Category Archives: Ancestry

Great Great Grandfather Koontz did get off his rocker…

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Pat Shaul

Ezra Peter Koontz, my great-great grandfather, did more that patent a rocking chair (see prior post). As indicated in the above advertisement for his furniture and bedding store in Ligonier, Indiana, he was a cabinet maker by trade. Once in … Continue reading →

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Gettin Me Some Education

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Pat Shaul

After completion of Diahan Southerd’s mtDNA for Genealogy Course, I was hooked on getting a better understanding of the areas in which I appear to be most interested. Therefore, I have set up a study program using the following texts: … Continue reading →

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Still making progress on tracking mtDNA matches

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Pat Shaul

I am making slow progress through Diahan Southard’s mtDNA for Genealogy Course. I have finally gotten to the point where I have identified the matches provided for my mitochodrial DNA and have filtered out that are not the best use … Continue reading →

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Help, I have fallen, and I am not ready to get up…

Posted on June 11, 2025 by Pat Shaul

Into a rabbit hole, that is. I have been getting a slog of articles on DNA – mitochondrial DNA to be specific. These are being written by a number of my most respected authors – Roberta Estes (#RobertaEstes #DNAeXplained ), … 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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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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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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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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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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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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