| |
Greetings!
As the current President of The Castor Association of America, I would like to personally welcome you to our CAOA Web Site. We invite both current CAOA members as well as non-CAOA members to come in and look around. We have many valuable "links" to other sites as well. If you have a "link" or know of one that would be of benefit to the CAOA, let us know!
We are an all volunteer organization and it is through the efforts of our members that we are able to continue the activities of CAOA.
If you are interested in becoming a member please click on the "Membership" tab in the header. Membership in the CAOA is open to anyone who has an interest in genealogy.
Teresa Tucker , President
The Castor Association of America
The Castor Association of America is a non-profit organization dedicated to the discovery and preservation of family history for the surname of Castor and many of the variations of it. The CAOA Archives are a collection of books, reports, photographs, wills, deeds, vital records and contributions from the members which preserves the family history. We are currently following these family surnames and have lineage information concerning each of them:
Caster Castor Coster Custard Custer Gerster Kaster Keister Kester
Kiester Kister Koester Koster Kuester Kuster Kustard Kusterd
We believe in the strength of the family unit and wish to promote the family tradition by a better understanding of our origins and historical settings. Strengthening and perpetuating our Association gives better assurances that the family qualities we have valued so much will be available to our future generations. Many of our young people show keen interest in learning about their ancestors and rich heritages. The activities of the Association are focused toward preserving this valuable heritage for them.
Through the cooperation of our many members, great progress is achieved in the collecting and cataloging of many diverse pieces of information. Our dedicated volunteers bring a wealth of information to our central collection so it may be properly analyzed and correlated. No individual effort could match the results of this coordinated cooperation.
Searching the many family lines often uncovers unknown facts about our immigrant ancestors and how they coped with their new surroundings. The Castor Association of America applies part of its efforts to searching for our foreign origins in order to better understand the earlier cultures abroad. This provides a deeper appreciation of the struggles and accomplishments of our ancestors.
The Association publishes the results of its findings so that more people may share in its knowledge. The CAOA has published some Books including The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters, John Caster Sr. and others. The News-Caster brings fresh news and unfolding discoveries to its members four times per year. Ongoing long-range publishing efforts provide booklets and books of a more substantial nature.
CAOA also encourages informal regional and local gatherings of members to meet one another and learn more about their common history and the CAOA.
Members receive the News Caster published quarterly by the CAOA. It is filled with stories submitted by the members and other sources. It also brings fresh news of the organization and unfolding discoveries along with articles providing genealogical information.
Members may borrow books by mail from the CAOA Lending Library. This library contains many genealogical books and specific family histories. It also contains many general history books that are useful for understanding various historical times and settings.
A CAOA Membership Directory is published and sent to the members in July of each even year. In odd years all New Members will receive the last published directory. Updates for the directory are published quarterly in The News Caster. The next directory will be printed in 2008 and a supplemental directory will be published in 2007.
The CAOA has published several books for Kuster, Caster, Castor and Kasters. A continuing effort is being made to publish information from the Archives which may be available from the Library or available for purchase. Members will receive a discount when they purchase any of these items.
The Archives contains Notebooks that contain information on the different lines that the CAOA has information. These notebooks are not loaned out. Arrangement can be made with the CAOA Archive Coordinator if you wish to view them in person.
New members will receive welcome letter from the President and 4 issues of the News Caster published in the year they joined.
The CAOA maintains several Mail Lists through Rootsweb for the different surnames that are variations of Kuster.
To join the Castor Association print the CAOA Application and mail to the address at the bottom of the application.
|
|
| |
|