edward Doty, Edward Leister, Eliphalet Remington, England, Fahey, Fahy, faith, Family Tree, Fay, Fisher, Genealogy, Gooden, Harmon, Jordana Brewster, Lamb, Lavinia Warren, London, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Mayflower, Mayflower Pilgrim, McGuire, Orsen Bean, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Raquel Welch, Schermerhorn, Snow, Stephen Hopkins, Tuesday Weld, United Kingdom, Warren Buffett, William Bradford
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Above is a painting of an old map of Bergen, Norway. Hieronimus Scholaeus’ prospect of Bergen was painted about 1580 and published in Cologne in 1588 in a large atlas with pictures of “cities from the whole world” The Civitates … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Anneken, Annetje, Bergen, Dutch, Hendricks, Hendriks, Henricksen, Henriksdotter, Maps, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands, New York, Norge, Norway, Norwegian, Norwegian Americans, Vanderbilt
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The theme for February 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Branching Out. One way to take this week and month’s theme of branching out is to write about collateral relatives – those that share the same family descent as me … Continue reading →
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Tagged American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, Broadway, Composers, Dolly Connolly, Druckenmiller, family, family history, family stories, Family Tree, Famous Kin, Feggen, Genealogy, German, Germany, Hafer, Huber, Joplin, Kennedy, Kinports, Lauck, Laux, Lingle, Mateer, Meteer, Missouri, Music, musical history, Musican, New York City, Palmer, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch, Percy Wenrich, Piano Music, Price, Ragtime, Ray, Rodgers, Schauer, Spatz, Spots, Spotts, The Red Rose Rag, The Smiler, Vaudeville, Weinrich, Wenrich, Williams, Wolf, Ziegfield
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Update of 27 December 2025: Please see my new blog post specifically about My Bonnet Ancestors of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France and Berlin, Germany. Update of 29 August 2025: I spent a significant amount of time painstakingly going through many additional German church … Continue reading →
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Tagged Berlin, Bonnett, British America, British American Colonies, British Colonies, Christian, Clerk, Cole, De Clerk, Deyo, DNA, Doman, Dutch, Evangelical Reformed Lutheran, faith, family history, family stories, Family Tree, France, Freehold, Genealogy, Germany, Greatsinger, Gretzinger, Jerusalem Chapel, Klerk, Kritsinger, Letts, Litts, Litz, Lutheran, Monmouth County, Myers, Netherlands, New Jersey, New York, Palmer, Parmer, Prindle, Rhodes, Sluiter, Sluyter, Spencer, Steiner, Strelmer, The Netherlands, Ulster County, Van Schuyven, Vanderbilt
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Originally posted on Anna's Musings & Writings :
My more recent immigrant ancestors were from in and around Gort and Peterswell Parish in Galway, Ireland, and from Klingenmünster in the Südliche Weinstraße?(Southwest Wine Route) district in Germany. I have to…
I took a few weeks off from my 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blog posts. I was quite busy working and volunteering for The Salvation Army during the latter part of December. So, I am now beginning again now that … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, ancestors, Australia, base, Catholic, Fahey, Fahy, family history, family stories, Family Tree, Fay, Foundation, Galway, Genealogy, Ireland, Irish, Irish American, New Zealand, O Fathaidh, O Fathaigh, United States
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Rosa Mystica Rosa Mysticaa fragrant secret upon the mouth of God. Hildegard Von BingenYour praises echoed from her saintly lips. A Rose among thornsHeavenly chants of medieval monks fill the air. Garden of GodYour divine place of sweet refrain; rest … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bible Study, Catholic, Christian, Christmas, Es is ein Ros entsprungen, faith, Genealogy, Ghazal, Hebrew Bible, Hildegard Von Bingen, How a Rose E’er Blooming, It is a rose sprung up, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Nativity, New Testament, Old Testament, Poetry, Rosa Mystica, The Bible, Virgin Mary
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