By Kathy Wait Myers, on November 10th, 2009
I have this overwhelming fascination with finding out what my nationality really is (besides American). There’s a part of me that feels like I’m missing out on something. It’s the part that surfaces when I go to my friend George Kazas’s Greek restaurant The Parthenon, when I watch French Kiss, and when I listen to the stories [...]
By Kathy Wait Myers, on October 15th, 2009
I dreamed about genealogy all night last night! Who belongs to who, who lived where, and what happened to William Mathews from yesterday’s post. So when I woke up this morning, I hopped right on the computer and started searching for people in that family cluster. One thing led to another and soon I was [...]
By Kathy Wait Myers, on October 14th, 2009
I finally found James G and Susannah (Susan) WAITS and family in the 1870 Census! They’re in Ohio for the 1860 census and in Nebraska by 1880. So I decided to look at every census form of anyone with a name anything like WAITS. There they were in Illinois, of all places! Pittsfield in Pike [...]
By Kathy Wait Myers, on August 30th, 2009
Ancestry.com just sent me an email about a possible match to my great grandfather, Frederick Hiram Wait! It was the 1910 Census, which I’ve been searching on/off for since I started on him a few months ago. I thought I’d just let it sit for a while and come back to it when I was [...]
By Kathy Wait Myers, on August 10th, 2009
1920 US Census – District 383, Dallas, Polk County, Oregon, USA
I found the twins in the 1920 Census. =) I’m still on the trail of Aunt Harriet’s twin, Elvie, so I can possibly get a photo [...]
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