Wow! And I thought this kind of bashing only happened on boards involving religion and politics! Ha ha! I don't know anything about any of the parties, BUT...when someone feels the need to bring that kind of negativity into my mailbox, therefore my home...I presume they must have an emotional problem and be very troubled. The original message echoes of anger and bitterness. I am very sorry...I hope y'all are feeling better soon. I guess some people can't hack what they hear about their own ancestors. Eh! Those Whaleys are a wild bunch...and I'm darn proud of it. I'de hate to think my ancestors were BORING!! :) Elizabeth Grayson Brett PS...If y'all Whaley family haven't updated your anti-virus software lately ...do so! Two new Pretty Park variants are all over the internet. I was sent one...but Norton has a fix...I would think McAffee has one too! Good luck. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 11:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Weeden and Nelson bashing! The message below came in on the Whaley Message Board! Tuesday, April 04, 2000 Subject: Ruby Nelson & Jackie Weeden Posted by:Terri Parker: I wouldn't believe anything they have to say, whether in a book, on the web, or in person, if they presented me with a note from God. They're a couple of know-it-alls who don't know as much as they think they do. Our reply to the Message Board. Subject:Ruby Nelson and Jackie Weeden Posted by:Ruby L. Nelson Wednesday, April 05, 2000 Subject:Ruby Nelson and Jackie Weeden Message:To Terri Parker, etal. from Nelson and Weeden. We are completely shocked at the bitter, caustic, insulting message by Terri Parker that came out on the Message Board this morning. We don't think we have EVER had ANY contact with this person. We are in communication with a Terri WHALEY who is a descendant of Joshua Whaley and Sarah Crow and she indicates that she is happy with what we have shared with her and indicated that she is buying one of our books. I, Ruby Nelson, write for Jackie Weeden, Whaley researcher, who is not on line. I give her copies of messages and she hand writes answers. Weeden has researched ALL Whaleys for over 30 years. She has done hands-on research in many eastern and central states. She has over 50 notebooks full of Census Records, Bible records, birth, death and cemetery records, pension records, etc. of every state she could find them in. She has over 900 Family Group Sheets in her file and I am typing them onto disks and am sending them out by attachments. This is a free service. She shares pension records from her file (and she has over 300 of them) and does not charge for copies even though they cost her approximately $2000 out of her own pocket. Weeden does not put out data that is not documented. She is always willing to work with other Whaley descendants if there are any differences. So WHY is she being called names? This message from Terri Parker should NEVER have been sent out on the Message Board as it is highly improper for some disgruntled person to make disparaging remarks about a fine researcher that will help others make a poor judgment. I think an apology is needed here. Send further messages by private e-mail to [email protected] To WSP members--Well, shall we continue or call it quits???? Ruby

The message below came in on the Whaley Message Board! Tuesday, April 04, 2000 Subject: Ruby Nelson & Jackie Weeden Posted by:Terri Parker: I wouldn't believe anything they have to say, whether in a book, on the web, or in person, if they presented me with a note from God. They're a couple of know-it-alls who don't know as much as they think they do.� Our reply to the Message Board. Subject:Ruby Nelson and Jackie Weeden Posted by:Ruby L. Nelson Wednesday, April 05, 2000 Subject:Ruby Nelson and Jackie Weeden Message:To Terri Parker, etal. from Nelson and Weeden. We are completely shocked at the bitter, caustic, insulting message by Terri Parker that came out on the Message Board this morning. We don't think we have EVER had ANY contact with this person. We are in communication with a Terri WHALEY who is a descendant of Joshua Whaley and Sarah Crow and she indicates that she is happy with what we have shared with her and indicated that she is buying one of our books. I, Ruby Nelson, write for Jackie Weeden, Whaley researcher, who is not on line. I give her copies of messages and she hand writes answers. Weeden has researched ALL Whaleys for over 30 years. She has done hands-on research in many eastern and central states. She has over 50 notebooks full of Census Records, Bible records, birth, death and cemetery records, pension records, etc. of every state she could find them in. She has over 900 Family Group Sheets in her file and I am typing them onto disks and am sending them out by attachments. This is a free service. She shares pension records from her file (and she has over 300 of them) and does not charge for copies even though they cost her approximately $2000 out of her own pocket. Weeden does not put out data that is not documented. She is always willing to work with other Whaley descendants if there are any differences. So WHY is she being called names? This message from Terri Parker should NEVER have been sent out on the Message Board as it is highly improper for some disgruntled person to make disparaging remarks about a fine researcher that will help others make a poor judgment. I think an apology is needed here. Send further messages by private e-mail to [email protected] To WSP members--Well, shall we continue or call it quits???? Ruby

George Whaley said it all. Jackie and Ruby please keep up the good work that you are doing. There is no place on any list that calls for rude and unkind remarks. If a person is unsatisfied with the list then they should unsubscribe. Thanks for all of your help in the past. I get a lot from just reading everyone's comments. Dave Gunnels ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 7:55 PM Subject: Clarification re message from Terri Parker. > NO, the message did not come from WSP. George would not allow that > sort of thing to be entered here. > > I got a message this morning re the *message*-- > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Please visit http://www.familyhistory.com/messages/showmsg.asp?id=1262975 > to view a recent reply to your message. > > And we don't know what message she was replying to. > > Jackie was so distraught that she wondered if we should continue. And > she wondered if WSP felt the same way. So I asked you. And so > far over 20 positive replies have come in. Thanks, gang, we needed that. > > We don't know the person who wrote the message. But I wrote a reply > and read it to Jackie on the phone and then entered it. Amen. > rlnsd >

I was sent this link and when I checked Whaley, there were 77 listed. I recommend you to go look there and see if any of your Whaleys are listed and who is looking for them. Leslie Quist http://www.everton.com/roots-cellar/roots.html

--part1_26.3ae7448.261602f0_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Another new member to add to our list! Lyn --part1_26.3ae7448.261602f0_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zd01.mx.aol.com (rly-zd01.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.225]) by air-zd01.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 02:23:21 -0500 Received: from ungoliant.surfer.co.nz (ungoliant.surfer.co.nz [210.55.10.2]) by rly-zd01.mx.aol.com (v70.21) with ESMTP; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 02:23:11 -0500 Received: from proxyplus.universe ([210.55.10.203]) by ungoliant.surfer.co.nz (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA29357 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 19:23:02 +1200 Received: from 10.0.0.2 by Proxy+; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 02:33:02 GMT Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Siebert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Welcome to the WSP! Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:39:19 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Dear Lyn Here goes Bernadette Siebert in sunny New Zealand [email protected] Gen I Robert WHALEY (c1817 ?- 1861 Deptford KEN ENG, engine driver) md 1843 Lambeth, ENG Mary Ann Elizabeth MINTY (b1815 Frome, SOM ENG -1879 LON ENG) dau of William & Jane Minty. 6 Chn Gen II George WHALEY (1847 Deptford KEN ENG -1930 Auckland NZL grocer) md 1871 KEN ENG to Charlotte Elizabeth GRAVENER (1849 HAM ENG - 1931 Auckland NZL) dau of Richard Edward & Amy Gravener. 5 chn born ENG a further 6 chn born NZL. Gen III Charlotte Gravener WHALEY (1879 MDX ENG - 1960 Auckland NZL) md 1903 Herbert Ernest SIEBERT (1879 Auckland NZL - 1968 Auckland NZL) son of Hermann Ernst Elias Siebert & Mary RITCHIE. Currently trying to establish Robert Whaley's place of birth c1817 and/or find him on the 1851 census in London. Howzat?? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 2:08 PM Subject: Welcome to the WSP! > Welcome to the Whaley Search Party! One of the first things we need from you > in the way of "housekeeping" is a very brief or "Readers Digest" version of > your connection to the Whaley family and what you are currently looking for > through the WSP. We'd like: > > Your Name > Mailing address (optional) > City, State > E-mail address > > Your line of research starting with oldest Whaley ancestor; for instance my > entry looks like this-- > > Gen. I. James WHALEY, Sr. (1720, VA-1785, Loudoun Co., VA) md. 8 Jul 1739 > Hannah HIGGERSON (1720, Stafford Co, VA-1757, VA) d/o John Higgerson > & Elizabeth (?); > Gen. II. James, Jr. (1750-1826)md. Lettice Carter d/o Peter Carter and Amelia > Veale Tillot, and migrated to Fayette Co, > KY. > Gen. III Edward (1774-1849) md. Nancy Haynie/Haney d/o Capt. Wm. Haney of > Clark Co, KY, and migrated to Marion Co, > MO. > > Then a statement as to what you are looking for. For example my statement > would read: "Currently I am attempting to find the parents of James Whaley, S > r. of Virginia d. 1785." > > If you would create this type of listing of your direct line only, including > your current search, and send it to the Whaley Search Party, we'd appreciate > it! (If you hit "reply", your message will come back to me rather than the > whole group! So, please send it to: [email protected] ) > > On another note, it would be really helpful to use the following format in > the subject line anytime you submit info to the WSP. If you could use > "Name, Place, Date" in that order in the subject line whenever you inquire > about a person, it would help identify which line is being submitted. We > receive so many messages a day, that it gets difficult to read them all. > Using this format is a big help in finding those lines members are really > interested in reading about. So, for example, using my line in this format, > I would type in the subject box: James Whaley, VA, 1785, for my first > submission. Later, if I'm sending a query about his wife, I'd type in: > Hannah Higgerson, VA, 1757 and so on. > > Thanks so much! I'll be looking forward to seeing your message soon. We > certainly hope the WSP is able to help you find your Whaley roots. > > Yours, > > > Lyn > > > Carolyn Whaley Vosburg > Whaley Search Party instigator! --part1_26.3ae7448.261602f0_boundary--

Thanks to Carolyn H. for information on Onslow County marriages. I'm disappointed you did not find the marriage of Carrie Octavia WHALEY and William Gaston ROUSE, my grandparents. "Bill" ROUSE's family lived in Jones County and he and Carrie Ocatavia are buried beside the Piney Grove Baptist Church in that County. They were married abt. 1903 and lived in Dover (Craven County), North Carolina, where they owned a farm and he was chief-of-police. The Rouse family was native to Lenoir County. I look forward to hearing more from you on this search. Jackie Boykin

----- Original Message ----- From: Harmon To: [email protected] rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 2:08 PM Subject: Onslow County Marriages Dear WSP friends and family, Yesterday I went to the Family History Library and looked at the Onslow County Marriage Register, 1867 -1961, FHL 0267, 591. I found the following WHALEY marriages. They are mostly of grooms, as the register is alphabetical by the groom's name and not the bride's. Some of the data was copied from a previous index, and the indication was that they did not have the original license. The first group lists names of groom and bride, name of officiator, and the date. John T. WHALEY & Ann E. WILLIAMS, Elder D.A. WILLIAMS, M.G. 31 Oct 1872 Sam WHALEY & Mary PADGETT, James GRUGANUS, J.P., 25 May 1882 Charles C. WHALEY & Margaret THOMPSON, S.B. TAYLOR, J.P. 23 Jan 1884 Braddock WHALEY & Elda Ann DALLIS AMAN, James F. WALTON, J.P., 25 Sep 1888 Fred WHALEY & Alice JARMAN, F.W. HARGETT, J.P. 14 Aug 1889 William WHALEY & Dora HUFFMAN --- 7 Apr 1891 J.D. WHALEY & Fannie JARMAN, W.I.SMITH, minister, 20 Jan 1898 Allen WHALEY & Louise JARMAN, W.D.G. WHALEY, J.P. 7 Oct 1879. (William Durrant Green WHALEY was a son of Durrant Green WHALEY and a grandson of Lewis WHALEY) Bradford WHALEY & Lillie JARMAN, J.E. HOWARDS, M.G. 8 Jan 1902 W.F. WHALEY & Nellie J. WHALEY, F.D. Shaw, J.P. 25 Dec 1912 I also looked at the letter "J" and found the following WHALEY brides. Robert JARMAN & Mary E. WHALEY, Zacheus BROWN J.P. 24 Dec 1868 Edward T. JONES & Sallie E. WHALEY, W.W. DENNY M.G., 1 Jan 1890 ( Sallie was a daughter of Levi J. WHALEY and Sarah E. and a grandaughter of Lewis WHALEY.) The next later set of marriages told what county the couple were from. All were from Onslow, so I have not indicated that. The order listed will be: the name of the groom and bride, followed by their ages, then the officiator, the date of marriage, and the name of witnesses. Adrian WHALEY, 22 & Lizzie HEMBY, 26, A.Z. JARMAN J.P. 11 Nov 1911, Rosco CULLUM, Lilliam JARMAN W.F. WHALEY 19 & Nellie J. WHALEY 19, G.D. SNOW, J.P. 9 Sep 1912, O.L. PARKER, W.L.COX, H.L. COX John H. WHALEY, 18 & Lucy THOMPSON 18 , R.C. KENNEDY, Rev, 5 Jul 1914, R.C. NORRIS, I.J. KENNEDY, S. WHALEY William WHALEY, 20, & Dora CARTER, 15, R.C.Foster, Rev, 19 Apr 1916, J.E. FOSTER, L.B. FOSTER >From the "J" section: Jerry JARMAN, 23, & Sarah E. WHALEY, 14, E.F. HOWARD, J.P. 19 Jan 1893, D.T. WHALEY, J. JARMAN, M.E. WHALEY I was looking for the marriage of Carrie Octavia WHALEY and William Gaston ROUSE, by I did not find it. I stopped with the W section in Dec 1916, the J section in 1911. I hope that this will be useful for someone. Carolyn Harmon. For some reason this was returned as being undeliverable. I am trying again.

> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Hi WSP members--I was asked to look at messages on a Whaley web > and *of course* we had some answers to enter and have been sending > Weeden's FGSs out. What's "Weeden's FGSs"? Tom _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp

Hello, WSPers, I just wanted to let you know I've posted a website with a summary of my Whaley research. Unfortunately it doesn't go back very far, only to my grandfather and a brick-wall story about his mystery father. Here it is......... http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/r/a/Beverly-Graham/index.html Enjoy! Bev Graham Springfield, MO

Hi WSP members--I was asked to look at messages on a Whaley web and *of course* we had some answers to enter and have been sending Weeden's FGSs out. JOSHUA and MARTHA PEARCE CROW--Doug and Terri have some new ancestors. Joshua was s/o Isham and Lile/Lyle , s/o ?Isaac R. and Harris, s/o William and Hannah Brewton/Bruton. They are very pleased to get Weeden's FGSs for this line. JOHN and MARY AIRHEART--there seem to be thousands of descendants of John and Mary! WSPers Joy and Nita and Glenda have been working for ages, it seems, on this large family. There is a TX Biographical Sketch re this family, naming all 13 children. And it says father of John was a s/o Hercules from VA. The name Hercules is very prevalent in this line. Joy's uncle T.L. found and copied an 1832 VA will by a Hercules and it is the will of the father of the John who married Airheart. There were some other names mentioned and so I told Joy to send a copy to Jackie. It said that Hercules said that he had conveyed his share of his father's lot and mansion in NYC to his sister Margaret Hurst. Jackie looked at the NY wills and found a Thomas had a will and had sons Hercules, Thomas and Cook Malcolm (or Mulligan) and daughter MARGARET. Thomas had married a Sarah Mulligan (who had a brother Hercules!) Then Jackie went to the Rev. Sam book and found that Thomas was s/o James, the immigrant, who married Margaret ?Goff. And there is some data from a descendant's Journal that says that James was the grandson of Henry who was brother to Edward the Regicide. This Journal was written by Thomas Whaley who built the Whaley house in old San Diego. His wife was Anna Delauney. So sometimes there are real surprises!! If anyone is descended from John and Mary Airheart, then this line goes back and back and back. WILLIAM and HANNAH BREWTON--*DOT* wanted to know if anyone had data re this family, as she is descended from John Peppers who married a Hester. She thought Hester was a WHALEY, and yes, Hester Whaley, dau of William and Hannah Brewton married John Peppers. So now she is getting a copy of our GA Whaley book. . HANNAH nee BREWTON--of course 99% of the descendants of William and Hannah say she was a *Round*, but we have two documents that say she was a Brewton (with various spellings) One is from a list of GA heads of house in 1805 and Hannah is listed as: 1805 Jackson Co GA *Hannah Whaley, widow of William, nee Brewton.* 1805 was the year of a lottery and she applied as she was a widow with minors, but was not a winner. Well, NEE is not anything that can be changed. We have spent $$ and time researching the Round family and can find no data showing a marriage between William and Hannah Round, dau of James Round. Therefore, our records continue to show her as Hannah Brewton. ALEXANDER (3) and LEVERICH--again. There are still some who say that this Alexander was the father of William M. of Sevier Co TN. Alexander (3) did have a son William, but that William d pre 1832 and had sons David and John. Alexander and Leverich and their family never left the NY area. He was s/o Alexander (2) and Shaw, s/o James (1) and Margaret ?Goff. So there goes another line back to Henry, brother of Edward, the Regicide. FGS report. Weeden's FGS are slowly being entered on disk and they have been so valuable because it only takes a few seconds to find them and zap them off to someone. The T Whaleys are near completion and then some W Whaleys are last. I suspect there will be another zillion Williams waiting. Popular names? The winners still are John and James. More strange names??? Consider and Rosebud. Ulysses Grant Whaley showed up, also. (They called him Grant.) (880 and counting.) LEWIS/LOUIS WHALEY-does anyone know of a Lewis Whaley b about 1910 in Jasper Co MO. Where did he go??? Is he the Louis C. d 5-8-1981 Los Angeles Co CA? JAMES RATLIFF WHALEY-the stone wall is still there, but we are trying to find the guardianship records for James R. and his sister. They should name his father. We continue to find people who say that James' mother Elizabeth, b 1802 was the Elizabeth Caldwell that married Edward Whaley in 1803! There is a mistake on a publication of marriages that causes this confusion. The publication says the marriage was 1830! We checked the film of original marriages in Greene Co GA and it is 1803, not 1830. Someone has made a typo and transposed these numbers. (Happens to me all of the time! rlnsd) Ruby and Jackie

The following was submitted by Carolyn to the Price family list. George ----------------------------------------------------------------- Found this on a list and hoped it could help someone. Liesa Just surfing, when I came across this sight. It offers a quick search for Obits, memorials, cemeteries and Funeral directors. It offers links to find cemeteries in all states and gives directions to those listed. It also has a link for recently posted Obits in all States. The Wappner Funeral Home in Mansfield, Ohio has a link to there obituaries from 1979-2000. Hope it helps someone. Carolyn http://www.funeralnet.com/

Hi WSPers, Does anyone out there recognize Mary Geest's line? George -------------------------------------------------- Subject: RE: Welcome to the Whaley Search Party Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:43:36 -0600 From: Mary Geest <[email protected]> Organization: Abbey Road Software, Inc. To: "'George Whaley'" <[email protected]> Hi there, I'm new here. I am looking for some connection between the Whaleys, Baileys and Seabrooks from Rockville,Charleston,Wadmalaw Island and Edisto Island, S.C.My Grandmother was a Bailey but was later adopted by either a Whaley or a Seabrook.But am supposely related to most of these in these areas.There was so much intermarriage between these families in S.C. Any info would be appreciated. Mary Geest [email protected]

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_953411856-18218-0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Please excuse me if I tell the story backwards, or rather from the middle. In 1825 Rebecca Ibbotson gave birth to an illegitimate son by Richard Whaley at the Whitehorse Inn in Marrick, North Yorkshire England. This son christened William retained his mothers name hence my name 4 generations later is Ibbotson. Richard Whaley was the youngest of 8 children of William (1748? -died 1821) and Jane (nee Ling). They had married at Marske in North Yorkshire 12 June 1780 while he was working as a miller at Marske Hall. The baptism dates and brief notes of the 8 children are :- John 1781 at Marske, was to marry and have 4 children Susan 1783 at Marske, did not marry but had 2 children James 1785 at Marske, died unmarried 1864 in London William 1787 at Marske, ? Elizabeth 1781 at Marrick, married Mathew Beal 1827 at Marrick Jane 1792 at Marrick,married Mathew Wagget 1821, 2Dau, 1Son. Mathew 1794 at Marrick, ? Richard 1797 at Marrick, unmarried, 1 Son. Died from Cholera 1849 at Hartlepool County Durham England. William the elder had a brother Thomas, and their father John lived in the Hawes area of N.Yorkshire. There were several Whaleys living in the area and we have not identified our particular John. My male line runs - John Whaley-William Whaley-Richard Whaley-William Ibbotson-Alonza Ibbotson- Harry Ibbotson-Arthur Ibbotson.(me) I hope this rambling account will be of use to someone. Regards Arthur. ------------=_953411856-18218-0--

The following appeared in the Saturday, March 18, 2000 issue of the Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama. I thought it might be of interest to someone. Graveside services for Georgie Whaley Davis, 81, of Lanett, AL, formerly of Wedowee, AL, will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Union Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Billy East officiating and Benefield Funeral Home of Wedowee in charge. The family will receive friends Saturday after 3:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Davis died Friday at her home. Survivors include three sons, Leo Whaley of Griffin, Ga., Earl Whaley of Lanett, and James Leroy Whaley of Grayson, Ga.; a sister, Mary Jo Edmondson of Phoenix, Ariz.; a brother, Josh McCormick of Wedowee; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Davis was a native of Randolph County. She was a homemaker and was a member of Union Baptist Church.

To Connie Johnston and other descendants of Alexander and Ruth McAnally--from Jackie Weeden: In Digest 2000-#47, Connie Johnston wrote about Alexander Whaley and Ruth McAnally. Connie said that Ruth first married a man named Dockery. She did not give any sources--was it family info--Bible info or what? She does show a definite death date for Ruth as being 5-3-1887 which we do not have on our FGS. I will have to check the marriage records for a mar of Ruth McANally and ___Dockery to see if it is recorded there. I do have a copy of Ruth's application for a widow's pension and bounty land for Alexander's War of 1812 service. On one page Ruth is swearing that she was mar 9-10-1812 under the name of Ruth McAnally, not Ruth Dockery. The published TN marriage records show her as Ruth McAnally. In the pension papers, her brother John McAnnally testified, and the Justice of the Peace was Elijah McAnnally. Ruth also states that Alexander d in AR in the fall of 1850. Connie says he d 1863 in AR. In 1850 in Poinsett Co AR Alexander and his 'other wife' Margaret (Hays) and their family were living in Greenfield and in 1860 only 'wife' Margaret (Hays) was living with son Riley and 3 of her other children in Jackson Co AR. So, it would SEEM that Alexander had indeed died between the 1850 and 1860 census. What do other descendants have to say about these new facts?????

Lawrence Whaley, s/o of Joane, unmarried dau of Theophilus. Robert Whaley etal, I recently sent you the Weeden article re this Lawrence Whaley. Now I find that she also has sources for this article. I will resend this to you by attachment. rlnsd

My friend, John W. Goff of Michigan, forwarded the address for a site containing information and pictures of the church and grounds of St. Dunstan, Stepney, the site of the marriage between Edward Whalley and Judith Duffield. The pictures are magnificent and the site may offer new sources for searching out information about Edward's family. www.btinternet.com/~dave.wild/eolfhs/stepney.html Robert Whaley Rochester, NY

I don't understand why I'm getting Whaley-L AND Whaley-D -- I thought I only subscribed to Whaley-D. Do I need to unsubscribe to Whaley-L or will that take me out of both? Connie

Hi Whaley's, I went to Gainesville and Henrietta the other day and have in my possession the original marriage certificates of R.M. (Rufus M.) to Mattie Giddens. They were married on the 22nd of June (I think, can't make it out very well) 1905. If there are any descendants of RM or Mattie that would like this please let me know. Also I have the original of Marion W. Clopton to Blanche Whaley (daughter of James C. Whaley) they were married June 15,1909. Any relatives of these are welcome to have this one too. I have a copy of Missouri H. to Jane Puryear certificate, they didn't have or couldn't find the original to that one. they were married May 6,1861. We also went to the Whaley United Methodist Church in Gainesville. It is really a beautiful church. They have the original stain glass windows that was in the first church that was burned in 1887. I took pictures so when I get them developed if anyone wants to see them I can scan them in. I think that is all for now.......I came back with loads of information, just haven't had time to go through it all and sort it out. I did find out that the Whaley's were a wild bunch down there! LOL Nita

Your line of research starting with oldest Whaley ancestor. Then a statement as to what you are looking for. >> Connie Johnston Saraland, Alabama [email protected] Ruth McANALLY DOCKERY WHALEY (b: Abt. 1790 in Amherst County, Virginia d: May 03, 1887) m. (1) bef. 1810 -- Unknown DOCKERY m. (2) early September 1812 in Roane County, Tennessee -- Alexander Whaley (b: 1790 d: 1863 in Arkansas) I am trying to find any information about Ruth McANALLY WHALEY's apparent first marriage to a DOCKERY. She had a daughter named Elizabeth Dockery who was born 2 years prior to her marriage to Alexander WHALEY.