By Kathy Wait Myers, on October 6th, 2009

James WAITS is my 5th great grandfather. In other words, he’s my grandfather’s grandfather’s great grandfather!
James was born in Berkeley County, Virginia (which is now West Virginia). His tombstone says he was born in 1760, but a deposition that I read in his Revolutionary [...]
By Kathy Wait Myers, on September 15th, 2009
Reason WAITS was my great great great grandfather James G WAITS’ brother, and the source of the letters that I quoted a couple of weeks ago in this post.
For some reason, Reason has been on my radar a lot this week so I thought it would be fitting to post these photos of his very [...]
By Kathy Wait Myers, on September 8th, 2009
I thought it would be fitting today to show you Edwin William Waits’ tombstone, since he was a major part of my day yesterday.
Edwin was born in Milford, Seward, Nebraska, USA and died in Marion, Oregon, USA. It’s my understanding that he was married with kids. Was it common back then to take someone’s body [...]
By Kathy Wait Myers, on August 28th, 2009
Ask and you shall receive! Right? This is alive and well at www.findagrave.com!
Earlier this week, I fulfilled my first photo requests! There were five open at Wyuka Cemetery, so I printed out the info, searched their website for burial locations, and off I went! The folks at the cemetery office were very helpful, not only [...]
By Kathy Wait Myers, on August 19th, 2009
I tried something new today with my family tree and the photos that I took at the Seward Cemetery in Seward, Nebraska this Spring. I started with a seemingly unrelated twig and worked my way back to an ancestor that I recognized from my main family tree! It’s easier to find out who someone’s parents [...]
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