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Walter Smith

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Walter C. Smith
Born 1940s.
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Brother of , and [private brother (1940s - unknown)]
Father of [private son (1970s - unknown)], [private daughter (1980s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1980s - unknown)]
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Bold text== Biography == Born Fort Sam Houston Texas: Military father: Lived in Kansas, Wyoming, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky & Florida before starting High School in 1963. Finished College in 1980 w/ BBA. Worked only directly with corporate owners. San Antonio & Dallas. Then 26 years in Connecticut and New York - only working for high net worth individuals. Executing turn arounds for troubled companies.

Sources

  • First-hand information. Entered by Walter Smith at registration.

I source from a multiple area's that have verifiable sources. Birth & Death Certificates, Marriage & Divorce filings, Census Reports, Military Records and other, including George Washington's Diary's.

Additional To above: Will's of deceased. Land Transfers from selected Virginia & Maryland, Reported occupation reports from Virginia & other States, along with Military Records reported.

Walter Conrad Smith I’m on all the listed below

MyHeritage Signed up May 22, 2017 Walter Smith Walter Conrad Smith Tree Name: WCSmith47

Family Search Signed up 14 years ago My ID: L6MF-857 Set up your account and input yourself, parents, grandparents as far as you can. If they are still alive – the function will hide their information. You can look up my ID and “click” for tree. From there you can follow the tree in any direction. I use this a first look to see if a connection.

MyFTDNA (FamilyTree DNA) Here they offer testing for Y-DNA & mtDNA. I started testing with the low cost but still affective test Y-DNA12 that gives STR (Short Term Repeats) that they compare with Smiths. From there I took the next jump into Y-DNA 111 (STR). I did a couple of SNP packs to flush out more detail. And finally, they came out with a very large testing of the “Big Y-700”. Depending on circumstances, go for the Big Y-700 (It comes up on Sale Occasionally). It’s worth the “jump right in” feeling and excitement. My kit number is 614858

Smith Official DNA And One Name Study Project Smith Official DNA At FamilyTreeDNA It’s the opening to input a tree and search names in a extensive “Site Menu” that help you find a family name that might have already been tested. Pretty easy to use and a great help in finding leads. The testing would be another step and that add to a new dimension. I’ve taken an mt-DNA test recently. I’m in there a DNA Group R-M-269-7. R-FT19742, , R-CTS2509 & mtDNA T2b23. I've a list of 1,200,000 SNP's in RSID format. Additional there are 828 STR's listed for me.

23andMe My daughter asked me to take this test because she was engaged with her boyfriend who was Ashkenazi , she has that on her side and my maternal grandfather is also the same. It has a “DNA Relatives” function that really help fill out information. I’ve results data covering 500,000 lines. I’m in there as Walter Smith (Sitting behind a desk).

WikiTree It’s pretty easy to use. I primarily look for relatives – distant that have taken DNA test a have submitted them to GedMatch / GenisisGedMatch number and have shared that on their page. My WikiTree ID code for that is “Smith-120963” I get a weekly Email showing people looking for connections or data. I use FamilySearch to see if their person is related to me.

Ancestry Ancestry offers DNA at a very reasonable price and you get a lot of “DNA Data”. It’s detailing SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) to about 800,000. You can put a copy into GedMatch and add another “Free” resource to your search. In ancestry I’m in again as “Walter Smith” sitting behind a desk with the same jacket on – oh dear I’ve got to update my wardrobe. The family tree is extensive. Always double checking data and using the “green leaf” to expand it.

Geni I seldom go on this site but my daughter’s aunt uses it. I get alerts that something new has been added.


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Please, do you have any source data for the Revolutionary War service of Robert Smith? Please add into notes if you can.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-42520

posted by Beryl Meehan
Hello Walter,

I see that your Magna Carta trail extends through the Plumpton line, which I also have. I had been working with the Charles Barnes of Long Island gateway going to the Stapleton line back which intersects with Plumpton so eventually I will be exploring this connection back to de Ros. My ancestry is from New England, but as it often is, gateway ancestry intersects in England tying multiple regions in the US.

Darrell Larocque

posted by Darrell Larocque
Sorry for the snarky comment I made a while back. I thought that we were in the same Smith DNA GRP-R-M269-8. I see that Chris Smith is harassing you because you and I claim the same line to Christopher Smith 1593, but we are in different DNA groups. Good luck dealing with that. -ed
posted by Ed Mauldin III
Hey Ed,

I'm not harassing Walter. He has intentionally published misleading and fabricated information that has muddled this discussion. Despite the hard proof that I have provided to both him and you, he persists.

Your Mauldin line descends from the Smiths of Gould Hill in Hanover County, Virginia. I've previously provided you the link to the book titled "Virginia Migrations - Hanover County" by Eugenia G. Glazebrook, Preston G. Glazebrook that clearly shows the information that Linda G. Cheek published in her book "Ancestors and Descendants of Smiths" is, at best, errant.

https://books.google.com/books?id=tkqYwWXEamAC&pg=RA1-PA2&lpg=RA1-PA2&dq=%22John+Snelson%22+%22Charles+Smith%22&source=bl&ots=tUEm7rg1iR&sig=ACfU3U1RpbwWQWydFi0rCde9hpKyS4BjDw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfoOi498LzAhV0SjABHRvCAV8Q6AF6BAgcEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false

I'm not the bad guy in all of this. I'm working to correct the online trees that have been muddled by bad information that was published in books over 50 years ago and somehow I end up being the villan. Unreal. Walter just continues to add to the mess by plastering nonsensical posts around the online message boards and genealogy sites.

I'm not the one trying to "choose your ancestors", as Brooke Smith stated it.

And yet, somehow, yours and Walter's yDNA lines are still incorrectly linked on this site.

posted by Christopher Smith
edited by Christopher Smith
Give Christopher a chance, and consider the work he is doing, before you so easily dismiss it.

If he is wrong, it should be easy to prove. Conversely if he is correct, then we stand to all learn a lot. Just my opinion. Paul G. Smith

posted by Paul Smith
Hi Walter,

You recently posted on G2G that you have information you can add to Mary (Isham) Randolph. Please make sure to respond to the G2G questions with the sources you have and the information you want to add. If you were merely posting about your relationship, that can be done on your own profile using a relationship "sticker" https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Relationship_Stickers

Hey Walter,

While I appreciate any help from other geneologists, I did undo the changes for my adoptive grandfather, as Elmer Sandhaus is not his biological father, but his step/adoptive. I'm also unsure why you created duplicate profiles for his mother and her parents.

– Lita Christopher

posted by Lita Christopher
Hi Walter! I'm starting to work on proposing merges for the duplicate profiles you created for Lawrence Smith's family. It looks like you joined WikiTree before we had our "New Member How-to" info. I went through it when it was published & learned some things even though I've been an active WikiTree member since 2012. Check them out at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:New_Member_How-To

You might also find https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Merging of help (although in future, please keep in mind that it's better to work on the existing profile for a person than creating a new profile that then needs to be merged).

Cheers, Liz

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Walter I see we are 7th cousins. I expected to see a trail back to my Smith ancestors, as my maiden name is Smith. Instead it says we are connected by the Brewers. You answered a Smith ? I posted on G2G. Do you have more Smith or Brewer info you would share?
Yes - I'm related to the Brewers. I remember that a Robert Smith married in the Henderson Family? Could be faulty memory ! The Brewers for sure. Let me take a look. Yes, Olivia Brewer (1799-1835) married Thomas Bankston Taylor Sr. (1776-1858), His father was Nimrod Taylor (1756-1834) whom was married to Judith Bankston (1754-1803)< Nimrod Taylor father was Robert Taylor Jr. (1703-1758) m. Mary Ann Hudson (1705-Unk) they married in 1722. My direct email is [email address removed] . Send email with Brewer in the subject line and I'll PDF 3-4 pages of Family Search pages on the Brewers. Respectfully Walter Smith
posted by Walter Smith
Walter, if I received your Brewer document, it must have been misplaced. Could you send that again?

posted by Donna (Smith) Henderson
edited by Donna (Smith) Henderson
FTDNA for my son is B539937
Hi Walter this is in reply to your comment on Smith-77693 (William YOumans Smith) His profile was one of my first as a cemeterist and i was a total newbie at the time. Did not know how to source anything! I am working my way back through my watchlist to add all these things. It does take time! There maybe connections for me here I am unsure at this time! William just happens to be in the same cemetery as my Jarrell grandfather. Thanks for the information. I have taken AncestryDNA
posted by Liz (Jarrell) Parker
There is an external Smith DNA and one name site as well: See http://www.smithsworldwide.org/index.php
posted by Connie Graham
I'm part of the http://www.smithsworldwide.org/index.php, my Haplogroup is R-M-269-7 (Abner Smith). Sorry for taking so long.
posted by Walter Smith
Hi Walter,

You asked for my GedMatch number I believe it is Cordwell-209. I have followed your family tree (Smith side) and do not see any conection with my Smiths. Regards John

posted by John Cordwell
Welcome! We are so glad you are here! Please make sure each of your Smith profiles has a birth year, birth place and at least one Source. If you don’t have exact information, please mark your best guess as Uncertain. Thanks!

If you would like to help other Smiths, please find and add sources to any of these Unsourced Smith profiles: http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Category:Unsourced_Profiles&from=Smith-1

We have a Smith One-Name-Study to assist you with your general research and genetic genealogy: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Smith_Name_Study

Please join our Smith Researchers group so we know who you are researching: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Smith_Researchers

Is the surname Smith on your Tags Followed? http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Following

posted by Kitty (Cooper) Smith
Welcome Walter,

You are now a confirmed member of WikiTree! Thank you for volunteering. Have fun and ask for help if you need it! WikiTree members are always eager to offer guidance to a fellow genealogist.

If you need additional help, our Mentors Project is a friendly bunch of volunteers who will be glad to assist you with WikiTree-specific problems.

Cheers, Carrie

posted by Carrie Quackenbush

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