Debi (McGee) Hoag
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Debi (McGee) Hoag

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Signed 6 Sep 2015 | 105,499 contributions | 15,946 thank-yous | 4,471 connections
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My pronouns are she/they. You can find me all over, working with the Sourcerers and Sprinters, Profile Improvement Voyagers, and during the Big Annual Events with Team Cornbread Catchers.
Debi A. Hoag formerly McGee aka Cundiff
Born 1950s.
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Profile last modified | Created 6 Sep 2015
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Biography

Debi was born in Jacksonville, FL, just as her father, Charles McGee, returned to military service with the United States Air Force (USAF). As soon as her mother, Rachel Helms McGee, was released by the physician, the family moved to McDill Air Force Base in Tampa FL where her father was stationed. The USAF played a large role in Debi's growing years, sending her family to live all over the world including places like Denver Colorado, Japan, southern California, Germany, England, Okinawa, and finally back to Florida in 1973.
After finishing High School in 1976, Debi went to work for a local governmental agency where she had positions in the Finance and IT departments. She has been married twice, first to Ray Cundiff, and currently to Daniel Hoag.
She started gathering names, dates, and places around 1982 as a way to deal with the grief of a child's death. "Serious" genealogy research began in the early 1990s when the internet and computers introduced her to research partners who taught better habits and shared resources. A ten-year break from 2005 to 2015 was full of other fun things but she found that she missed the joys and challenges of research.
Coming back to genealogy, she discovered that two of her mentors/research collaborators had died. One's research had been transferred to an interested but non-active descendant and is not accessible; the whereabouts of the other's research is unknown. She felt it was necessary to find a place to share, collaborate, learn, and assure that her research would never suffer such a fate. WikiTree met that need.
Unfortunately, she made a decision to upload a (*sigh* too large) GEDCOM. In reviewing the profiles, it became obvious that a "Genealogy Do-Over"[1] was in order. All records are being reviewed; profiles and source citations are being updated. Things have changed but ... the more they change, the more they stay the same; there are always more questions than answers.
These days she is enjoying retirement and WikiTree. She's still working on that *sigh* too-large GEDCOM and has recently started working with another one because, obviously, she has lost her mind.
She's also planning for a future that will include extended research trips with a mobile workspace in a small motorhome.[2]
Two pairs of upside-down legs, one wearing pink high heels, the other encased in trousers, are waving in the air, their bodies clearly buried beyond their waists in a pile of manure. Includes the words "Only Needs To Breathe To Be In Trouble".
"Trouble is never a problem.
It comes looking for me because it knows I'm a willing accomplice."[3]

Sources

  1. MacEntee, Thomas, The Genealogy Do-Over Workbook, 2015; WorldCat link.
  2. Biography written by Debi Hoag, September 2015, based on events as related by her parents and on personal knowledge of events in her own life.
  3. Escarlata Cisneros aka Debi Hoag, 25 June 2010, Facebook conversation
  • Birth and Marriage source documents on file and available on a need-to-know basis.

DNA Confirmation Notes

Paternal Line
  • The relationship to father Charles McGee's maternal line is confirmed by a 70.8 cM match between Debi McGee Hoag GEDmatch G293623 and her paternal third cousin Nancy Rose GEDmatch A125363.
  • The relationship to father Charles E McGee's paternal line is suggested by a 61.4 cM autosomal DNA match between Debi McGee Hoag GEDmatch G293623 and her paternal fourth cousin Larry Hayer GEDmatch A037820; more cousin matches are needed for triangulation.
Maternal Line
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal GEDmatch comparison between Debi (McGee) Hoag , GEDmatch kit # TN9500362, and Jackie Helms, GEDmatch kit # A772129, (compare kits), her 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Martin Helms and Seena Baucom, the grandparents of Debi (McGee) Hoag and great grandparents of Jackie Helms. Predicted relationship from GEDmatch: 1st cousin once removed, based on sharing 402.6cM cM across 19 segments. Debi is the daughter of Laura Helms who is the daughter of the common ancestors Martin Helms & Seena Baucom.
  • The relationship to mother Rachel Helms's paternal line is suggested by a 74.2 cM autosomal DNA match between Debi McGee Hoag GEDmatch G293623 and her maternal third cousin once removed Julia (Bell) Lansberry GEDmatch M071333; more cousin matches are needed for triangulation.


Also Known As

I've been doing genealogy research for many years (and on the internet since 1992 with the emails to prove it LOL). During that time, I've gotten divorced and remarried, created websites, and changed email addresses too many times. When I'm looking for someone, I'll often search the web for names and email addresses. To facilitate people finding me, I'm listing the names, websites, and addresses I've used.
  • Debi McGee Cundiff
  • Debi McGee Hoag
  • sasicnet @ gate.net
  • sasic @ aol.com
  • debic @ mpinet.net
  • Debi_McGee_Cundiff @ comcast.net
  • DebiMcGeeHoag @ centurylink.net
  • Genealogy @ DebiHoag.com
  • Debi McGee Cundiff's Genealogy Homepage and Book Index Links
  • Escarlata Cisneros on Facebook and Second Life. My pseudonym started from having to stay under the radar when I joined Facebook (supposedly respectable small government employee nearing retirement having too much fun at renaissance faires). About half the people I know only know me as Escarlata.
  • @ImprovDebi on Twitter

Wiki-Will for Digital Afterlife

In the event of my death or incapacity for more than 90 days, the following shall serve as my unspoken permission:
  • I would like all of the profiles for people not living, and which I alone manage, to be changed to Open. This is up to and including my own profile.
  • Space pages that I have created for projects should be assigned to the leaders of those projects
  • Other space pages can all be changed to Open with the exception of the DAM_Collection.
  • If I missed anything (and for the DAM Collection space page and any Red/still living profiles on my Watchlist), I ask that they be managed in keeping with the Honor Code and preserving the privacy of living people:
    • by any of my extended family members (including my former spouse and his family), whether or not they are on the Trusted Lists.
    • Should these profiles/pages not be accessed within 180 days from my demise, the Wikitree staff shall have full and total access to manage said space and profiles in any way they see fit, up to and including assigning them to any willing Profile Manager, orphaning them, or deleting them.
My thanks to the following members for bits and pieces which were incorporated into my Wiki-Will:
Pat Saunders, Paula (Bond) Kohring, Liz (Noland) Shifflett, Lisa Thurston, Andreas (Basso) West, Deborah (Réaume) Collier

Community Spirit

Debi (McGee) Hoag participated with Cornbread Catchers during the 2016 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.
Debi (McGee) Hoag participated with Cornbread Catchers during the 2017 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.
England Orphan Team
Debi (McGee) Hoag has completed the England Project's Post 1700 Orphan Trail I.
England Orphan Team
Debi (McGee) Hoag has completed the England Project's Pre-1700 Orphan Trail II.
RootsTech
RootsTech Attendee: 2018
Debi (McGee) Hoag participated with Team 811 (cleaning merged profiles) during the 2018 Clean-a-Thon.
Debi (McGee) Hoag participated with Cornbread Catchers during the 2018 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.
Quakers Project Logo
Debi improved Quaker Project profiles in 2018 as part of the managed profiles challenges
Debi (McGee) Hoag participated with Team Cornbread Catchers during the Connect-a-Thon.
Fountain Pen
Debi has written and improved ten profiles for the Biography Builders Challenge.
Debi (McGee) Hoag participated with Cornbread Catchers during the 2019 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.
Sourcerers' Challenge Wise Owl Yearly Golden Achievement Milestone
Debi reached the Golden Achievement milestone by sourcing at least one profile in every month of the 2019 Sourcerers' Challenge
Debi (McGee) Hoag participated with Cornbread Catchers during the 2020 Connect-a-Thon.
Debi (McGee) Hoag participated with Cornbread Catchers during the 2020 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.
Project Logo
Debi was a valued member of the Greeters Project who has moved to Emeritus status.
Debi (McGee) Hoag participated with Cornbread Catchers during the 2021 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.
Debi (McGee) Hoag participated with Cornbread Catchers during the 2022 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.
WikiTree Day
WikiTree Day Attendee: 2022
Debi (McGee) Hoag participated with Cornbread Catchers during the January 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 179 connections.
Debi (McGee) Hoag participated in the 2023 WikiGames.
Debi (McGee) Hoag participated with Cornbread Catchers during the 2023 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 232 previously unsourced profiles.
WikiTree Day
WikiTree Day Attendee: 2023
Sourcerers' Challenge Wise Owl Yearly Golden Achievement Milestone for 1 sourced profile tracked every month
Debi (McGee) Hoag reached the Golden Achievement milestone by sourcing at least one profile in every month of the 2023 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.
Debi (McGee) Hoag participated with Cornbread Catchers during the January 2024 Connect-a-Thon, and added 144 connections.
RootsTech Insider 2024

rev. 16 March 2024, McGee-1611


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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Debi or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
  • Debi (McGee) Hoag: Mitochondrial DNA Test Other, haplogroup K1a
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Debi:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.

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Dear Debi,

The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing a check-in with project members. Thank you for all you do with all the Project.

The Project operates in a team structure. There are currently three participant PIP Teams -- The Maintenance Category Team, the Unknowns Team, and the Biography Team. See the Profile Improvement Project Teams for a brief outline of each team.

There are currently three different Biography Teams - The Biography Team, the Abandoned Team, and the Popular Team. You're currently identified as a member of the Voyage, Biography, Maintenance Category, and Popular teams, as well as the Unknowns team.

We thank you for all you do to help the Profile Improvement Project meet its goals. We would like to hear about the successes you’ve had and would also appreciate any feedback you have to help improve the Project. Please share your thoughts in a reply to this comment or via private message to one of us.

Sincerely,

Debi Hoag and Kay Knight, Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project

Robin Shaules, Project Coordinator, Profile Improvement Project

posted by Robin (Dodge) Shaules
Hi Debi, I just received my results for the Family Tree DNA mtDNA. I have my FTDNA kit number already listed on my profile, along with the information about my Ancestry.com and 23 and Me test results. Question: how do I enter my mtDNA results under Family Tree so that it will show up on my DNA information? Is the FTDNA Kit # that I have listed enough to lead someone to the mtDNA info or is there something else I have to add for that to show up? Hope I have explained this well enough. Thank you for your help.

Blessings, Lynn

posted by Lynn (Fraser) Gerdes
Hi Lynn,

On your profile, click your wiki ID menu at the top and select DNA. Select DNA tests from the button bar near the top of the screen. That will open your DNA Test page, showing the tests you have taken. In the upper right quadrant of the screen, click the "add new test" link and choose FTDNA mitochondrial from the drop-down list.

I've not taken that test, so we've gone as far as my knowledge allows. The rest should be pretty straight forward. If not, let me know and I'll find someone who can give a better answer about that test.

Debi

posted by Debi (McGee) Hoag
Hi Debi, I was able to add the mtDNA test because of your help! Many thanks!

Blessings, Lynn

posted by Lynn (Fraser) Gerdes
That's great. I'm glad that it was enough to get you there.
posted by Debi (McGee) Hoag
Hi Debi!!Thank you for your consistent improvement of WikiTree by participation in the Sourcerers Project during 2023! Everything you do is greatly appreciated!!
Sourcerers' Challenge Wise Owl Yearly Golden Achievement Milestone for 1 sourced profile tracked every month
Debi (McGee) Hoag reached the Golden Achievement milestone by sourcing at least one profile in every month of the 2023 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.
Sourcerers' Challenge Wise Owl Yearly Golden Achievement Milestone for 1 sourced profile tracked every month
Debi (McGee) Hoag reached the Golden Achievement milestone by sourcing at least one profile in every month of the 2022 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.

We appreciate your consistent work in improving WikiTree through the Sourcerers Project in 2022!

posted by Bill Feidt
edited by Bill Feidt
Thanks for your consistent sourcing with us, Debi!
Sourcerers' Challenge Wise Owl Yearly Golden Achievement Milestone for 1 sourced profile tracked every month
Debi (McGee) Hoag reached the Golden Achievement milestone by sourcing at least one profile in every month of the 2021 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.
posted by Mel Bishop
I would like to FORMALLY post my Writ of Complaint that you left, on vacation, without me (your unannounced but favorite cousin), with no promises to take pictures, wrestle grizzlie bears, hug the squatch or have a bon fire! <end of complaint>

Have fun, be safe! Katie

Sourcerers' Challenge Wise Owl Yearly Golden Achievement Milestone
Debi reached the Golden Achievement milestone by sourcing at least one profile in every month of the 2019 Sourcerers' Challenge

Outstanding! We started this program in April of this year 2019 award is April through December.

posted by Laura (Pennie) Bozzay

Rejected matches › Deborah McGee