Tag Archives: Nutick

Doves or Deafness? The Surprising Meanings Behind the Daub Surname

Posted on July 30, 2026 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

🕊️ 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 →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Ancestry, Armstrong, Daub, Deaf, Deutschland, Dove, family, family history, Family Tree, Fried, Genealogy, German, Germany, Hard of Hearing, History, LeBeau, Minfeld, Nutick, Propheter, Schäffer, Schönlaub, Taube, Utech, Weinmann, Weiss | Leave a comment

Finding Eli Utech: A Palatine Genealogy Breakthrough and Our Bonhoeffer Connection

Posted on June 22, 2026 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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 | Leave a comment

Surname Saturday. A Day in the Life of My Ancestor Wicker von Ovenbach zur Ecke of Frankfurt am Main, Patriciate of Frankfurt.

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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 →

Posted in Genealogy | 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 | 1 Comment

Surname Saturday. My Barton Ancestors of Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

My Barton ancestors are on my paternal Armstrong/Lyons lines. Armstrong-Lyons-Barton. My third great-grandmother is Catherine Ann Barton. She was born on 11 November 1795 in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, as the daughter of Thomas Barton and Rebecca Ann Cooper. She died 11 … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, Religious | Tagged American Revolution, Ancestry, Armstrong, Barton, Benezet, Billingsley, Booz, Boyer, Brown, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Camden New Jersey, Christian, Colonial America, Eldridge, England, faith, family, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, Gerves, Gervise, Gloucester County New Jersey, Greer, Gunpowder hundred, History, Hitchcock, Johnson, Jones, Joppa, LaRue, Lodge, Lyons, Maryland, New Jersey, Norris, Nutick, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pickett, Quaker, Rollo, Rollow, Searl, Severns, Society of Friends, Surname Saturday, Van Sant, Ward, Winner, Wright | 1 Comment

Schönlaub Family of Minfeld, Germany. A Censor, A Mayor, A Collector (and Murder Victim), A Lawyer/Court Judge, and an Innkeeper.

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Minfeld is the homeland of the Schönlaub family. It is in Minfeld that, up until the early 1900s, most people with the surname were located. It was also found in smaller numbers in the nearby villages and towns of Kandel, … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, Religious | Tagged Alsace, Armstrong, Attorney, Barbelroth, Bas-Rhin, Catholic, Censor, Christian, Collector, Court, crime, Daub, Deutschland, Doerrenbach, Einnehmer, faith, family history, Family Tree, France, Fried, Genealogy, Germany, Germersheim, Hannß Gammel, History, Ilbesheim bei Landau in der Pfalz, Innkeeper, Judge, Kandel, Klingenmunster, Lambach, laub, Lawyer, Le Beau, LeBeau, Lutheran, Mayor, Minfeld, Murder, Murder Victim, Nutick, Ortsfamilienbuch Klingenmünster, Pfälz, Pfälzer, Pfälzer Saumagen, Propheter, Religion, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saumagen, Schäffer, schön, Schönlaub, St. Martin's Eve, Strasbourg, Wegt, Weinmann, Weis, Weiss, Wirt Minfeld zur Krone, Wissembourg, Zensor, Zimmer | 2 Comments

Emotional Aspects of Family Tree Research. My Great-great grandfather Elias Nutick. Death by Hanging.

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

A few months ago, I stumbled upon new information regarding my great-great grandfather, Elias Nutick. Frankly, I did not know what to do with this new information. I was taken aback by my strong emotional response to the news. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Ancestry, Bastadi, Bastady, Becker, Beibesheimer, Breuchel, Cincinnati, Creutz, Cullmann, Eisenmenger, Engel, family, family history, Family Tree, Franck, Frank, Genealogy, Germany, Gimmeldingen, Hamilton County Ohio, History, Hugel, Kirrweiler, Koenigsberger, Laurel Cemetery, Madisonville, Maler, Marnheim, Mayenschein, Mehner, Menert, Menner, Mennert, Mußbach, Nutick, Ohio, Poland, Rau, Schmitt, Udig, Utech, Utick, Utig, Wegt, weiß, Weigt, Weiss, Worms, Zinckgraf | 2 Comments

Surname Saturday. My Hicks ancestors of Southwark St Olave, England & Colonial Rhode Island, New York & Maryland & Our Hicks Cousin Willis Carrier.

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

My sixth great-grandmother is Rebecca Hicks. She married John Armstrong, Jr. on 26 August 1714 at St Johns Parish, Joppa, Maryland. Joppa is a former colonial town in Maryland. He was the son of John Armstrong and Jane Boone. She was born … Continue reading →

Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged Air Conditioning, Ancestry, Armstrong, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Chapel of St. Faith, Colonial America, Colonial Maryland, Colonial Massachusetts, Colonial New York, Cutchin, Doughty, England, family history, Family Tree, Flushing, Gardiner, Genealogy, Gloucestershire, Harford County Maryland, Harwood Long, Haviland, Herodias Long, Hick, HIcke, Hicks, Hikke, History, HVAC, Innovators, Inventors, Joppa, London, Long, Lyons, Maryland, Nehemiah Hicks, New York, Norris, Nutick, Oldbury, Puritans, Queens New York, Rev. Elias Doughty, Rhode Island, Shepard, Shepherd, Southwark, Southwark Salter, St Olave, St. Faith, St. Faith of Aquitaine, St. Faith's Church, St. Olaves, St. Paul's Cathedral, UK, Willis Carrier | Leave a comment

Surname Saturday: My Fünfstück ancestors of Hesse, Moers, Gleiszellen, and Klingenmünster, Germany. Migration to Denmark.

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I have a TON of paternal German ancestors from in and around Klingenmünster, Germany. There was lots of intermarriage among the same families, and thus I descend twice from several of the same couples. Many of the surnames are more … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged 5, Bad Bergzabern, bohrer, Danish, Denmark, family history, Family Tree, Fünfstock, Fünfstocks, Fünfstuck, Fried, Funstercke, Funstrocks, Genealogy, Germany, Gleiszellen, Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach, Häcker, Hecker, Klingenmunster, Kobenhavn, LeBeau, Nutick, Ohl, Rhineland-Palatinate, Sambach, Sankt Petri, Sartor, Südliche Weinstraße, St. Peter's Church in Copenhagen, Wegt, Weinmann, Weis, Weiss, Wendel, Willem | 1 Comment

Updates on My Ancestors from in and Around Klingenmünster, Germany

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

In late February 2024, I was finally able to locate the baptism record of my 3rd great-grandfather, Heinrich Weiss. I am very grateful for the German genealogy website genealogienetz.de that has the Ortsfamilienbuch Klingenmünster (Klingenmünster Local Family Book) which contains church records, and death … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Öhl, bohrer, family, family history, Family Tree, Fried, Funstercke, Funstrocks, genealogienetz.de, Genealogy, Germany, Gleiszellen, Hacker, Häcker, Hecker, History, Klingenmünster, Klingenmunster, Nutick, Ohio, Ohl, Ortsfamilienbuch Klingenmünster, Propheter, Sambach, Weiss, Wendel, Willem, Zwipf | 1 Comment

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.

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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 →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 1776, 1st Maryland Regiment, 52 Ancestors, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, 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 | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Nutick

Doves or Deafness? The Surprising Meanings Behind the Daub Surname

Finding Eli Utech: A Palatine Genealogy Breakthrough and Our Bonhoeffer Connection

Surname Saturday. A Day in the Life of My Ancestor Wicker von Ovenbach zur Ecke of Frankfurt am Main, Patriciate of Frankfurt.

Surname Saturday. My Barton Ancestors of Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

Schönlaub Family of Minfeld, Germany. A Censor, A Mayor, A Collector (and Murder Victim), A Lawyer/Court Judge, and an Innkeeper.

Emotional Aspects of Family Tree Research. My Great-great grandfather Elias Nutick. Death by Hanging.

Surname Saturday. My Hicks ancestors of Southwark St Olave, England & Colonial Rhode Island, New York & Maryland & Our Hicks Cousin Willis Carrier.

Surname Saturday: My Fünfstück ancestors of Hesse, Moers, Gleiszellen, and Klingenmünster, Germany. Migration to Denmark.

Updates on My Ancestors from in and Around Klingenmünster, Germany

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.

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