Tag Archives: Sprague

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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Lost in the Rabbit Hole of DNA

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Pat Shaul

I seem to be lost in trying to connect my DNA matches (Ancestry, MyHeritage, 23andMe) to my documentation on my genealogy database. As of today, I have 51,308 matches on Ancestry, 5,000 matches on 23andMe, 5,701 matches on FamilyTreeDNA, and … 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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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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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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9 Times Great Grandfather, William Sprague, Last Will and Testament (1675)

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Pat Shaul

William Sprague’s Will In the name of God, Amen. The nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord God, one thousand, six hundred, seventy & five.  I, William Sprague, senior, of Hingham, in New England, being sick in … Continue reading →

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10th Great Grandfather Edward Sprague’s Will (1614)

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Pat Shaul

Will of Edward Sprague of England – – – 1614. The VI-th day of June in the year of our Lord God, 1614.  In the name of God, Amen. I, Edward Sprague of Upway in the County of Dorset, fuller, … Continue reading →

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