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Introducing...William (Steplight) Polite Military Records are a Godsend.. Part 1

Antonishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15755281873844356757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040645190808138012.post-37592118455940722272012-06-06T13:43:00.000-04:002013-03-06T12:51:20.330-05:00

Just wanted to do a quick update to let everyone know I was still here. I have been doing some serious research the past month and a half and I have been quite successful. I have had a few brick walls that I had to head butt to get down, and some that are still up. Here is a quick recap. I have traced my CLARK ancestors to the proverbial patriarch of the family, Adam CLARK (Sr.) and his wife

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I have about a month or so of break before my next set of classes start so I decided to jump back into my family history. I honestly haven't done anything since the last time I posted, so no updates there. I did finally get all of my paper organized in a portable file box. It's all color-coded and pretty. It makes me very happy!!! I even paid for a month subscription to Ancestry.com, so

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So while in the process of restarting my family history research I decided to talk to my grandmother. She has not been very forthcoming with info on her family which is one of the main reasons I was determined to research her side of the family. Well I go into her room and lo and behold, there is a program for our family reunion from two years ago. Press pause. Rewind. Hold the phone... We had a

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Okay folks, it has been quite a while since I've posted, but it's time to get back into it. I am in the process of getting my records organized and finding ONE good genealogy program to use for everything. Stay tuned for upcoming posts. By the way, does anyone have any good programs that they would recommend?

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So, in my previous post Introducing... William Steplight Polite, I stated that I was requesting his military records to get some insight into his military life. Well... they found them. They found his military records. I just have to send off the form and payment for them to make a copy. Hopefully, this record will help me with some holes I have in my research. Stay tuned for part 2.

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So... normally a male ancestor doesn't have  a "maiden" name or an additional last name, but this ancestor is a little different. William STEPLIGHT POLITE is my maternal grandfather. He was born 27 Mar 1925 in Mckeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. According to family members, he was born to Thomas STEPLIGHT and Elouise "Honey" DRAYTON, but I have yet to confirm that information. At

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National Institute for Genealogical Studies Announces Acquisition of GenealogyWise | GeneaBloggers: "GenealogyWise is the social network for genealogists. This is the place to network with other researchers, and make discoveries about your family history.You can join or create surname, locality, or topic groups. The Group feature allows you to collaborate, share, and ask questions of other

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I initially started my genealogy research when I was 12 years old. I was assigned a project in history class where I had to interview one of my elder relatives and see how their life was growing up compared to ours. I chose my grandfather Lymus SIMMONS, Jr. I continued researching on and off for about 10 years and gathered quite a bit of research. Due to a very tragic accident and some

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For such a simple question "who are you?"  can generate sooo many different responses. If asked, I could answer: I am NiNi, a mother, a sister, a daughter, an aunt, a student, a future teacher, an amateur genenalogist, a significant other, a diva, a bit of a loudmouth, etc, etc. This list could go on forever. So who are you? I would say whoever or whatever you say you are.  I know who

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