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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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Where’s Baltzer Koontz?

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Pat Shaul

My grandmother defined the structure of her Koontz lineage from her father, C.P., to her grandfather, Ezra Peter, to her great-grandfather Peter who married Gertrude Derr. Well, I have since found that GGGG Grandfather Peter Koontz may have been called … Continue reading →

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Kettle of fish has turned into a bucket of …

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Pat Shaul

For some reason, I was just surfing on MyHeritage and decided to search for my great-great-great grandfather, Peter Koontz, the father of Ezra Peter Koontz. At least that was the story my grandmother had told me and she did not … Continue reading →

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A Fine Kettle of Fish …

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Pat Shaul

Not really anything fishy, it is just that I am getting dug in deaper and deaper into research projects. I was working on my Hotchkiss, Lee, Munn, Tilden project when I got to the part of the manuscript which is … 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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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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