I have Pipher's in my family. They originally came from PA and then moved to Richland County Ohio. Msg me for more info.

Michael, Thank you for replying. How did you score your father's medals? That is amazing. Are you talking about NARA? I think that is right. I will check it out Thanks for the information. Good luck on your research. Kim

Hi everyone, If someone can give me a clue on how I can obtain my uncle's Army Service Number (ASN) , I would be greatful. I want to get my uncle's military record, but without the ASN, I am stuck. I recently wrote to the VA Hospital in Westwood to get his medical file. I sent in copies of my state id, my uncle's death certificate (both pages) and a request in writing asking. The VA's reply was that they could not release any information under the FOIA because I was not next of kin or listed somewhere on the death certificate. I called the VA Hospital to talk to the person in charge of the records and explained why I wanted the medical file. I told the person that all I really wanted was the ASN so I could obtain the military file. They told me that since 9/11 , they have to protect deceased veteran's privacy. WTF????? I told the person at the VA that I can prove that all of my uncle's relatives are dead, and that I am the next of kin. The VA's response to my statement was that even if I could prove that all of my uncle's closest relatives were dead, I still would get denied access to his file. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Kim

No and yes it can get costly, but there is lots of free sites on line that can help. here are some sites to get you started, if you need some help I will do my best to help. I love doing family history I just found a new cousin last week. When I was growing up we traveled alot my dad was in powerline business. So we did not really know family other then my moms side. Well goos luck... Kaye Here are some family history sites http://www.lds.org http://www.genhomepage.com/ http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/full_index.htm http://www.cyndislist.com/lds.htm good site http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/default.asp http://www.ancestry.com/landing/search1_blue.htm http://www.gedlink.com/v2/welcome/default_gedlink.asp http://usroots.com/ Good site http://www.familysearch.org/ http://genealogyresources.iwarp.com/ http://hometown.aol.com/bbbenge/front.html http://www.lineages.com/ http://kidscollecting.about.com/cs/familyhistory/ http://hometown.aol.com/bbbenge/front.html http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks.html http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/roots-l.html http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/uscensus.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/states.htm http://surnames.obitlinkspage.com/ http://www.freesurnamesearch.com/search/worldwide.html http://www.geneanet.org/ http://surnames.obitlinkspage.com/ http://www.obitcentral.com/ http://www.genealogytoday.com/ http://genealogyresources.iwarp.com/ http://www.familyhistory.com/ http://www.genhomepage.com/FHC/fhc.html http://home.ptd.net/~nikki/cwlinks.htm civil war links http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/ http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html

How is everyone doing on family History? Me I still searching for that Great grandmother name, I have access to ancestry.com and many more so I will find her someday. Will even take a trip to Ok. Hope everyone is working and searching to add that one more person. I found a link to something that might help our families in the future, its called Family 'Health History' project. the link if any one inyerested is https://familyhistory.hhs.gov hope everyone has a great week. Kaye

Hi Krista, It's been a long time sense you wrote this post so I'm hoping you are still here.... Don't give up the search for your grandmothers birth family.... I have done tons of research for adoptive members of my family and we have recovered one uncle's family ... he was already dead...... one step grandmother..... and one of her 3 children she gave up..... and I just recently helped a man write a book for his father who had been adopted......... I provided all the research to extend his family back to when they came to the united states in 1749... all he had was one generation. Now His 88 year old father knows where he came from ... and He cried like a baby at Christmas time when the book was presented to him. 20 years of my research made this man cry ... so it was worth all the effort. It's a personal choice to do research for ones loved ones. Please don't let outsiders tell you .....it's a waste of time. It's not, and someday it will pay off for you or someone else you haven't even met yet. Good Luck to you, and happy hunting. Penny

Hi All. I've never posted to this board before,,and I'm typically a lurker on the other boards as well. I love researching my family's genealogy. I'm currently researching the Davis and McKenzie families of McNairy Co and Wayne Co, Tenn. I've pretty much run into a brick wall when it comes to my ggggrandfather William Burdett Davis who married a Lucy Smith. Maybe someone here is also researching this same family ?? Happy New Year to everyone.

My maiden name is Rogers and all my relatives are from South Carolina.

If you can supply first names ,I will look in the census for them. Tracy

Thomas Jefferson was my gr grandfather, he had a daughter Annie Mae Dansby she was my mothers, mother. I trying to find out his 1st wife name. Hiram Dansby was Thomas Jefferson Father. Thomas was killed in a street car accident in Ft Worth ,TX. Are you related to Thomas Jefferson?