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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.

Tea Time?

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Pat Shaul

The New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGR) – has started a new project called Boston Tea Party Participants. I started to look at the entries for known surnames that I was sure would have been in North America at … Continue reading →

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Old, But Still in Use

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Pat Shaul

I have been working on my Hotchkiss, Lee, Munn, Tilden, and Other Related Families project and am now in the process of going back and adding in the author’s text. I had previously gone through the work and built the … Continue reading →

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April Fools, Not.

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Pat Shaul

I have 19,936 individuals, 7774 families, in my database. Not one couple in that mass of Ancestor Pairs married on 1 April! Update on the manuscript that I have been working to transcribe and update with currently available information – … Continue reading →

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Well, this is a whole lot bigger than expected

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Pat Shaul

I had decided to go through all of my Thru Lines DNA matches on Ancestry to try to determine where each of those persons “fit” into my family. I made some progress by researching the lineages some of them posted … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, 10 Times Great Grandfather, Thomas Lawrence.

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Pat Shaul

So, on the 8th of March 1619 (404 years ago), my tenth great grandfather was born. Thomas Lawrence was just another entry in my long line of ancestors, or was he? Grandfather Lawrence has a special location in genealogy history … Continue reading →

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 Hotchkiss, Lee, Munn, Tilden and Other Related Families. – update

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Pat Shaul

Well, I have made it through 80 pages of the manuscript. So far, I have only a small glimpse as to how these families hang together. OK, I know the connections between the Hotchkiss, Lee, and Munn families, but I … Continue reading →

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Too Many Directions, Too Little Time, Too Many Bright Shiny Objects

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Pat Shaul

I have been trying to keep up my research into the validity of Ancestry’s Thru lines app, but it has taken many different directions and many lines to explore. On the upside, I have been successful in identifying a few … Continue reading →

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New Project — Research Based on Ancestry Thru-Lines

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Pat Shaul

OK, first, it the THRU Lines not TRUE lines. The connections may be real or not. There needs to be an investigation as to whether the descendants of a known forbearer are documented with citations, not just a guess by … Continue reading →

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1 January 2023

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Pat Shaul

It appears that the first day of the year was a big day for my ancestors to get married – 26 couples appeared on my app that screens my genealogy database for events for the specific date. The first couple … Continue reading →

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BSO = Down the Rabbit Hole.

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Pat Shaul

This week, I got into the current issue of the New England Historic and Genealogical Register. I had planned on scanning the Table of Contents, realizing there was nothing of immediate interest and putting it aside. Well there was a … Continue reading →

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