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 October 5th, 2009
I thought I’d check out Footnote.com today for something different. Within 5 minutes, I located Civil War pension cards for several of my ancestors!
My 2nd great grandfather William H WAITS’ card was especially interesting because it mentioned his wife Elve’s first husband John PITT.

All I’ve been [...]
By Kathy Wait Myers, on September 1st, 2009

Yesterday, I was drawn to my WAITS ancestors in Ohio and thought I would look through all of the records in www.findagrave.com that listed WAITS in Brown County, Ohio. It sorts them according to the name of the cemetery and I was almost immediately rewarded with [...]
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