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  • To Friday on the Day of the Dog

    To Friday on the Day of the Dog

    April 25, 2025

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    Matt Saxton

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    Just for Fun

    After 39 years of feeling puppy love, here’s a small tribute to my first dog, Friday, on the ‘Day of the Dog.’

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  • Solve American Checkers? No, But I’ll Show This Draw Instead

    Solve American Checkers? No, But I’ll Show This Draw Instead

    April 8, 2025

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    Matt Saxton

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    Just for Fun

    I was obsessed with checkers, and I liked to win. But I didn’t expect to win by a draw in February 1982.

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  • There’s Room at the Inn: Saxtons River Reopens

    There’s Room at the Inn: Saxtons River Reopens

    February 10, 2025

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    Matt Saxton

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    Genealogy

    The promise of a Bloody Mary on a porch is rarely used to entice prospective inn buyers, but it was enough to sell Susan Saunders on the Saxtons River Inn in 2022.

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  • The Catalyst of the Gnadenhutten Massacre Was an Attack on Wallace Bower

    The Catalyst of the Gnadenhutten Massacre Was an Attack on Wallace Bower

    January 18, 2025

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    Matt Saxton

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    From Saxton Publishing, Genealogy

    Robert Wallace had been hunting in the woods near his cabin in February 1782 and was returning home. The war between the colonies and England officially ended with the battle of Yorktown in the fall of 1781, but the fighting was far from over

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  • The Story of Wallace Bower

    The Story of Wallace Bower

    January 18, 2025

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    Matt Saxton

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    From Saxton Publishing

    By Dorothy Saxton Dusa[1] This text was written in the late 1970s and therefore contains language that is not acceptable today. I lightly […]

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  • Colors Along Pinehurst Avenue Brighten the Grays of Everyday life

    Colors Along Pinehurst Avenue Brighten the Grays of Everyday life

    August 21, 2024

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    Matt Saxton

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    Just for Fun

    Behind the hustle and congestion of West Liberty Avenue in Dormont, a two-block street made of faded-orange bricks and called Pinehurst Avenue is bursting with color.

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  • How I Found My Great-Great Grandfather

    How I Found My Great-Great Grandfather

    July 23, 2024

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    Matt Saxton

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    Genealogy, Tracing the McCaskey Line

    When records wouldn’t tell me the identity of my great-great grandfather, I decided to analyze my DNA matches to find him.

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  • Calculating the Probability of Genetic Relationships: A Practical Example

    Calculating the Probability of Genetic Relationships: A Practical Example

    July 21, 2024

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    Matt Saxton

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    Genealogy, Tracing the McCaskey Line

    Using Bayes’ Theorem, you can find the relationship probability based on cM value and update results when new data is available This is […]

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  • Finding a Dad for My Great-Grandmother

    Finding a Dad for My Great-Grandmother

    July 19, 2024

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    Matt Saxton

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    Genealogy, Tracing the McCaskey Line

    With no record of my connection to my great-great grandfather’s family, I have discovered who he was with the help of DNA matches and statistics. 

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  • Confessions of a Serial Blog Starter

    Confessions of a Serial Blog Starter

    May 5, 2024

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    Matt Saxton

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    Just for Fun

    It’s not just the distractions, but it’s mostly the distractions. This isn’t just a blog. It’s a blog about blogs, in fact many […]

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Recent Posts

  • Solve American Checkers? No, But I’ll Show This Draw Instead

    Solve American Checkers? No, But I’ll Show This Draw Instead

    April 8, 2025
  • There’s Room at the Inn: Saxtons River Reopens

    There’s Room at the Inn: Saxtons River Reopens

    February 10, 2025
  • The Catalyst of the Gnadenhutten Massacre Was an Attack on Wallace Bower

    The Catalyst of the Gnadenhutten Massacre Was an Attack on Wallace Bower

    January 18, 2025
  • The Story of Wallace Bower

    The Story of Wallace Bower

    January 18, 2025
  • Colors Along Pinehurst Avenue Brighten the Grays of Everyday life

    Colors Along Pinehurst Avenue Brighten the Grays of Everyday life

    August 21, 2024
  • How I Found My Great-Great Grandfather

    How I Found My Great-Great Grandfather

    July 23, 2024
  • Calculating the Probability of Genetic Relationships: A Practical Example

    Calculating the Probability of Genetic Relationships: A Practical Example

    July 21, 2024
  • Finding a Dad for My Great-Grandmother

    Finding a Dad for My Great-Grandmother

    July 19, 2024
  • Confessions of a Serial Blog Starter

    Confessions of a Serial Blog Starter

    May 5, 2024
  • A Quest for the Perfect Fried Fish Sandwich

    A Quest for the Perfect Fried Fish Sandwich

    February 17, 2024

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