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My Cousin Carole Lombard. Our shared Mateer/Meteer Ancestors.

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Carole Lombard was an American movie actress who became one of the highest paid stars of the 1930s. She is probably best known for starring in comedies and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role … Continue reading →

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My Immigrant Ancestor Daniel Strang, Sr. – A Frenchman Who Could NOT Make a Tasty Fricassee!

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Food and Drink. I immediately thought of my ancestor Daniel Strang, Sr! Evidently, according to Madam Knight of Boston, he may have owned an inn and tavern in Rye, … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy, Recipes | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Brown Fricassee, Colonial America, Colonial America Cooking, Colonial New York, Cooking, England, family history, Family Tree, Food and Drink, France, French, French Cooking, French Huguenots, Fricassee, Genealogy, Gien, Lemaistre, Loiret, Lorret, New York, Rabbit, Recipes, Rye New York, Strang, Strang's Tavern, Streing, The Chateau de Chamerolles, Westchester County New York | 1 Comment

52 Ancestors, Week 15. How Do You Spell That? My 2nd Great-Grandfather Elias “Eli” Nutick.

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The surname, parentage, and links back to his homeland of my great-great grandfather Elias “Eli” Nutick have been quite evasive. His line has been a royal headache and a never-ending brick wall for decades! Now, his wife, my great-great grandmother … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, DNA, family history, Family Tree, Fried, Genealogy, German, Germany, Klingenmunster, Nutick, Ohio, Otte, Ottic, Poland, Polish, Posen, Poznan, Propheter, Prussia, Rawitsch, Udie, Udig, Utic, Weigt, Weis, Weiss, Wetg | 2 Comments

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 14: Check it Out! My Ancestor Rev. Thomas Shepard.

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The writing prompt for this week is “Check it Out!” There are a few ways to take this, as in sharing something cool or neat, or something to do with libraries and books. I was inspired to write about my … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Bible Study, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious, Theology | Tagged 52 Ancestors, America, Bible Study, British American Colonies, Cambridge Massachusetts, Cambridge University, Christian, Colonial America, Colonial Massachusetts, England, faith, family history, Family Tree, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Harvard University, Jesus, Religion, The Bible, Theology, Thomas Shepard | 1 Comment

The Three Daisys. 52 Ancestors, Week 11: Flowers. March Theme: Females.

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I was not looking forward to this week’s writing prompt. I have zero direct ancestors with a flower name, and not really any gardening stories to share of any ancestors I know about. So, I decided to branch out to … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Armstrong, Brownell, Curtis, Daisy, Diemart, family history, Family Tree, Fast, Females, Flowers, French, Genealogy, Harvey, Kansas, Lewis, Lyons, Marihugh, Merchant, Missouri, Moore, Nebraska, Parker, Prindle, Tooman, Tunis, Wallace | 2 Comments

My Ancestor Maria Thomas Badie, Gifted Two Silver Communion Beakers to The Dutch Reformed Church of Breuckelen (Brooklyn, New York) in 1684. 52 Ancestors March Theme: Females. Week 10: Worship.

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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 →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy, Religious | 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 | Leave a comment

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Theme for March: Females. The story of the life of my 3rd great-grandmother Cordelia Merchant Cole.

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 8: Courting. My Ancestor Mary Wheldon Taylor. Her Life and Death.

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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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Ragtime Composer (Cousin) Percy Wenrich. 52 Ancestors – Week 5 and February Theme – Branching Out

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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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My Greatsinger (Gretzinger) and Bonnett ancestors of Berlin, Germany

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

My Greatsinger (Gretzinger) and Bonnett ancestors are through my great x3 Grandmother Hannah Elizabeth Kritsinger/Greatsinger (she married David Prindle, Sr.). Her grandfather was Johann Christian Gretzinger (Greatsinger), he was the son of Johann Jacob Gretzinger and Loisa (Louisa) Antoneta Bonnett, … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: family history

My Cousin Carole Lombard. Our shared Mateer/Meteer Ancestors.

My Immigrant Ancestor Daniel Strang, Sr. – A Frenchman Who Could NOT Make a Tasty Fricassee!

52 Ancestors, Week 15. How Do You Spell That? My 2nd Great-Grandfather Elias “Eli” Nutick.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 14: Check it Out! My Ancestor Rev. Thomas Shepard.

The Three Daisys. 52 Ancestors, Week 11: Flowers. March Theme: Females.

My Ancestor Maria Thomas Badie, Gifted Two Silver Communion Beakers to The Dutch Reformed Church of Breuckelen (Brooklyn, New York) in 1684. 52 Ancestors March Theme: Females. Week 10: Worship.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Theme for March: Females. The story of the life of my 3rd great-grandmother Cordelia Merchant Cole.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 8: Courting. My Ancestor Mary Wheldon Taylor. Her Life and Death.

Ragtime Composer (Cousin) Percy Wenrich. 52 Ancestors – Week 5 and February Theme – Branching Out

My Greatsinger (Gretzinger) and Bonnett ancestors of Berlin, Germany

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