Brad Foley
Honor Code SignatorySigned 17 Mar 2014 | 130,102 contributions | 3,485 thank-yous | 6,121 connections
Signed 17 Mar 2014 | 130,102 contributions | 3,485 thank-yous | 6,121 connections
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cousins and anyone else with an interest in genealogy.
Here is my family tree.
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cousins and anyone else with an interest in genealogy.
Here is my family tree.
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Brad R. Foley
Born 1970s.
Ancestors 
Son of
[private father (1940s - unknown)]
and [private mother (1940s - unknown)]
and [private mother (1940s - unknown)]
Brother of
[private brother (1970s - unknown)] and [private brother (1980s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Mar 2014
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Biography
Brad Foley has completed Level 3 of the Trans-Canada Orphan Trail.
My major genealogical research interests are in Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. I'm helping to coordinate the Atlantic Canada Team of volunteers as part of the Canada Project. This means you might encounter me setting up new categories for things like communities, and religions for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Canada Project is here to help you find resources, research assistance, and to start grouping profiles together using accurate historical categories (groupings) for places (like communities, cemeteries, and churches) and events (like immigration, or disasters). This way, the whole community can benefit from the good work all the volunteers have been doing.
If you're not sure what any of this means, or if you're not sure what (or if) you want to contribute to these projects, I'd still encourage you to add nova_scotia, prince_edward_island, newfoundland, or new_brunswick to your followed tags. This will help you see what's going on in the G2G question, answer and discussion board with researchers in your area, and might give you some ideas about how you want to contribute.
If you have any other questions, please contact me!
Personal Info
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1976; with a mix of Nova Scotian and Newfoundlander ancestry that goes back a number of generations. A 23andMe test indicates my ancestry is primarily western European---British, German, and French, with a little bit of Native American and African. Grew up, mostly, in Hants County. Spent several years in Japan, and then in Melbourne, and Brisbane, Australia. Now living in Los Angeles, California.
DNA
Paternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Brad Foley GEDmatch M154952 and his second cousin once removed Kerry Nash GEDmatch A434525. Their MRCAs are Angus Foley and Josephine Weston, the 2nd great grandparents of Brad and the great grandparents of Kerry. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 3.2, based on sharing 169.4 cM across 6 segments.
Maternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Brad Foley GEDmatch M154952 and his mother. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1.0, based on sharing 3581.8 cM across 51 segments.
Sources
See also:
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 21 June 2015, 00:16), entry for BRF (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LKSB-HCG); contributed by various users.
- First-hand information. Entered by BRF at registration.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Brad's formal name
- full middle name (R.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (3)
- private siblings' names
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Brad Foley: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup I-M253, FTDNA kit #B386625
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100.00%
100.00%
Brad Foley:
23andMe, GEDmatch M154952 [compare] [compare x]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member barflyhigh
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Melvin Bursey
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Kerry Nash :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A434525 [compare], Ancestry member Kumaonbass
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~1.56%
Mary Carrolyn Campbell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Carr0lynb1lm3r
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Carol Dawn (Bursey) Prince :
AncestryDNA
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch HM5474435 [compare] [compare x], yourDNAportal CAR6af0bbc0
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Brad:
- Brad Foley is a Wonderful WikiTreer Sep 26, 2024.
- Brad Foley is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 6, 2023.
- Brad Foley is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jan 29, 2022.
- Brad Foley is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 28, 2020.
- Brad Foley is a Wonderful WikiTreer Aug 27, 2020.
- Brad Foley is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 16, 2020.
Australian Connections: Brad is 22 degrees from Cate Blanchett, 23 degrees from Russell Crowe, 21 degrees from Howard Florey, 25 degrees from Dawn Fraser, 30 degrees from Cathy Freeman, 24 degrees from Barry Humphries, 18 degrees from Bert Jacka, 28 degrees from Hugh Jackman, 22 degrees from Bertram Mackennal, 21 degrees from Rupert Murdoch, 20 degrees from Banjo Paterson and 19 degrees from Henry Ross on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
a name or relationship to another person, a date, though it may be estimated, and a source, saying where you obtained the information.
Magnified by thousands, if you added an additional source and location when you created a profile, it would make ongoing research more efficient for everyone, and make it easier to work cooperatively.
Now that we've discussed it, I won't mention it again. Sometimes it's not obvious how editing and sourcing choices affect others's work.
edited by Brad Foley
edited by Amy (Crawford) Gilpin
Thanks for your help, regards Margaret, Categorization project.
Thank you so much! I greatly appreciate your hard work.
Thanks, regards, Margaret
Thanks, regards, Margaret, Categorization project
Your name came up in a notification I received in my WIKITree EMAIL this morning, connected to an entry for Sarah Bishop (abt 1850). BISHOP is my paternal grandmother's surname. Unfortunately she passed before I was born, so I never knew her, and my father was only 4 at the time so he had few memories of her either.
Interestingly though, we actually are 9th cousins, but through my mother's French Canadian family, which fits in with your interests in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Cheers, Sue Bateman Matthews
Brad
7:45: Brad Foley added Edward Churnside Bishop (1798-1885) as father of Sarah Bishop (abt.1850-). [Thank Brad for this]
Thanks for your help, regards, Margaret, Categorization Project volunteer.
Brad
Cheers, Liz
That was how I came across this person. Cheers
Brad
edited by Brad Foley
I have extensive information on the Halfyard family and eidted a book "The Halfyard Family REgister, The Ancestors and Descendants of Richard Halfyard (1744-1815) and Elizabeth Churchill (1752-1828) in 1994 and revised in 1999. It is now out of print, but I have it on pdf. Malina White was my grandfather's first cousin. Are you related to the Halfyards? If so, how? Bob Halfyard
I'm, I guess, familiar on a second-hand basis with your book. We had one member, sadly deceased, who cited it extensively on a lot of profiles. I'm pleased to make your acquaintance, finally!
Brad
Adding place names is critical in ensuring that everyone can work well and efficiently. I was working on an Ana Maria Rodriguez elsewhere, in Durango, and it wasn't clear when the proposed matches appeared even what country your profile was located in.
You're right, I should have checked your activity level before editing in accordance with WikiTree guidelines: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Communication_Before_Editing
I'm not sure what the name-at-the-time for Coahuila was? I just followed the text on your biography as written (Saltillo, Coahuila) to make the judgment.
If you would like additional help with how to write biographies, I would look at the documentation here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Biographies
Regardless, it's very important to make the profiles as complete as possible, filling out data fields, and describing the your sources so that other WikiTree members don't need to re-do all the research every time they look at one of your profiles.
Let me know if you need additional assistance! I'm always happy to help.
Brad
edited by Brad Foley
edited by Lee (G.) G
Thank you so much for responding to our check-in. We are delighted that you wish to continue contributing to the Canada project. Below is a quick checklist for active members. The project leaders would like you to make sure you have done the following:
1) Checked the Project Page for ways to contribute
2) Added CANADA to the tags you follow.
3) PM the project leaders with your email address to be added to the Google Group
4) Bookmarked the Activity Feed to monitor the project watchlist
Thank you
Janet~ Volunteer Coordinator