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My Price Ancestors, an Impenetrable, Impervious Brick Wall Line. 52 Ancestors, Week 21: Brick Wall
Although like most genealogists, I have more than one brick wall line, but this one has been one of the most aggravating and impenetrable genealogical walls. This week’s writing prompt brick wall gives a few suggestions as to what to … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Albert, Brick Wall, Fairfield County Ohio, family history, Family Tree, Funkstown, Genealogy, German, Germany, Hagerstown, Hocking County Ohio, Maryland, Mennonite, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, Preisch, Price, Priess, San Mar, Swiss, Swiss German, Switzerland, Wolfkill, Zelhart, Zilhart
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Walpurgisnacht (Saint Walpurgis Night), Saint Walpurga, My Ancestors Named Walpurgis from Tauber Franconia (Germany)
Today April 30th, is half-way to Halloween! For someone that loves Halloween — I am a closet actress that missed her calling! — today is a pleasant reminder that summer, which hasn’t even started, will be over soon enough! I … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Religious
Tagged Albert, Anglo Saxon England, Baden-Württemberg, Baird, Bavaria, Beltane, Bischofsheim on the Tauber, Boniface, Bram Stoker, Catholic, Christian, Christianity, Czech Republic, Delaware, Denmark, Drummer of Niklashausen, East Franconian, Eichstätt, England, Estonia, Fairfield County Ohio, faith, family history, Family Tree, Finland, Franconia, Genealogy, German, Germanic, Germany, Hagerstown, Half-way to Halloween, Halloween, Heidenheim, Hexennacht, Hocking County Ohio, Hoerner, Holy Boniface, Hopkins, Klein, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Latvia, Lehman, Lithuania, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Malott, Maryland, Mateer, May Day, Meteer, Midsummer's Eve, Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Netherlands, New York, Niklashausen, Norway, Ohio, Patron Saint, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, piper of Niklashausen, Price, Rükert, Richard of Wessex, Richard the Pilgrim, Rufname, Saint John's Eve, Saint Walburga, Saint Walpurga, Saint Walpurgis, Saint Walpurgis Night, Sankt Walpurgisnacht, sankthansaften, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Tauber, Tauber River, Tauberbischofsheim, Taylor, Walpurgis Night, Walpurgisnacht, Washington County Maryland, witchcraft, Witches, Wolfkill, Zilhart
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52 Ancestors, Week 15: Solitude. Quaker Ancestors. Quakers and the Invention of Solitary Confinement.
I have quite a few Quaker ancestors that lived in several American Colonial states including Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina. Quakers were no stranger to punishment, torture, confinement, spending time in jails and prisons, and even being hung on … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy, Religious
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Anglicans, Calvinist, Colonial America, Elizabeth Fry, faith, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, John Howard, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Prison Reform, Puritians, Quakers, Restorative Justice, Society of Friends, Solitary, Solitary Confinement, Virginia
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The Ancestry of my 4th great-grandfather Peleg Rogers. Too many men named Peleg and Shadrach Rogers/Rodgers!
Peleg is Biblical name, evidentially quite a popular name in the 1700’s and 1800’s in the United States! It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two sons of Eber, an ancestor of the Ishmaelites and the Israelites, according to the “Table of … Continue reading
Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy
Tagged 1 Chronicles, Abednego, Annesley, Beto O'Rourke, Book of Daniel, Cagle, Cartwright, CeCe Moore, Cissy Houston, Colonial Maryland, Colonial VIrginia, Danielle Panabaker, Dionne Warwick, England, Even Rachel Wood, family history, Family Tree, Famous COusins, Famous Kin, Fargeson, Fargisson, Ferguson, Genealogy, Genesis, Hastings, Henrico County, Illinois, Ingram, Isham, Jewill, Kay Panabaker, Maryland, Meshach, MIssissippi, North Carolina, Nottinghamshire, Ohio, Orchard, Peleg, Rappahannock, Rawson, Rodgers, Rogers, Scotland, Shadrach, SMith, South Carolina, Stafford, Steve Mongo McMichael, Stubbleson, Tanya Tucker, Tennessee, United Kingdom, Vanderpool, Virginia, Warriner, Whitney Houston, Worcestershire, Yancey
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Surname Saturday – My Boone Ancestors and Relations
I decided to take the month of October off from my 52 Ancestors writings, the prompts for this month just didn’t appeal to me, but the November prompts are awesome! And in my opinion were more fitting for the month … Continue reading
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