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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
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My Great-grandfather Abraham G. Kennedy, Well Respected and Lauded School Teacher and Principal. 52 Ancestors, Week 4: Education
The above information is from the book The History of Perry and Fairfield Counties, Ohio; Their past and present by A. A. Graham and Ephraim S. Colborn and published in 1883. Directly below the biographical sketch for Abraham G. Kennedy … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Athens County Ohio, Cleveland, Columbus Ohio, Coopersmith, Cuyahoga County, Dayton, Fairfield County Ohio, family history, Family Tree, Franklin County Ohio, Genealogy, Ireland, Kennedy, Montgomery County Ohio, Music Dealer, New Jersey, Northern Ireland, Ohio, Palmer, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, Piano, Price, School, School Principal, Schoolteacher, Vinton County Ohio
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My German Doman Ancestors in Ohio, and Related Davison/Davidson Lines.
Pictured above is my great-grandmother Anna Cora Prindle Cole. She was the daughter of Daniel Prindle and Sarah Jane “Jennie” Doman. Daniel Prindle was the son of David M. Prindle, Sr. and Hannah Elizabeth Kritsinger/Greatsinger. I have written prior about … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbott, Ancestry, Beard, Bingham, Chamberlain, Cole, Connecticut, Crantzdorf, Davidon, Davison, DNA, Doman, Dutch, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, German, German American, Germany, Goumond, Grabill, Grable, Grandstaff, Graybill, Greatsinger, Grindstaff, Hocking County, Hudson, Jackson County Ohio, Kranzdorf, Kritsinger, Norwegian, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsyvania, Perry, Pickaway County, Prothere, Ray, Stoneburner, Swan Township Vinton County, Tatman, Vinton County, Virginia, Walnut Township, Wayne Township Pickaway County, West Virginia, Wetzel
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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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52 Ancestors – Week 30: Teams. My Cousin Mitchell “Mitch” Nutick. Dancer on Broadway and Founder of the West Hollywood Tennis Association.
This week’s writing prompt for 52 Ancestors is Teams. I do have Irish ancestors killed by a team of runaway horses, and many ancestors that were farmers and used a team of horses. I have some distant cousins that have … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 Daughters, 52 Ancestors, Armstrong, Bells are Ringing, Bowker, Broadway, California, CBC Television, Cousins, Dancer, Deer Park, Deer Park High School, Denny Vaughn Show, Double cousins, family history, Family Tree, gay, Genealogy, Guys and Dolls, Hamilton County Ohio, LATA, LGBT, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Tennis Association, Manhattan, Mitch Nutick, Mitch Nutick Club Tennis Tournaments, New York City, Nutick, Off Broadway, Ohio, Tennis, Terrace Park Ohio, The Body Beautiful, The Girls Against the Boys, U.S.T.A., West Hollywood, West Hollywood Tennis Association
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52 Ancestors, Week 15. How Do You Spell That? My 2nd Great-Grandfather Elias “Eli” Nutick.
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
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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
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My Ancestor Johann Philip Kaes (John Philip Case) of Anhausen, Germany, and New Jersey, and his Interesting Relationship with Chief Tuccamirgan of the Delaware Tribe.
Johann Philip Kaes was born about 1679 in Anhausen, Neuwied, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, the son of Hans Henrich Kaes and Anna Veronica ____. He is found near Rückeroth at Anhausen in church records. Anhausen is 5 miles northeast of Neuwied. He … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert, Amwell, Ancestry, Anhausen, Baden-Wuttemberg, Bavaria, Capner, Chambers, Cool, Delaware Tribe, DNA, East Franconian, family history, Family Tree, Freese, Freeze, Fries, Friese, Friesland, Frisia, Fryse, Fryze, Geissler, Genealogy, Germany, Hoerner, Horner, Hunterdon County, Ireland, Jung, Kaes, Kase, Kuhl, Leinberg, Leinenberg, Linaberry, Linaburg, Lindaberrry, Linenberg, Mateer, Maxsain, McAteer, McTeer, Meteer, Native Americans, Neuwied, Neuwieder, New Jersey, Niklashausen, Northern Ireland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Price, Remer, research, Rhineland-Palatinate, Ruckerroth, Scotland, St. Magdalen di Pazzi Roman Catholic Church, Staats, Tuccamirgan, Werbach, Westerwald, Westerwaldkreis, Zurbach
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