Laura (Pennie) Bozzay
Honor Code SignatorySigned 30 Nov 2016 | 13,738 contributions | 1,682 thank-yous | 705 connections
Signed 30 Nov 2016 | 13,738 contributions | 1,682 thank-yous | 705 connections
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Daniel Emrys Bozzay
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Biography
Laura has participated in 52 out of 52 weeks during the 2018 52 Ancestors Challenge.
Laura (Pennie) Bozzay has French origins.
Laura (Pennie) Bozzay is a member of the Germany Project.
Laura (Pennie) Bozzay has Scottish Ancestors.
Laura (Pennie) Bozzay Is a member of the Scottish Clans Protocol Team
Laura gifted some WikiTree kindness during the 2019 Secret Santa!
"To aid WikiTree in the administration of my account should I be incapacitated, or in the event of my death, I hereby give permission for all private profiles I'm managing to be transferred to the following WikiTreers, whether or not they are currently on the Trusted Lists: ...". see bottom of profile please!
I have been doing genealogy for over 2 decades. I am a board owner of several boards on rootsweb.com. I am co-moderator of the Moselle list for Yahoo Groups, I am the owner of a number of surname groups including Stenger-Stanger, Eufinger, Bozzay, and hold the office of Honorary Causes for genverre an international organization dedicated to the preservation of knowledge about glass and crystal makers and their craft. I routinely help others with their genealogy and am happy to assist where I can.
On the Weekend Chat for Jan 5-7, 2018 Natalie Trott posted some questions to jazz up your profile in a fun way. So I "played" the game and these are my answers:
Measurements: I work with pounds, ounces and grams
Weight: how spices must be sold in the US not by volume
Turn-ons: My granddaughters' and grandson's smiles, my husbands hugs and kisses, family get-togethers
Turn-offs: pop culture stuff, politics
Favorite activities: playing board or card games, genealogy, reading, cooking, when it is warm enough being outside
Favorite misheard song lyric AKA mondegreen: I can't think of any...most lyrics I am hearing these days are children's songs...grandmother stuff
Favorite song lyric: People, people who need people are the luckiest people in the world tied with What the world needs now is Love sweet Love
Guilty pleasures: Dark Chocolate
Ambitions: Getting all of my gedcom folks into WikiTree... am doing them all manually... too many fixes I would need to make to mesh with WikiTree guidelines
Favorite concert: Actually I love Classical Guitar like Andre Segovia but he is dead now so I have to settle for recordings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRz3AQx21y8
Favorite books':Preston and Child Agent Pendergast Series and just about anything by Charles DeLint
Favorite movies: Walk Don't Run, Philadelphia Story with Grant, Hepburn and Stewart, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings series and Harry Potter series.
Favorite TV show: NCIS the original
Favorite SIrius XM Station: I dumped that service. I listen to ipod in car.
Favorite relative: Jean Georges dit Chambre Walter who wrote a chronicle of our glass making family that went back to the 1500s. He wrote this in the 1700s.
Favorite job ever: Babysitting for my granddaughter who is now in preschool but I get to watch my grandson now! ... in a commercial world I loved being at Maritz for 22 years. And I loved co-owning a spice company which we sold in 2108.
Worst job ever: I never had a bad job. I only had one marginal boss and he did not last long.
Sports played: Fast pitch softball, power volley ball, basketball, field hockey, archery, swimming
Pets: Alaskan Malamutes for over 20 years. As a child parakeet and turtle and fish.
Foods I crave: Chocolate of course, but I had a great great grandfather who owned a candy factory so I can claim a genetic link
People I admire: My husband he is a self made man. Worked and put himself through college and a masters degree.
Bucket list: Visit all of the places my ancestors lived... which covers a lot of the world!
Favorite song to sing: Bingo and watch my grandchildren clap.
In the morning: Turn on the computer and get emails while drinking a combo of OJ and Cranberry Juice.
In the evening: Genealogy while watching TV and doing dishes / laundry etc. I live on about 4 hours sleep so I am up most nights to at least midnight if not 1 or 2 am.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Laura (Pennie) Bozzay at registration.
I have extensive primary source materials some that go back centuries. These are mainly focused to glass and crystal makers from Eastern France. I own several genealogical books for cities in Eastern France. I have written several articles for genealogical magazines that have been published in several different publications. I own a large library that takes up multiple rooms in my house and took a 14 foot truck to move over 24 years ago. I am an avid researcher who is comfortable using many different tools. I have had my autosomal DNA tested by FTDNA and recently by Ancestry. Below I explain how my DNA is confirmed for both maternal and paternal branches.
FTDNA matches and Gedcom Match with D. R-V who wrote me: " I know that I uploaded my line on FTDNA ...I am related to the Cheyne's, Henderson's, Kerr's and the lateral lines. When you mentioned Catherine Kerr is she the one b. 1869 in Lonmay who married Charles Pennie? They came to Canada? She would have been a 2nd cousin to my Grandmother." This Catherine Kerr is my great grandmother. D. R-V and I match at 2nd-cousin to 4th cousin prediction . Our longest block match is 29 and we have 61 shared cm. We match on chromosomes 2 and 12. This match proves DNA from Catherine Kerr to me through my Father. We both match 8 others at FTDNA and more on GedMatch.com
FTDNA matches and Gedcom Match with MB through our Sanders to Euffinger to Hempen to my mother prove my Mother's DNA and all relations from Heinrich Sanders and his family down to me. We share 11 chromosome segments on 3 (2 different segments), 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 19, and X. 23 longest segment and 55 cm. Her Grandmother was my Great Grandmother's sister. She and I match 6 others on FTDNA.
Just updating 5 closest matches to both D. R-V and me, now out of 40. Because I have not gotten permission to post their names I have used initials: NAME MATCHNAME CHROMOSOME START LOCATION END LOCATION CENTIMORGANS MATCHING SNPS Laura Bozzay D. R-V 2 65833144 104798574 28.89 7579 Laura Bozzay JTA 4 156350398 175137263 19.66 3900 Laura Bozzay LO 2 66555574 77509668 13.35 1764 Laura Bozzay ME 2 66555574 78713382 14.55 3300 Laura Bozzay PN 2 69196653 83888874 15.24 3700
Additionally, Laura matches with Kathleen Renziehausen (51 cm shared with 11 longest block), her sister, and her son plus others on both FTDNA and Gedmatch. We share Koenig ancestry my Theresia is her Ignaatz sister. See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Koenig-679 and her brother https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/K%C3%B6nig-162. So this proves the Koenig down to Laura. Sanders came from Laura's Grandfather's Father's Mother's side and Koenig came from her Grandmother's Mother's Father's Side. So both her maternal grandparents have been proven via DNA.
"To aid WikiTree in the administration of my account should I be incapacitated, or in the event of my death, I hereby give permission for all private profiles I'm managing to be transferred to the following WikiTreers, whether or not they are currently on the Trusted Lists: Admin team, my husband, Ron Bozzay Bozzay-2, Members of the following projects: France, Germany, Scotland, Integrators, Pre-1500, Sourcerers Challenge, and anyone who can demonstrate a link to one of the profiles I managed. My intent is make this available to WikiTree members forever."
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Laura's formal name
- full middle name (J.)
- nicknames
- e-mail address
- birth location
- images (15)
- private children's names (1)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Laura or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Laura:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Laura or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Laura:
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Laura (Pennie) Bozzay:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KW7747823 [compare], Ancestry member glass600
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T129400 [compare], FTDNA kit #465015
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch GU2396830 [compare]
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Laura:
- 800,000+ G2G points - Congratulations to Laura Bozzay, and thank you from all of us! Feb 7, 2024.
- 700,000+ G2G points - Congratulations to Laura Bozzay, and thank you from all of us! Apr 12, 2022.
- Sourcerers Challenge (November 2021) Nov 3, 2021.
- Laura Bozzay is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 4, 2021.
- Laura Bozzay is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jan 6, 2021.
- Laura Bozzay is a Wonderful WikiTreer Nov 19, 2020.
Rejected matches › › › › › Gladys Laura Pyne (1899-) › Laura F. Payne (1899-) › Laura Payne › Loura Payne (1884-1921) › Laura A. (Langenegger) Payne › Laura (Foxworthy) Pennie (bef.1900-)
Featured National Park champion connections: Laura is 21 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 25 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 23 degrees from George Catlin, 23 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 28 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 22 degrees from George Grinnell, 29 degrees from Anton Kröller, 24 degrees from Stephen Mather, 23 degrees from Kara McKean, 21 degrees from John Muir, 16 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 31 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
P > Pennie | B > Bozzay > Laura (Pennie) Bozzay
Categories: German Roots Project Members
I did receive your kind email about “Past lives” I do think their is so much more to our lives and genealogy can play its part in helping us determine maybe more about this phenomenon.
Kind regards Andrew
I'm looking forward to hearing from you. You can click the reply button or message me with your answer. Thank you. Pam Kreutzer, leader of the US Civil War Project
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Thank you for joining the Southern Super Sweepers for the 2023 Source-a-Thon! Dorothy will be starting a chat page on G2G when we get a little closer to the Thon. Our team page is here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Southern_Super_Sweepers It has, among other info, the thon's video chat schedule, and a link to the Southern Super Sweepers discord channel.
See you then!
Nan
Co-Captain, Southern Super Sweepers
Sandy Morrey
It is once again time for our annual Scotland Project check-in. Please respond within the next three weeks to let us know:
•If you would like to continue as a project member •If you are happy with your current teams or would you like to join a different team •How much time per month (on average) you spend working on Scottish profiles •Anything you’d like the Scotland Project to do more of in the future
You can respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within the next three weeks we’ll assume your interests have changed or you are no longer able to participate in the Scotland Project at this time, and your badge will be removed. If your circumstances change later you will be welcome to reapply for membership.
On behalf of the Scotland Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve Scottish profiles!
Sheena - Scotland Project Membership Coordinator
Thanks for your reply and we're delighted that you're staying with the project.
All the best Sheena
since I didn’t see any reaction from your side about the check-in message from May, I assume you don’t want to remain a project member. If I don’t hear from you within the next 14 days, I will then remove your Germany Project badge. If you do not wish for that to happen, please reply to the check-in message below or send me a direct message.
If this message finds you too late, feel free to re-request the badge by replying to our G2G join post.
Kind regards from Black Forest
it's annual check-in time 2023. If you still wish to remain a member of the Germany Project, please reply to this post, by stating this intention. If we don’t hear from you in the next 30 days, your membership badge will be removed. In this case please don't be offended ... you're welcome to rejoin at any time. Please also note, that in order to receive help, with researching your German ancestors, membership is not mandatory. Just ask your questions in the G2G forum and tag them with Germany in order for knowledgeable people to see them.
If you wish to remain a member, we would like to learn more about your perception of the Germany Project in order to achieve a future development according to our members needs and wishes. For this, we created a survey, which we kindly ask you to fill-in.
In case you want to communicate, discuss and receive help about WikiTree in German, you might want to check out the WikiTree category at Compgen’s Discourse as well as the German Discord server Ahnenforschung.
Of course there’s still the official WikiTree Discord server, where we usually talk English. Feel free to learn more about Discord and the server at Help:Discord.
Kind regards from Black Forest
We've put together a survey for you to fill out to check in with you, it will only take a moment as there are only a few questions. Filling out the survey lets us know you are still interested in coordinating your study and provides an opportunity for you to share any suggestions you may have for the project.
If you have decided to step away from your study, please reply to this comment to that effect.
Richard Burt ( son of Grace Weber )
Mary, Project Coordinator, Military and War Project
It is time for a July 2022 check in for the Great War Project. I am sending this message on the behalf of the leader of the Military and War Project. Have you been active in the Great War project in the last six months?
Please note that it is a requirement for membership in the Military and War Project that you respond to these check-ins. To make bookkeeping easier, just click Reply to this message on your own page, add your reply, then SAVE or post reply. I look forward to hearing from you..
Thanks,
Mary~ Project Coordinator, Military and War Project
P Kreutzer, US Civil War Between the States Project Leader
Thank you for again contributing to the Sourcerers Challenge in January! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.
Nan, WT Appreciation Team
P Kreutzer, US Civil War Between the States Project Leader.
It's time for our annual Scotland Project check-in!
This year we are hoping to learn what our membership would like to accomplish over the next 12 months. In case you aren't aware, this year is WikiTree's "Year of Connections" and the Project's leadership would like to contribute to this in as many ways as possible.
We would appreciate it if you would share your thoughts and ideas with us on how we can accomplish this goal. We would also appreciate it if you would provide some feedback on our existing goals, including:
We continue to communicate with our Project members via Google Group (official) and Discord (unofficial), as well as G2G. You may also reach out to any of the Project leaders via WikiTree's internal messaging system at any time.
Thank you for all you do to help the Scotland Project become a knowledge hub for Scottish genealogical research! We wish you all the best in 2022!
Sincerely, Amy Gilpin on behalf of the Scotland Project Leaders
edited by Laura (Pennie) Bozzay
Thank you for contributing to the December 2021 Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.
Nan, WT Appreciation Team
Thank you for contributing to the November Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.
It’s time for a Project check-in!
Scotland Project Leaders check in with you at least once a year to see how you are doing. With the changes happening around the world, we understand that life is hectic right now.
What are you planning to work on for the Scotland Project this year? Are you happy with the team(s) you part of, or would you like to make some changes?
This time round, we’re also looking for feedback on the use of Google Group and Discord. Do you use one or both of these? If you don’t use either of them, what is the best way to ensure you receive Project communications? If you would like to join us on Google Group or Discord, let us know in your response.
The Ambassadors project has been reorganizing and is looking for those who have a membership at a genealogical society, to help in spreading the word about WikiTree.
We're working on ways to improve how WikiTree connects and interacts with genealogical and local history societies. This is the kind of thing we want to do:
Are you interested in participating in some way? Do you have some ideas to share?
Azure Rae ~ co-Leader of Ambassadors Project
Thank you for the time to post the Red Sticker for the 100 Sources!
Go Sourcerers!
Hi Laura,
If you're not going to be engaged elsewhere, as a member of the Scotland Project, we'd love to have you join the Twisted Thistles in the upcoming Connect-a-thon the weekend of July 17 - July 20. If you'd like to join us and help to develop our ever-expanding Scottish tree, please register on the G2G post here and be sure to mention you'd like to be on the Twisted Thistles team for Scotland.
We also have our team Chat page posted here.
Over the years we did a lot as a great team and also thanks to you I mafe a lot of progress in my family reseach (sorry, OUR family as we are cousin... ;o)))
Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 200!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU, especially ME!
Pip Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
PS: Still doing what I promised, me and the rest of the Sunday group, if you catch my drift.
I have volunteered to help with the Clans and with a Robertson Grandparent, it is of interest to me and I have been added to the clan page list which does not show on the this clan page.
Without a leader could you please advise how we sort what to do and coordinate etc.
Your official transition check in letter has arrived, haha. Just let me know which clans teams you are interested in and I'll get you on the table. -Sarah
My name is Sarah and I’m the Project Coordinator for the Scotland Project. As you may have heard, we have merged the Scottish Clans project into the Scotland Project. I am contacting you today to find out if you are interested in continuing with us under this new format. If you would like to go forward on the Scottish Clans Team, please reply and let me know which clans you have been working on or would like to work on. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
Sarah Mason, Scotland PC
The Appreciate Team THANKS YOU!
Pippin Sheppard Appreciation Team Member
Thanks for responding so quickly!
Kyla
As part of a revitalization effort for the France Project, we are checking-in with members to see if they are planning to remain active in the project and where their interests lie.
If you are planning to remain active, please click here to submit a short Member Interest Form to help us organize and coordinate collaboration.
If you have other obligations at the moment and would like to be removed from the project at this time, you will always be welcome to rejoin if you find yourself with more time and interest later.
We thank you for your contributions and hope that you are enjoying exploring your roots.
Please respond by commenting on my profile or sending a private message. I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks Kyla
Ronnie
Dorothy B. Co- Captain. Southern Super Sweepers!!