With the help of a couple of awesome DAR ladies, my application is ready to submit.  It seems that I have a proven patriot of which I was not even aware.  :-)  It goes through my dad's line and I really want to know more of their stories....  As I went back to South Carolina for my grandmother's funeral (step-grandma), my desire to spend more time finding their stories, their histories, grew.

As an avid reader, I have loved historical fiction and biographies that tell the story and not just the facts....  As a budding genealogist, the facts without the stories of their lives leaves me feeling like part of the puzzle is missing...