Tag Archives: Virginia

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, 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 | 1 Comment

My McComas Cousin Actor Lindsay Wagner. 52 Ancestors, Week 25: Fast.

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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 →

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The True Roots of my Stafford Lines. Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and With Family Ties to Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, & Missouri. 52 Ancestors, Week 42, Dig a Little Deeper

Posted on June 10, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

52 Ancestors, week 43 writing promp is dig a little a deeper. When looking at my Stafford ancestors, and digging much deeper, I came upon mistakes and a major correction that needed to be made on who exactly was the … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Babel, Barrett, Davis, Delaware, Doughty, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, Heath, Iowa, Kentucky, Larkin, Leverton, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Rogers, Stafford, Tennessee, Virginia, Ward, Warriner, Zerubabbal, Zerubabbel, Zora Babel, Zorababel, Zorobabel | 2 Comments

52 Ancestors, Week 15: Solitude. Quaker Ancestors. Quakers and the Invention of Solitary Confinement.

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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 | Leave a comment

My German Doman Ancestors in Ohio, and Related Davison/Davidson Lines.

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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 →

Posted in Genealogy | 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 | 1 Comment

The Ancestry of my 4th great-grandfather Peleg Rogers. Too many men named Peleg and Shadrach Rogers/Rodgers!

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

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, 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 | 2 Comments

The First Name Tacy. 34+ Women named Tacy in my Family Tree! 52 Ancestors, Week 24: Popular Name.

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s 52 Ancestors writing theme is “Popular Name”. This could include ancestors that have a name that was popular or trendy at the time, or a name that keeps getting used in your family tree. I decided to write … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Allen, Amy Adams, Babcock, Baptist, Barber, Billy Gilman, Burdick, Cash Warren, Christian, Clark, Cole, Congregational Church, Connecticut, Cooper, Crandall, Crumb, Davis, England, faith, family history, Family Names, Family Tree, Genealogy, Hall, Harry Chapin, History, Hubbard, Jeffrey, John Batterson Stetson, Kennedy, Kenyon, Larkin, Lewis, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Massachusetts, Maxson, New Jersey, Palmer, Price, Puritians, Rhode Island, Saretzki, Schullin, Scriven, Seventh-Day Baptist, Stillman, Tace, Tacie, Tacy, Tasy, Virginia, Washington County Rhode Island, West Virginia, Williams, Yeomans | 5 Comments

My McGuire/Maguire Ancestors from Fermanagh, No. Ireland and McElliogott Parish – near Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. In Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana in USA.

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The furthest I can take my McGuire ancestors back is to James McGuire born about 1620 in Fermanagh, Ulster, Northern Ireland and died about 1682 in McElligott Parish (near Tralee), Kerry, Ireland and Cecelia McNamara Reagh born about 1623 in … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic, Genealogy | Tagged ancestors, Ancestry, Barnes, Barrett, Battle of Blue Licks, blog, Blue Licks Battlefield, Catholic, County Kerry, Daniel Boone, DNA, Doty, Doughty, family history, Family Tree, Fermanagh, Genealogist, Genealogy, Gooden, Goodin, Goodwin, History, Indiana, Ireland, Irish, Kentucky, Lamb, Maguire, Maxey, Mayflower Pilgrim, McElligott, McGuire, McNamara, Northern Ireland, O'Brien, Primitive Baptist, Quakers, Reagh, research, Tralee, Ulster, Urquhart, Virginia, Watts, Writing | 6 Comments

My Quaker Lamb and Moore Ancestors in Virginia and North Carolina. Later Doty/Doughty Primitive Baptists in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The furthest I can take my Lamb ancestry back with certainty is to my Quaker 8th great-grandparents Henry Lamb and Elizabeth Henely. Henry Lamb was born 1697 in Virginia and died 10 Feb 1761 in Rowan County, North Carolina. His … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Barnes, Chambers, Cold Mountain, Cumberland County Illinois, Doty, Doughty, Edgefield South Carolina, Edwards County Illinois, Featherstone, Gooden, Greensboro County North Carolina, Henly, I'm Going Home, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jasper County Illinois, Kentucky, Lamb, Manwaring, Mayflower Pilgrim, McGuire, Missouri, Moore, Nansemond County, New Guildford North Carolina, North Carolina, Perquimans North Carolina, Primitive Baptist, Quaker, Randolph County North Carolina, Religious Society of Friends, Rogers, Rowan County North Carolina, Sacred Harp, Shape-Note, Singing, South Carolina, Spartanburg South Carolina, Stafford, Virginia | 7 Comments

Urquhart – Some of my Scottish Ancestors. And Related English Watts and Goodwin/Gooden Lines

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Aye, I have Scottish Urquhart ancestors❣️

My Watts, Gooden/Goodwin, and Urquhart lines.
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Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Ancestry, Australia, Barrett, Canada, Conisbrough, Crawford County Illinois, DNA, Doncaster, Doty, Doughty, England, Family Tree, Genealogy, Gooden, Goodin, Goodwin, Rogers, Scotland, South Yorkshire, Urquhart, USA, Virginia, Watts | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: Virginia

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.

My McComas Cousin Actor Lindsay Wagner. 52 Ancestors, Week 25: Fast.

The True Roots of my Stafford Lines. Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and With Family Ties to Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, & Missouri. 52 Ancestors, Week 42, Dig a Little Deeper

52 Ancestors, Week 15: Solitude. Quaker Ancestors. Quakers and the Invention of Solitary Confinement.

My German Doman Ancestors in Ohio, and Related Davison/Davidson Lines.

The Ancestry of my 4th great-grandfather Peleg Rogers. Too many men named Peleg and Shadrach Rogers/Rodgers!

The First Name Tacy. 34+ Women named Tacy in my Family Tree! 52 Ancestors, Week 24: Popular Name.

My McGuire/Maguire Ancestors from Fermanagh, No. Ireland and McElliogott Parish – near Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. In Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana in USA.

My Quaker Lamb and Moore Ancestors in Virginia and North Carolina. Later Doty/Doughty Primitive Baptists in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.

Urquhart – Some of my Scottish Ancestors. And Related English Watts and Goodwin/Gooden Lines

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