Kay (Sands) Knight

Biography

Kay is a Voyager Guide for the Profile Improvement Project

Kay is an Amateur Radio Operator, Callsign: KE4TCH

Kay (Sands) Knight participated with Team A Rose By Any Other Name during the 2024 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 350 previously unsourced profiles.

Kay (Sands) Knight competed with the Magnificent Magnolias in the 2024 WikiGames.

Kay helped improve some profiles in the GEDI Challenge.

Kay (Sands) Knight competed with the Fantastic Firs in the 2023 WikiGames.

WikiTree Day Attendee: 2022

Kay grew up in a small town in Central New York.

Snow in Central New York

She attended elementary school in the same building where her father graduated from high school. All paternal great great grandparents lived with 20 miles of this town by 1820. The school was across the road from her Aunt Marian's house and she spent time there most days.

The family gathered at the Sands farm, on Sands Road in Camillus, for Christmas.

Christmas 1953. Ruth Sands, Marian Sands, Kay, Margaret Scranton

The family often gathered at Marian and Fritz's camp on Oneida Lake.

Camp July 1954. Front - Margaret, Kay, Ruth; Back - Warren, Edna, Aunt Mary, Marian, Fritz

She was a member of the Women's Varsity Basketball team in college.

State University of New York at Albany 1972 Women's Basketball Team

She earned a degree in geography. Her career as a software engineer included early work in geospatial technology and later in database applications and web services. She holds an Amateur Radio license.

She enjoys RV travel, genealogy, sports, reading, cooking, sewing, gardening and solving puzzles.

Riley the Golden Retriever in the RV

23AndMe DNA test reports Mitochondrial haplogroup: U5a2

Sources

• First-hand information. Entered by Kay Sands at registration.

• Lubbes, R. Kirk, Macera, Patricia A, . Przewlocki, Kathryn S. Raster Imaging Software. User's Guide Final Technical Report (McLean, Virginia: Planning Research Corporation, 1 Mar 1977); digital images, Defense Information Technical Center (https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA038851: accessed 12 Apr 2021)

• Taylor, M. Lynn, Przewlocki, Kathryn S, Watson, Patricia A. Advanced Compilation Techniques Final Technical Report RADC-TR-77-424 (Rome, New York: Rome Air Development Center, Dec 1977); copy in possession of Sands-1865

• Clark, David W., Sands, Kathryn, Raster Scanned Character Recognition (RSCR) Final Technical Report RADC-TR-81-323 (Rome, New York: Measurement Concept Corporation for Rome Air Development Center (IRRP), Nov 1981); digital images, Defense Information Technical Center.

• Sands, Kathryn J., Headlee, Kim D. Software Conversion of Standard Linear Format (SLF) to Standard Interchange Format (SIF) (Rome, New York: Measurement Concept Corp., 2 Jul 1985); digital images, Defense Information Technical Center (https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA161086 : accessed 12 Apr 2021)

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kay Sands and her first cousin M S. Their most-recent common ancestors are Guy Sands and Florence Burk, the grandparents of both Kay Sands and M S. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st cousin, based on sharing 726 cM across 29 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kay Sands and her first cousin once removed A G. Their most-recent common ancestors are George Sands and Jane Whiting, the great grandparents of Kay Sands and 2x great grandparents of A G. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 114 cM across 7 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kay Sands and E S (grandchild of George Scranton), her 1st cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are George Scranton and Ottilia Toepelt, the grandparents of both Kay Sands and E S. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Maternal 1st cousin, based on sharing 922 cM across 33 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kay Sands and her second cousin B S, the grandson of Martin Luther Scranton. Their most-recent common ancestors are Edmund Scranton and Emily Sanford, the great grandparents of both Kay Sands and B S. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: second cousin, based on sharing 250 cM across 11 segments. Kay is the daughter of Margaret Scranton who is the granddaughter of the common ancestors Edmund Scranton & Emily Sanford.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kay Sands and D D (great-great-grandchild of Martin Scranton), her 3rd cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are Martin Scranton and Sally Thomas, the 2x great grandparents of both Kay Sands and D D. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousin, based on sharing 35 cM across 2 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kay Sands and L H (great-great-grandchild of Albion Sanford), her 3rd cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are Albion Sanford and Lucy Reed, the 2x great grandparents of both Kay Sands and L H. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousin, based on sharing 21 cM across 2 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kay Sands and P T (great-great-grandchild of Robert Toepelt), her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Robert Toepelt and Emma Unknown, the great grandparents of Kay Sands and 2x great grandparents of P T. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin once removed, based on sharing 101 cM across 4 segments.

Advance Directive

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 any of my profiles (including my own) to be changed to Open and orphaned. Further, at the discretion of the WikiTree team, the source code for the Bio Check app can be shared for continued maintenance.

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