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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.

May 2024 – a month of discovery and appreciation

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Pat Shaul

I freely admit to being a member of the Baby Boom generation (aka a Boomer), my childhood was in the 1950s and 1960s with the bulk of my education being in the 1960s. I thought I was awake during my … Continue reading →

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Lost in the Rabbit Hole of DNA

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Pat Shaul

I seem to be lost in trying to connect my DNA matches (Ancestry, MyHeritage, 23andMe) to my documentation on my genealogy database. As of today, I have 51,308 matches on Ancestry, 5,000 matches on 23andMe, 5,701 matches on FamilyTreeDNA, and … Continue reading →

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Another Tool in the DNA Toolbox!

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Pat Shaul

I just became aware of another tool to help sort out DNA matches on Ancestry. It relies on having followed the “color dot” assignment procedure outlined by Diahan Southard where matches and those that are held in common with those … Continue reading →

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Holy Crow, I’m Related to George Washington!

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Pat Shaul

In the latest update from FamilySearch.org (not an advertisement from Ancestry), I have received notice of various Famous Relatives. George Washington is my seventh cousin, six times removed! I do have more confidence in The Church of Jesus Christ of … Continue reading →

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It has been a busy winter.

Posted on February 16, 2024 by Pat Shaul

What can I say? I have been overwhelmed with researching my two big projects [“Who Was Warham Lee?” and “Hotchkiss, Lee, Munn, Tilden and Other Related Families”] and tracing my DNA matches to see how we really connect. Of the … Continue reading →

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Going back to review

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Pat Shaul

I was working on my Who Was Warham Lee? reseach, when I went back to the very beginning to review what I had as it reflected on what I now knew. Each item started a new revelation. The first map, … Continue reading →

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The details are in the details ….

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Pat Shaul

Evidence has been collected, logged, and flagged for the key pieces to zero back to cite. Now the real work begins, entering the information with the proper citation of where the information originated. Working on all four projects in rotation. … Continue reading →

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And now the WORK begins ….

Posted on September 10, 2023 by Pat Shaul

Having spent a great deal of time and effort on researching the Hotchkiss, Lee, Munn, Tilden and Other Related Families manuscript, it is time to begin the actual merging of information. It took almost 4 months of research and reading … Continue reading →

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The learning continues …

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Pat Shaul

I was so gratified when I found the sources referenced in the transcription that I and currently immersed in completing either in my personal library or by searching haithitrust.org. Then I ran into a number of sources that I could … Continue reading →

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A new acquisition for my library

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Pat Shaul

Biographies of Original Members and Qualifying Officers – Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut, J. Michael Phelps, ed. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2023. This is a three-volume set. The Society of the Cincinnati was formed … Continue reading →

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