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Lions and Norsemen: Unlocking the Meanings Behind Our Dutch and Norwegian Heritage
Decoding the Mysteries of Our Dutch and Norwegian Origins: This week’s writing prompt for 52 Ancestors, Week 35: A Spot on the Map. As we dig deep into the mud of 17th-century New Amsterdam, we don’t only uncover names of … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Ancestry, Bergen, Bergen Norway, Boswyck, Brooklyn, Bushwick, DNA, Dutch, Dutch Reformed Church, family history, Family Tree, Folkertson, Freehold, Fulkerson, Genealogy, Greatsinger, History, Holgersen, Holgerson, Holgerssøn, Hopewell, Hunterdon County, Leeuwe, Monmouth, Netherlands, New Amsterdam, New Jersey, New York, Norsk, Norway, Norwegian, Norwegian Americans, Palmer, Readington, Scandinavian Immigrants, Somerset County New Jersey, Upper Freehold, VAN LEEUWE, Van Leeuwen, Volckert, Volckertszen
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Doves or Deafness? The Surprising Meanings Behind the Daub Surname
🕊️ What’s in a Name? The Meaning of the Daub Surname 🧏 As genealogists, we spend years tracking dates, locations, and church book pages. But sometimes, it is incredibly rewarding to pause and look closely at the very words our … Continue reading
Finding Eli Utech: A Palatine Genealogy Breakthrough and Our Bonhoeffer Connection
The Day the Utechs Became Nuticks: Cracking a Century-Old Palatine Mystery First, I owe a sincere apology to my Nutick kin. In the past, I have been guilty of getting so excited by a sudden genealogical breakthrough that I quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Judaism, Religious
Tagged Ancestry, Bastadi, Bastady, Bibesheimers, Bonhoeffer, Breuchel, Brick Wall, Christian, Cincinnati, Columbia Township, Creutz, Cullmann, Deidesheim, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dunkel, Eisenmenger, Engel, faith, family history, Family Tree, Franck, Frank, Ganion, Genealogy, German Wine Route, Germany, Gimmeldingen, Groppenbächer, Gummersheimer, Haardt Mountains, Haas, Hamilton County, History, Hugel, Klingenmünster, Koenigsberger, Kohl, Madisonville, Maler, Mandelblüte, Mehnert, Menner, Mennert, Muller, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Nutick, Ohio, Ottic, Rappold, Rau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Roth, Samuel Eisenmenger, Schafer, Schmitt, Schoffer, Udig, Utech, Utick, Utig, Utteg, Wegt, Weiss, Ziegler, Zinckgraf
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My Ancestor Elizabeth “Betty” Roundkettle 🫖 Plant. Her Origins and Kin.
Betty Roundkettle is my 9th great-grandmother on the maternal side of my tree. I must admit, I love her surname—being the tea connoisseur that I am! Many public trees link Betty to an Elizabeth Ramsbottom, daughter of Francis, born in … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Religious
Tagged Ancestry, Ann Thirkettle Plant, Þorketill, Betty Roundkettle, British America, British American Colonies, British Colonial America, Christian, cliffhanger, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Cripplegate, Danelaw, England, faith, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, History, John Milton, John Plant, London, mystery, Norfolk, Old Norse, Oliver Cromwell, Paradise Lost, Plant, Roundkettle, St. Giles without Cripplegate, Suffolk, Thirkettle, Thor, Thor-Ketill, Thorkild, Victualler, Vikings
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The St. Martin’s Eve Murder: A Tale of Betrayal, Orphans, and the “Double” Anna Apollonia
This week’s writing prompt for 52 Ancestors, Week 11: A Turning Point. The murder of Johannes Schönlaub was very much a turning point within the family. The Night of the DaggerOn the cold night of November 11, 1603—St. Martin’s Eve—the … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy, Religious
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Ancestry, Bauernwehr, Books, Catholic, Christian, daily-readings, faith, family history, Family Tree, Gammel, Genealogy, Germany, History, Martinmas, Mattes, Mattessen, Matthes, Matthessen, Minfeld, Nußdorf, Schönlaub, St. Apollonia, St. Martin of Tours, St. Martin's Eve
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Surname Saturday. A Day in the Life of My Ancestor Wicker von Ovenbach zur Ecke of Frankfurt am Main, Patriciate of Frankfurt.
I have many interesting ancestors in this same family line, so much is known of them. I have chosen to write about my paternal 19th great-grandfather, Wicker von Ovenbach zur Ecke of Frankfurt am Main. He was a Patrician of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alten Limpurg, Ancestry, Bertsch, family history, Family Tree, Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Fried, Genealogy, Germany, Grosshans, Hesse, History, Holzhausen, Kastenschreiber, Knoblauch, Nutick, Ofenbach, Offenbach, Offenbach am Main, Ovenbach, Pastoir, Pastor, Patriciate, Propheter, Salt House, Sammer, Schmidt, Schott, Schwebel, Semler, Semmler, Sommer, Surname Saturday, The Saltzhaus, Udig, urban nobility, Utick, von Burgel, von Doring, von Knoblauch, von Ofenbach, Von Offenbach, Von Ovenbach, Wegt, Weinmann, Weiss, Werner, Wicker von Ovenbach zur Ecke, Zum Frauenstein
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Submit and Hopestill. Two Ancestors I Admire. 52 Ancestors, Week 1.
A new year, and a new year of writing prompts for 52 Ancestors. This year it appears most prompts are going to be phrases. This week it is An Ancestor I Admire. I have been thinking about this for some … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Bible Study, Genealogy, Religious
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Allyn, An Ancestor I Admire, Ancestry, Bingham, Broome County New York, Chaffee, Charity, Christian, Cleveland, Cole, Colonial America, Connecticut, Constance, Cunningham, Davidson, Davison, Deliverance, Everett, faith, family, family history, Family Tree, Farnham, Foster, French, Fuller, Gallup, Genealogy, Grace, Hawley, Hilton, History, Holbrook, Holcomb, Honor, Hope, Hopestill, Hotchkiss, Ives, Justice, Kent, Ketchum, Litchfield County, Love, Merchant, Mercy, Mitty, Morgan, New York, Northrup, Patience, Prudence, Puritan, Puritan names, Puritans, Root, Sherwin, Stevens, Submit, Temperance, Temple, Tyler, Tymeson, Virtue Names, Welling, Wooster
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Happy Birthday to My Very Distant Cousin Jane Austen.
Today, December 16, 2025, is Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. She was born December 16, 1775. It was once thought that I had a much closer connection with Jane Austen, via my ancestor Elizabeth Lane, wife of John Hine. They are my … Continue reading
Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy
Tagged Ancestry, England, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, History, Jane Austen, John King of England
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Anna's Musings & Genealogical Writings 