Ancestors in Aprons

Marriage Unites Anderson Family with Bird, Brink, Allison

Vera Marie Badertscher — Sun, 17 May 2026 22:25:25 +0000

I struggle from time to time with putting cousins in their proper place—in the family tree,that is. In earlier times it was not uncommon for siblings in one family to marry siblings in another family. After all, their social world was small, confined mostly to the county,town, church and school that made up their neighborhood. […]

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Surprising Find! Mame Kaser Writes a Letter

Vera Marie Badertscher — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 23:08:47 +0000

Sometimes doing family research can get rather routine. But sometimes an unexpected find has me dancing and grinning with joy. I have been working my way through a shoebox of letters between my mother and father, Paul and Harriette Anderson Kaser. Their courtship lasted several years, so there are many letters to transcribe. But a […]

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Buckwheat Cakes: A Yeasty Version

Vera Marie Badertscher — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 23:33:00 +0000

I wrote some time ago about my paternal grandmother and her buckwheat cakes. My father said that she kept a buckwheat starter going all the time. After I published the recipe for buckwheat pancakes, I got comments from people who had old fashioned buckwheat cake recipes. I still have not tried the one that sounds […]

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Buckwheat Banana Bread

Vera Marie Badertscher — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 23:13:41 +0000

After my discussion of Buckwheat and Buckwheat pancakes, including the latest suggestion from a reader, I went off and made something entirely different. Introducing: Buckwheat Banana Bread. As a bonus, this healthy buckwheat banana bread is not only delicious, it is gluten free. Pecans add a crunch, and chocolate chips nudge it toward the cake […]

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