Category Archives: Genealogy

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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Update to the purge of excess paper …

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Pat Shaul

It is true, the dumpster was filled with thousands of pages of paper records that I have digitized and I was very proud of the space I created in my office. Then I looked around and found I have a … Continue reading →

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Time, it is a factor

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Pat Shaul

This past week, I had to say goodbye to an old friend – my great grandparents’ clock. It had been ticking and keeping good time since the 1880s. Long ago, thankfully, it gave up the ability to chime. It had … 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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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 devil is in the details

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Pat Shaul

I was busy working on the Hotchkiss, Lee, Munn, Tilden project today, copying the text information into my database and proofreading the earlier information that I had recorded. I got to a part of the text where the author listed … Continue reading →

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What a great find!

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Pat Shaul

Last night I was at the Farmington (Oakland Co, Michigan) Genealogy Society meeting where I picked up a couple of books offered from the bequest collection of Peter J. Schaldenbrand. See my most recent books tab for the full list. … 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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