Tag Archives: Genealogy

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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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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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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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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Another great story found.

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Pat Shaul

While wandering back through my Munn line that I was updating from an 1914 text, I was looking at my 7 timed great-grandfather, Benjamin Munn (1683-1774) and found reference to his wife, my 7 times great-grandmother, Thankful Nims and her … 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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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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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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