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My Ancestor Martha Willoughby. 52 Ancestors, Week 49: Family Recipe. Blindly Copying Family Information Without Vetting the Research (or Lack Thereof) is a Recipe for a Family Tree Disaster.
This week’s writing prompt is Family Recipe, the suggestions are all related to family cooking recipes. I don’t really have a family cooking recipe to discuss that I can think of. But there are more than one meaning for the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1776, 1st Maryland Regiment, 52 Ancestors, Amercian Revolutionary War, American Revolution, Armstrong, British America, British American Colonies, British Colonial America, Bunyan, Colonial America, Colonial Maryland, Continental Troops, DAR, Dias, Diass, DNA, Donaldson, Dyas, England, family history, Family Recipe, Family Tree, Family Tree Disaster, Genealogy, Kentucky, Long, Lyons, Maryland, Maryland Regiment, Norris, Nutick, Ohio, Recipe, Smallwood's Maryland Regiment, Virginia, Weathersby, Williamson, Willoughby
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Three Interesting Tradesmen/Occupational Surnames in My Family Tree with Unique Meanings. Blower and Horne in England and Höerner/Hörner in Germany. 52 Ancestors, Week 36: Tradesman.
This week’s writing prompt is Tradesman. I thought about writing about some of my ancestors and their trades and occupations, but instead opted to write about three of the surnames of my ancestors that are derived from their trade/occupation, all … Continue reading
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Albert, Armstrong, Baden-Württemberg, bellows-pumper, Blower, Brackett, Braintree, British Isles, calcant, church organs, Cole, Colonial Maryland, Colonial Massachusetts, Cummings, drinking horns, England, English, family history, Family Tree, French, Frost, Genealogy, German, Germany, hand blown organs, Hoerner, horn blower, horn maker, Horne, Horner, horns, Janet Horne, Jenny Horne, Kennedy, Kingsley, London, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Maryland, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Medieval, Medieval Blow Horn, Merchant, New York City, Niklashausen, Norfolk, Norris, Occupational Surnames, Ohio, organs, Pennsylvania, Pennsyvania, Price, Rona Munro, St. Mary's County Maryland, Stanstead, Sudbury, Suffolk, the blower, The Last Witch, Tradesmen, Tudor, Umlaut, United Kingdom, Walpurgis, Washington County Maryland, Wheatley, Witches, Witches in England, Witches in Scotland, Witches in UK
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My McComas Cousin Actor Lindsay Wagner. 52 Ancestors, Week 25: Fast.
This week’s writing prompt for 52 Ancestors, Week 25 is Fast. A perfect week to write about my McComas cousin actor Lindsay Wagner. Fast, moving at bionic speed! Next Thursday, the 22nd of June, is her birthday, also making it … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Bionic, Burke, California, Carroll McComas, Cleveland, Colonial Maryland, Cox, Daniel R. McComas, David J. McComas, Day, Edward O. McComas, Elisha McComas, family history, Family Tree, Famous Kin, Fast, Genealogy, George W. McComas, Glen Isla, Glenshire, Hamilton County Ohio, Harford County Maryland, Hubbert, Illinois, Indian Hill Ohio, Indiana, J. Francis McComas, Jaime Sommers, James Douglas McComas, Kansas, Kendall McComas, Lindsay Wagner, Loch Tay, Lorissa McComas, Los Angeles, Louis E. McComas, Mac Thomais, MacComas, MacComus, MacThomaidh, MacThomas, Maryland, McColm, McComas, McGill, Middle Neck Hundred, Miles, Norris, Ohio, Perthshire, Rhodes, Richard Nixon, Scotland, Six Million Dollar Man, St. John's Parish, The Bionic Woman, The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan, Virginia, Wagner, Walter R. McComas, West Virginia, Wheatley, Whitaker
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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
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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
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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
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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, Hamilton, 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