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About Pat Shaul

Genealogist / Family Historian; Blog started as a record of my Grandfather's post card collection which ran for 15 months. Then, in June, 2017, I changed over to reporting and commenting on notifications from the ANCESTRY app "We're Related" I then started to provide snippets into ancestor biographies on the dates that were significant anniversaries.

DNA = Bright Shiny Object?

Posted on October 30, 2024 by Pat Shaul

I am getting too involved in creating / verifying other people’s pedigrees. I get started on researching a DNA match to try to determine how we might be related and a number of hours later, I either hit a brick … Continue reading →

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What’s Next?

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Pat Shaul

Now that the Hotchkiss, Lee, Munn, Tilden book is done [!!!!] what is my next BIG project? Well, it started when I noticed this historic marker on Nine Mile Road in Farmington Hills, Oakland, Michigan: I have Sprague as one … Continue reading →

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Done, Done, and Done

Posted on August 19, 2024 by Pat Shaul

It took years to complete, but it is done. One of the great puzzles was who wrote the manuscript that started me on this journey. After a great deal of investigation and using the manuscript writer’s clues, I finally came … Continue reading →

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And, it’s off to the printer

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Pat Shaul

Finally, I have shipped Hotchkiss, Lee, Munn, Tilden and Other Related Families to the printer. Proof copy is due to arrive on Sunday and then minor tweeks are possible. Because the book had a lot of color pictures and color … Continue reading →

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Getting Really Close

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Pat Shaul

I have finished the first round of proofreading the Hotchkiss, Lee, Munn, Tilden and Other Related Families volume I have been working to complete. It is now 283 pages, including 8 appendices. Author Identification (spoiler alert, it was my first … Continue reading →

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Getting There!

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Pat Shaul

I have finished editing the first 220 pages of Hotchkiss, Lee, Munn, Tilden and Other Related Families! Another 36 and I get to print a new draft (and possibly send it off to the printer if I like the draft … Continue reading →

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The State of the …..

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Pat Shaul

I was stunned by the latest newsletter from one of my family lineage societies that arrived this week. The Welles Family Association is on the verge of collapse. The following is what I wrote to the President and Editor of … Continue reading →

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Progress is my most painful product!

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Pat Shaul

OK, I am embarrassed to admit, but it has taken me way too long to get into the proofreading of my volume on Hotchkiss, lee, Munn, Tilden and Other Related Families. But, I am finally making some progress. I have … Continue reading →

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My Bad

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Pat Shaul

And since the last posting, I have spent a number of hours disproving that my 4th great-grandfather was from Londonderry, Ireland. Instead, I have reinstated his secondary title “Brick Wall”. My original research indicated that he lived in Pennsylvania and … Continue reading →

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More Flashing Bright Objects, plus other stuff

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Pat Shaul

I was looking at my daily notications from my genealogy app and noticed that yesterday (June 11) was the birthday of two of my 4th great-grandfathers: Simeon Botsford was born at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut in 1763; Laban Jenks was … Continue reading →

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