Kathryn McCollough
Honor Code SignatorySigned 27 Jan 2022 | 5,977 contributions | 231 thank-yous | 901 connections
Signed 27 Jan 2022 | 5,977 contributions | 231 thank-yous | 901 connections
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Here is my family tree.
“New Jersey genealogy is not for the lazy minded, the unimaginative, or those who demand quick results.” Kenn Stryker-Rodda
with
anyone who shares the same genealogical or historical interests.
Here is my family tree.
“New Jersey genealogy is not for the lazy minded, the unimaginative, or those who demand quick results.” Kenn Stryker-Rodda
Ad fontes! -To the sources!
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Kathryn A. McCollough aka Bastian
Born 1960s.
Ancestors 
and Sister of
Joseph Walter McCollough Jr., Stephen Michael McCollough and Jeanne Ellen (McCollough) Alston - Roberto
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Biography
Kathryn McCollough was born in New Jersey.
Kathryn McCollough is the descendant of a New Netherland settler.
Kathryn McCollough has German Roots.
Kathryn McCollough is the descendant of Palatine migrants.
Kathryn McCollough has Irish ancestors.
Kathryn McCollough has English ancestors.
Kathryn McCollough has Scottish Ancestors.
Kathryn McCollough has an interest in Clan Campbell, part of the Scottish Clans Project.
I was born in Morristown, NJ in 1961 to Joe McCollough & Shirley Kagan.[1] I am the youngest of four children. I was baptized by Fr. Anthony Franchino at St. Margaret's Church in Morristown, NJ on 28 May 1961. My godparents were Cahterine Harding (My "Aunt Babs" who was no blood relation) and George Frederick Bixby, her nephew. [2]
All my siblings have passed away as I write this. My Mom, Shirley, is 96 years old and is the last and longest-living member of her generation (or all but one generation from what I've found so far!)
I went to St Margaret's School in Morristown, Bayley-Ellard Regional Catholic High School in Madison, and County College of Morris. I have been a Registered Nurse since 1991. In 1996, I moved from Morristown, NJ to Eureka California, then in 2002, moved to San Diego, CA,. In 2010, I moved to Connersville, IN, where I live now. I'm married to Kevin Bastian, and I have no children.
Being the youngest child of the youngest child of the youngest child, it's getting a little lonely in my generation as people pass on. I want to be sure that all my research over the years into our family doesn't just disappear once I'm gone, and want the family that's left to feel connected to our past. So I'm placing it all here on WIki Tree so that all my nieces and nephews and cousins and all their children will have the information and it won't be lost with me becasue WIkiTreers will care for the info!
I LOVE the idea of the one world tree at WikiTree!
My genealogical research has uncovered strong roots in the USA - I have had American ancestors for 12 generations: members of the Puritan migration- including Plymouth colony; and founders of Hartford, CT who came with Rev., Thomas Hooker; New Netherland early settlers, incuding early residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut; early Quakers; Huguenot & Palatine Emigrants; and veterans of virtually every war we have fought- Revolutionary War, Civil War, War of 1812, etc. I chuckled when I learned my siblings and I are possibly descendants of Charlemagne. :-) I was chagrinned to learn I even have ancestors who fought the "Pequot War" (more accurately "massacre") and the "Peach Tree War." Even more troublesome is learning about my slave-owner ancestors.
I have roots in Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, The Netherlands, Germany, and even a little Basque - the origin of which I am just starting to guess at! Our family did not have many ethnic traditions which always puzzled me- until my genealogy research showed me how deep our roots are here in America!
Earliest Immigrant Ancestors
- Stephen Hart - arrived in Cambridge MA on 1632 with Rev. Thomas Hooker and went with him to Hartfolrd, was instrumental in planting the first church in Farmington.
Ancestor Research Statistics
Oh wow- I have a lot of work to do! (I'll update this quarterly - next update end of March.)
| ANCESTORS BY GENERATION | OVERALL ANCESTORS (CUMULATIVE) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. # | Direct Relation to Self | Dates of Birth | Matches | # | # Identified in WikiTree | % Identified in WikiTree | Total # | Total # Identified | Total % Identified |
| 1 | Parent | 1920s | siblings | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| 2 | grandparent | 1880s to 1900s | 1st Cousins | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 6 | 6 | 100.0% |
| 3 | great grandparent | 1840s to 1880s | 2nd Cousins | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 14 | 14 | 100.0% |
| 4 | 2nd great grandparent | 1790s to 1840s | 3rd Cousins | 16 | 16 | 100.0% | 30 | 30 | 100.0% |
| 5 | 3rd great grandparent | 1760s to 1820s | 4th Cousins | 32 | 26 | 81.3% | 63 | 56 | 90.3% |
| 6 | 4th great grandparent | 1740s to 1770s | 5th Cousins | 64 | 19 | 29.7% | 126 | 75 | 59.5% |
| 7 | 5th great grandparent | 1700s to 1740s | 6th Cousins | 127 | 28 | 22% | 253 | 103 | 40.7% |
| 8 | 6th great grandparent | 1670s to 1720s | 7th Cousins | 254 | 41 | 16.1% | 507 | 144 | 28.4% |
| 9 | 7th great grandparent | 1640s to 1690s | 8th Cousins | 508 | 59 | 11.6% | 1015 | 203 | 20% |
| 10 | 8th great grandparent | 1590s to 1660s | 9th Cousins | 1014 | 98 | 9.7% | 2029 | 301 | 14.8% |
WikiTree Participation
Kathryn McCollough participated with the Mid-Atlantic team during the 2022 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 105 previously unsourced profiles.
- Things I Learned on WikiTree ->
- I am a member of the United States - New Jersey, Palatine Migration, and New Netherland Projects.
- I participated in the April 2022 Connect-A-Thon and 2022 Source-A-Thon.
Goals for 2024
- Improve all Bios of Managed profiles
- Continue Documentation of the The Marbletown Disaffection of 1777
- Reach 1,000+ CC7
- Make significant progress in researching/documenting my husband's tree.
- Make progress in finding my own Irish ancestors.
DNA
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kate McCollough and Shirley (Kagan) McCollough, her mother (direct ancestor). Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Parent, based on sharing 3,485 cM across 23 segments.
- Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kate McCollough and EL, her great niece. Their most-recent common ancestors are Joseph McCollough and Shirley Kagan, the parents of Kate McCollough and great grandparents of EL. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Grandniece, based on sharing 809 cM across 24 segments.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kate McCollough and CR, her 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Peter Scully and Anna Leonard, the great grandparents of both Kate McCollough and CR. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin, based on sharing 463 cM across 17 segments.
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kate McCollough and JC, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Adam Kagan and Elizabeth Hill, the great great grandparents of both Kate McCollough and JC. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 35 cM across 3 segments.
Sources
- ↑ Birth Certificate Morristown, New Jersey Town Clerk, in posessions of Kate McCollough
- ↑ Baptism Certificate of Baptism, Kathryn Anne McCollough, 28 May 1961, St. Margaret's Church Morristown, N.J, USA.
- First-hand information. Entered by Kathryn McCollough.
WikiTree Advanced Directive
In the event of my death, or my inactivity on WikiTree and failure to respond to private messages and/or comments for six months or greater, I give WIkiTree permission to make all of my profiles open and for my profiles to be assigned to whomever would like to manage them according to WikiTree standards, with preference given to my closest relatives, . McCollough-423 18:27, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Kathryn's formal name
- full middle name (A.)
- nicknames
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (4)
- private siblings' names
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Kathryn:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Kathryn:
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100.00%
100.00%
Kathryn McCollough:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XE5433604 [compare], yourDNAportal KAT8200bfd2, Ancestry member katemccollough2014
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50.00%
50.00%
Shirley (Kagan) McCollough
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EU8905625 [compare], Ancestry member ShushyJ73
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Kathryn:
- Kate McCollough is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 13, 2022.
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Categories: McCollough-423 | New Netherland Descendants | German Roots | Scottish Clans Project
edited by DJ Sutton
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I want to thank you for your response to my query about Watchlist. It was very informative and useful to me.
I need to say that I have been researching my family tree for more than 20 years. I've learned a thing or two. However, I joined WikiTree less than a month ago and it shames me to have to say that I feel like an absolute rookie. After a day or two trying to find a path through the complexities that I have found myself in, I wished that there was a Glossary that I could refer to. But there is. I stumbled upon it earlier today. But now I can't find it again. I'm lost in a jungle - no map, no compass, no signs.
It doesn't have to be like this.
Really, I don't want to be critical. When new members walk into the Clubhouse for the first time they need simple guidance. They need to be taken by the hand and told how to play the game, step by step - the easy stuff first and the tricky bits later. I believe that this can be done, collaboratively - as a project perhaps. I would like to help to achieve this. So, playing by the community's rules, how can we proceed with this? Is it a good idea or should I just shut up, grab a big stick, and hack my way out of the jungle.
You obviously care about WikiTree, as many other members do too. I'd like to hear your thoughts on this.
Thank you for listening.
Allan Drewette.
There are a couple of projects like the one you describe but it's not all that obvious and perhaps they could use some feedback on how to better help new members! There is the Greeters Project and also the Mentors project. :-)
When I joined, a greeter posted on my profile and pointed me to this resource: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:New_Member_How-To I did not click on it right away and stumbled around a bit. Once I clicked on it, I found it quite useful (in some areas- not so much on others!) One of the other members pointed me to some YouTube intro tutorials that also helped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqUlQ0dxsgk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76UUx8QAESc
There are a number of them here and you may find one synchs with your learning style better than another: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=WikiTree+basic+tutorials
I had the most trouble figuring out sources at first, and this link helped: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Sources (These can be found again under the "Help menu" on the upper right corner of any page.(
I just went to your page and saw your struggle. The videos will certainly be helpful, I think. Just a little tip- When you work on a profile- even your own - there is an autosave feature that saves drafts of your work. It doesn't do a full save and update the profile until you click the full save button. I bet if you go into your profile to edit it, you'll see a button up top that says "You have a draft" or something like that- If you click on that, saying you want to use the draft, you may find the details you entered but have not yet appeared on your profile.
There are also Mentors that you can contact when you are having trouble with something, and they'll be happy to help you. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Contact_a_Mentor
I think info like this would be good to provide to every new member, so perhaps you might contact the project leaders for the Greeter https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Greeters and Mentor Projects https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Mentors and offer some feedback. I'm sure they'd love to hear how they can improve things. If you follow those links, it will take you to the project pages and show you what their goals etc are.
Hang in there, and please let me know if I can help in any other ways!
Kate
Congratulations on certifying to work on pre-1700 profiles! It’s very important to read and understand the Help:Pre-1700 Profiles page. These profiles for deep ancestors are shared by many, and collaborating on them works best if we all follow the guidelines in the certification quiz.
Primary sources should always be added to pre-1700 profiles at the time they are created. If you don't have a source for a pre-1700 profile, it would be best to ask for help in the G2G forum before creating the profile.
Léa ~ WikiTree Pre-1700 Greeter