I think the DAR has accepted some evidence that is only slightly stronger than alien visitation. One DAR book lists Abraham Waid's father as Hampton or Hamilton Waid who served in the 10th and 14th Virginia Regiments, but I can find no other data to support this. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hathcoat" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 12:04 AM Subject: Re: [WADE-L] For Alan Wade, Good Examples > Thanks for this Margaret, > > BTW I'm starting to subscribe to your alien visitation theory in a > couple of lines myself. Do you think the DAR/SAR might accept it? > ;=) > > Paul > > > > > I would like to applaud Glenn and Paul for their thoughtful and > >sensitive responses to Alan. I think we all learn best from > >positive, strong examples like they are demonstrating. The freedom > >to speak what is on my mind, with some restraint, is very important > >to me and to this country. As an old southern Waid/Wade descendent, > >I would like to retain that freedom and the many others that we have > >here. One of the things we all have in common is the Wade name and > >that we are all searching for something. > > Alan, do you know when your ancestor came to Argentina? Was he > >from the old South in the United States, or was he from another > >country? Please share > >everything you know, and are comfortable sharing, about Michael. > >Someone may have some clues. > > I'm looking for an ancestor's father who lived only a hundred or > >so miles from where I live now, and I'm frustrated by the search. > >Does anyone have any clues about an Abraham Waid, born circa 1788 in > >South Carolina who seems to have migrated to Tennessee and, > >eventually, Blount County, Alabama between 1820 and 1830 (census > >data). He is my dead end. I just know that he has to have had a > >father and a mother, unless there is some truth in alien visitation. > > > >Sincerely, > >Margaret Behel (4th great-granddaughter of Abraham Waid) > > > > > ==== WADE Mailing List ==== > If you need help you can contact me "listowner" at this address > mailto:[email protected] > >