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 October 11th, 2009
I thought I’d let you all know about a genealogy group that I started.
http://waitheritage.ning.com/
Over the last few months that I’ve been researching my WAIT roots, I’ve “met” probably a dozen people online who have also researched my line. Through a series of emails and messages on Ancestry.com, I’ve learned a lot about where I come [...]
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 17th, 2009

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