Sandy (Craig) Patak
Ancestors 
Professional Genealogist, APG, NGS at
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Sarah Folks Bonner, my 3rd Great Grandmother. After Sarah's husband died, she fought for years to get his War of 1812 Pension: A Land Grant. She was repeated denied and some of the archival documents from the U.S. Govt are quite mean. She wanted this land to not only pass along to her child but it also has the private family cemetery where her husband was buried.
John Shaw Billings, no relation. I came across John when researching the hospital where one of my Ancestor's died during the Civil War. John was the Hospital Surgeon and "Administrator." By just barely digging a little deeper, I learned that John graduated college at 14, created a National Medical Library, helped design John Hopkins, introduce public health questions to the Census and was the first Director of the NY Public Library. And so much more!
Lorenz Patak, my Husband's 2nd Great Grandfather. This Profile always make me smile because of the pictures. Have you ever dreamed of having a bar and barber shop in the same location? It was a huge success for Lorenz!
All the images on this page are available for your use. They are uploaded to my Image Page
Daughter of
[private father (unknown - unknown)]
and [private mother (1930s - unknown)]
and [private mother (1930s - unknown)]
Sister of
[private brother (1950s - unknown)] [half] and [private brother (1960s - unknown)] [half]
[children unknown]
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Categories: Craig-4574 | MtDNA Haplogroup H | Georgia Research Assistance | West Virginia Research Assistance | Scottish Clans Project | Clan Bonner | Clan Craig | Georgia, Cemeteries | Prince Georges County, Maryland, Linger Name Study | Patak Name Study | Bonar Name Study | Linger Name Study.
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Biography
Sandy (Craig) Patak participated with Team Virginia during the 2018 Source-a-Thon, adding 500 sources to profiles.
Sandy (Craig) Patak is participating with Team Virginia during the 2018 Clean-a-Thon, correcting 1006. We cleaned up 6,423 suggestions! suggestions.
Native of Maryland
Sandy (Craig) Patak has an interest in Clan Craig, part of the Scottish Clans Project.
Sandy (Craig) Patak is a member of Clan Bonner.
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I inherited the Ancestry bug from my Uncle Drex who tirelessly went door-to-door asking questions to all of our relatives. I am fortunate to have much personal family documentation passed down through the generations.
After traveling around the globe as a successful business consultant, I found little time to be home or continue research. There comes a time when you approach two paths, I took the one less traveled. I decided to change careers and follow my passion. I became a Professional Genealogist and started my company, Ancestry Journey. Ancestry Journey combines research and travel to create a full understanding of your Ancestors.
Want to Get To Know Me Better?
Sandy was featured in a Meet Our Members Post on the WikiTree Blog!
My personal primary genealogy focus is
- Locate where my families lived in Scotland and Germany
- Research the graves of my ancestors as well as restore them
- Gather military information and document their lives much more than the dates they were born and died
My Non Genealogical Blogs:
- Camp - Golf - Eat: Showcasing Campground & Golf Course Reviews and Great Eats!
- Argosy Traveling: All about Renovations, Upgrades and Restoration on Vintage Trailers
Trusted List Transfers
Due to my Cemetery Projects, I tend to manage Profiles that I have no personal family line to. I love to turn over the Profile responsibilities to those that have personal interest & knowledge of an Ancestor. All, with few exceptions, of my Georgia Profiles can be transferred.
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Ancestors
Practically every ancestor I have has touched the soil in the Southern states. Although my ancestors came to America as Hessian Soldiers, Ulster Scots, Rugged Highland Scots, or Optimistic Britons, they settled upon the lands of Colonial Maryland and Virginia where their descendants live today.
There is not a war in this new land that my Ancestors have not participated in. Many made it back to their families while some were taken Prisoner and haunted the remainder of their lives and others died tragically fighting for the cause.
Virginia/West Virginia: (Paternal) Linger, Lance/Lantz, Miller
Virginia/West Virginia: (Maternal) Bonner, Gregory, Bennett, Teter, Mullinax, Cook, Arbogast
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DNA
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DNA Tests show predominately European:
- 47% British & Irish
- 25% Broadly Western Europe
- 19.8% French & German
- 4.4% Scandavian
- .4% Sardinian
Parents Confirmed with DNA= Oden Linger [1] [2][3] AND Edith Bonner [4][5]
Name
Birth Certificate lists Craig as last name. My biological father's identity was not revealed until I was 48 years old and confirmed with DNA tests.
Biological Father = Oden Lee Linger
Non-Biological Father = John Dale Craig
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Recent Favorite Profiles
This is a list of my favorite profiles that I have had the honor to create or adopt and manage. I hope you will stop and take a moment to check them out. (This list changes.)
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Currently Working On
| Project | WikiPage | Progress | Notes |
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| Point Mtn Cemetery | Point Mtn Cemetery | 50% | Add To WikiTable |
| Bonner Cemetery | Bonner Space Page | 100% | Project Completed |
| Morris Cemetery | Morris Space Page | 80% | Add To WikiTable |
| Linger Family Cemetery | Linger Space Page | 100% | Project Completed |
| B F Gregory Cemetery | B F Gregory Space Page | 50% | Add Profiles to WikiTree |
| Meadowland Cemetery | Meadowland Cemetery Space Page | 50% | Add Profiles to WikiTree |
| Rest Haven Cemetery | Resthaven Cemetery Space Page | 25% | Add Profiles to WikiTree |
Current Member Projects
| Project | Status | Notes |
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| Scottish Clans | Member | |
| Clan Bonner | Sponsor | |
| Global Cemeteries | Member | Georgia Cemeteries, Team Georgia Leader West Virginia Cemeteries |
| Military & War | Member | |
| US History | Member | |
| Southern Colonies | Member | |
| US Civil War | Member | |
| Team Virginia | Member | 2016 Source-A-Thon 2017 Spring Clean-A-Thon 2018 Spring Clean-A-Thon |
Current One Name Studies
| WikiPage |
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 This profile is part of the Bonar Name Study. |
 This profile is part of the Linger Name Study. |
 This profile is part of the Patak Name Study. |
My Free Space Pages
| Page Name | Notes |
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| My Main Free Space | Table of Contents of My Free Space Pages |
| Background + Profile Images | Seamless Backgrounds for All Types of Profiles |
| My Brick Walls | Mysteries and End of Lines |
| Clean Up Profiles | Add Sources & General Tidy Up |
| Clean Up Adopted Profiles | Add Sources & General Tidy Up |
| My To Do List | My To Do List |
| My DNA Mysteries | Ancestry Circles and Other Investigations |
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Sources
- ↑ Paternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Oden Linger and SCP, father/daughter. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: close family; Confidence: Extremely High.
- ↑ Paternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Sandy Patak and Daniel Linger, half siblings. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: Close Family based on sharing 1857 cM across 34 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- ↑ Paternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Sandy Patak and Steven Linger, half siblings. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: Close Family based on sharing 1619 cM across 46 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- ↑ Maternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Stephen Craig and SCP, mother/daughter. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: close family; Confidence: Extremely High.
- ↑ Maternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Sandy Patak and Stephen Craig, half siblings. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: Close Family based on sharing 1815 cM across 58 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- First-hand information. Entered by Sandy Craig at registration. SCP
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Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Sandy's formal name
- full middle name (M.)
- e-mail address
- images (6)
- private siblings' names
- spouse's name and marriage information
Sponsored Search
Followed Tags
Sandy is a Wiki Genealogy Volunteer following these tags:
DNA Tested
Sandy Patak's DNA has been tested for genealogical purposes. It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Sandy or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
Questions
Collaboration
Sandy is a Wiki Genealogy Volunteer following these tags:
- BONNER
- Direct Descendent of the Bonner of Virginia/West Virginia
- CEMETERIES
- Central WV, Fulton/Cherokee/Forsyth Counties, GA Documenting my Ancestors Graves, Restoring Gravestones and Helping Document Cemeteries for Others.
- FOLD3
- I can help lookup information in Fold3.
- LANCE
- Direct Descendent of the Lance (Lantz) family of Virginia/West Virginia.
- LINGER
- Direct Descendant of the Linger family from Germany to West Virginia.
- MILITARY_AND_WAR
- Currently working on the War of Independence and Civil War. Then on to the War of 1812 and WWI
- ONE_NAME_STUDIES
- Patak Surname, Linger Surname, Bonner Surname
- PROJECTS
- Scotland, German Roots, Cemeteries. *** Since I am mostly Scottish and German descent, I am interested in tracing back the ancestors in these areas specifically military/battles. I am a frequent contributor for helping with grave lookups.
- SCOTTISH_CLANS
- Researching Bonner/Bonar and Craig/Craigg
- SOUTHERN_COLONIES
- 99.9 of my entire Gedcom is from the Southern Colonies: Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and I now live in Georgia.
- US_CIVIL_WAR
- War between the States
- VIRGINIA
- Researching Ancestors from Virginia before it split into West VA/VA. Mostly Southwestern Virginia (Bedford, Rockingham).
- WEST_VIRGINIA
- West Virginia research assistance
DNA Tested
Sandy Patak's DNA has been tested for genealogical purposes. It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Sandy or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Sandy (Craig) Patak: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H, FTDNA kit #T882365
- Sandy (Craig) Patak: 23andMe, GEDmatch M183771 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M002785 [compare], Ancestry member PatakandCraig
- Boyd Swisher
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #184768
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Questions
- Sandy Patak is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jan 16, 2019.
- Sandy Patak is a Wonderful Wikitreer Apr 25, 2018.
Collaboration
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On 16 Jan 2019 at 18:31 GMT William Foster Jr wrote:
Welcome to Project Virginia!
On 1 Jan 2019 at 00:42 GMT Susie MacLeod wrote:
Hi Sandy,
We’ve made some exciting changes to the Global Cemeteries Project. The sub-projects have been merged into the Global Project to help with Leadership and to facilitate collaboration.
Some roles within the project have changed. From now on, there are Project Coordinators for each continent, and one for Welcome and Integration, plus Team Leaders for each individual Country etc.
Please let me know if you’d like to stay on in the new project, if you’d like to continue in an existing role, and which team(s) you’d like to be on. Please also give me your e-mail address so that I can get you added to the project’s Google Group.
Many thanks,
Susie
Leader, Global Cemeteries
On 2 Nov 2018 at 03:18 GMT Sharon (Hardman) West wrote:
Guess I just forgot. Furnace is down and lots of stress. Thanks for the reminder.
Sharon
On 1 Nov 2018 at 18:09 GMT Sharon (Hardman) West wrote:
The url entered on Mary Berry, daughter of Craven Berry was for Mary Jane Berry, daughter of Pembroke and Belinda Carter Berry. the source for Craven's daughter is the image of the Braxton County Democrat Under Craven Berry, middle column. There is no birth or death record for her in West Vital Records.
Sharon
On 3 Oct 2018 at 05:32 GMT Liz (Noland) Shifflett wrote:
Thanks so much for joining Team Virginia for the Source-a-Thon! Hope you had fun, and thank you for participating.
Congratulations on breaking 400!
See you for the Spring Clean-a-Thon!
Cheers, Liz
On 30 Sep 2018 at 12:58 GMT Robert Russell wrote:
Thank you for helping me with sourcing my goodman line.
On 30 Sep 2018 at 07:03 GMT Ellen Haverty wrote:
Sandy, I tried to unlock for William Haverty but no success.
On 26 Sep 2018 at 18:46 GMT Liz (Noland) Shifflett wrote:
Thanks for joining Team Virginia for the 2018 Source-a-Thon. The team page is here & the Team's G2G Chat is here.
Your badge number is 
To add your badge to your profile using the Source-a-Thon sticker, you'll need to upload it to your profile page - see the instructions at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Template:Source-a-Thon
Cheers, Liz
On 2 Sep 2018 at 21:44 GMT Anonymous Johnson wrote:
15th cousins 3 times removed from William Gascoigne XII.
On 1 Jun 2018 at 16:24 GMT Liz (Noland) Shifflett wrote:
Hi! Just saw your interview in the blog. Nice! And we're 8th cousins, 1ce removed, through Harrison-211 (not my most confident line, but doing 30 gens, we have lots of other connections that I'm more certain of).
Cheers, Liz
Sandy is 21 degrees from Robin Helstrom, 22 degrees from Katy Jurado and 19 degrees from Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.