Cheryl - I hope you have been able to find the obituaries for Charles Whitnah and May Whitnah from the death dates I sent you on Jan 9. If you did not receive that Jan 9 email, please let me know and I will re-send the information. Jeanne, Seward Co Coordinator At 08:43 PM 1/18/99 -0500, you wrote: > >I recently poured through all that data on the NE gen web page and Seward >County pages. I got lot of good info on my surnname Whitnah, including >references to a "Whitnah & Bros general store" and an E.C. Whitnah in the >farmer's gazetteer (BTW, what is a "Gazetteer"?). My Whitnahs lived in >Utica in the 1890's and must have moved to Beaver Creek by 1900, where my >gramps and his bros and sister are listed as being born. He, in Utica. > >I would like to find earlier references of Whitnahs, there, and more >information on the general store in Utica, which apparently existed in 1890, >and, it seems that his dad (Charles) must have had a brother or two around >there - i.e., E.C. Whitnah (unles that was a woman, its possible, Carrell's >sister was named "Evelyn" and the family does pick names of recent other >relatives to pass along, especially female maiden names and first names, to >preserve their lineage, as my mom carried "Evelyn" after her aunt, above, as >a middle name, and my uncle has "Cary" as a middlle name to remember his >mom's father's name, "Cary Pope". My goodness. I was just handed an email >that told me that Charles, my grandpa's dad, well, HIS dad (grandpa's >grand-dad) was named "Eli" Whitnah. I guess that's the E.C. Whitnah, farmer, >in the gazetteer. > >I sure would like to peruse any other Seward county references from 1870 >through 1950, as some of my family has been around all that time, and might >even still be. > >Also, Lincoln is in Lancaster county? My grandmother came back from Burma >to give birth to my Aunt Margaret in 1924 in Lincoln NE, and then had my mom >back in Burma, 1926, and I am guessing she stayed with family in Lincoln. I >am looking, therefore, for Whitnahs in Lincoln, NE, around 1920-1930, unless >they all came back for a spell and went to Burma again, and therefore I >might find "Carrell and Mildred Whitnah" in Lincoln at that time. > >Any resources or newspapers or church gossip would be great... > >Cheryl > >