Just found this from the 1891 census of Weldford, Ke nt, NB George Whitney Age 52 Sarah " 45 Mary Ann " 17 Charles E. " 10 Sarah B. " 8 John W. " 5 If anyone can identify with this family I would be happy to correspond.

Source-1890 Veterans Census. The National Archives: No. 123- Roll 51 New York Bundle 112. House#254 Family# 277 Walter S. Whitney Private 22nd New York Vol. Inf., L Company, Served 29 Apr. 1861- 31 June 1863 -Re- Enlisted as Lt., K Company 2nd N. Y. Calvary. Served 12 Aug. 1863- 8 Nov.1865 - Disability Incurred- Effects of sun stroke and malaria posioning, Disease of eyes, now blind. I found this while searching the 1890 Special Census. James E. Whitney, II WRG

On 13 Apr 2001, Robert Warden (nedrew@earthlink.net) wrote: >>I'm searching for any information about Rev. Aaron W. Whitney who lived in Bridgeport CT. in the 1800's. He had a daughter Emily Ann Whitney who married Burton Washburn Leonard in 1846. I've been unable to trace him back to his father and beyond. Any information you might have will be greatly appreciated.<< Dear Robert: Success! Your Rev. Aaron W. Whitney was a descendant of Henry Whitney of Long Island and Connecticut and is contained in Stephen Whitney Phoenix's huge 3-Volume book entitled "The Whitney Family of Connecticut" -- specifically in Vol 1 p139. He was -- Aaron Wilkes-6 WHITNEY (Ebenezer-5, David-4, Joseph-3, John-2, Henry-1). Information on his family and ancestry can be found on this web page, which was created using my Gedcom: http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/whitney2/5256 I am sending a copy of this email to our "Whitney Research Group" in case any of our 400+ members are connected and want to get in touch with you. Be sure and visit the WRG web site http://www.whitneygen.org where you will find more resources for confirmation. Jeanne (Whitney) Muse jwmuse@compuserve.com ------------------------------------------ Major Surnames I am researching: GOLDSMITH, HARDING, MUSE, REED, REGNIER, WHITNEY http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse/roots.htm -----------------------------------------

Hi Beth, I'm also from a Young-Whitney combination. My Young side moved from Nova Scotia to Gouldsboro, Maine. There are a number of Whitneys just downeast of Gouldsboro in Whitneyville, Maine. I have a book on the history of families of Gouldsboro with quite a bit of information on the Youngs. I'll look to see if there are any of your ancestors mentioned. Best regards, Jim Whitney

I am looking to see if the following sounds familiar to anyone. I have a LOUISA SARAH ANN YOUNG born August 4, 1836, at Young Island, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada death Unknown. She married ISAAC KING WHITNEY on January 28, 1858. ISAAC KING WHITNEY was born January 4, 1833, in Cape Negro, Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada. They had the following children: MARY ELIZABETH b. May 5, 1859 WILLIAM FRASER b. October 19, 1861 CHARLES ISAAC FENWICK b. January 14, 1866 LOUISA ELLEN b. December 2, 1867 ELIZABETH ILDORA b. February 26, 1870 LADY CECILIA b. November 30, 1873 What I am looking for is if anyone has any siblings or anything of the sort for LOUISA SARAH ANN YOUNG. Thank you Beth Always searching for WILLIAM DOYLE, JULIA FALLON, ALLEN HENRY YOUNG AND ELLEN GILL but only finding brick walls.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------79448152D7BA25FE73E56278 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear all, While Jeanne is right about the myfamily site in most respects, I would like to clarify one thing. While the myfamily site is being used to facilitate polls etc. regarding the reunion, it is not necessary that you participate in the myfamily site to participate in the reunion. Because of recent requests, Carolyn and I, as current coordinators of the reunion, will be posting information on this site as well for those who have chosen, for their own reasons, to not join the myfamily site. For those who are on that site, responding there would be the most helpful as it is more organized and we can keep numbers easier. But again, no one is required to join that site to be part of the reunion. It is a WRG reunion and not at all affiliated with myfamily or ancestry.com Just wanted to clarify. Lyn Legere Jeanne Muse wrote: > Dear WRG: > > Since our Whitney clan site on MyFamily.com is a password-protected > private site, you must have a user name and password to access the site > and participate in the planning stages of the WRG Reunion, including the > opinion polls. > > More than 400 people are on the member list and were sent "invitations" > from me containing a temporary password and log-in user name. If you > have lost your original message and want to access the site now or in > the future, contact me. Another invitation will be sent to you. The old > WhitneyGrp Visitor ID and password no longer works. > > Also contact me if you would like to be totally removed from the member > list. > > Jeanne Muse --------------79448152D7BA25FE73E56278 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="lynleg.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Lyn Legere Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="lynleg.vcf" begin:vcard n:Legere;Lyn tel;fax:617-353-7700 tel;home:617-353-3549 tel;work:Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:lynleg@bu.edu org:Boston University;Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation adr:;;940 Commonwealth Avenue, West;Boston;MA;02215; version:2.1 email;internet:lynleg@bu.edu title:Research Assistant fn:Lyn Legere end:vcard --------------79448152D7BA25FE73E56278--

Hello! The below message was sent to me regarding the following Whitney: William Elisha-8 Whitney (Arvy-7, Elisha-6, Ephraim-5, Zachariah-4, Ebenezer-3, Richard-2, John-1) who married Mary Charlotte Higley. William Elisha Whitney was b. 26 Dec 1827 in Clarendon, NY and d. 19 Oct 1911 in Camden, Ohio. He and Mary Charlotte Higley were married 16 Dec 1848 in Rockport, Ohio. [per witney14.ged] I think the person who submitted the family information to the John and Elinor Whitney database was Arvy Leroy Whitney, but I do not know if he is still a participant in our list. Arv - are you here? If so, you will probably want to respond to the message from Clemi below. Clemi -- I hope someone on the Whitney Research Group knows how to get in touch with Arvy Whitney. He was pretty active in the group in 1999, but it has been quite awhile since I've heard from him. You might also want to visit the web site: http://www.whitneygen.org . Jeanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clemi" <clemi@chipshot.net> To: <jwmuse@compuserve.com> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 3:20 AM Subject: Hello ... Hello Jeanne ... Just a moment ago I found your information on a totally new site to me, my-ged.com. You have a Mary Charlotte Higley (marr. William Elisha Whitney) and I would love to know how you learned about her. You have that she was b. 12 Aug 1828 Delaware Co., NY & d. 24 May 1912 Wellington, Lorrain, OH. What intrigues me is my Higley line is stuck in that county about that time. My gr-grfather was born there in 1833. If it's at all possible, I would love to know about your Mary Charlotte as I've been looking for something/anything since 1968. Many thanks, clemi

Dear WRG: Since our Whitney clan site on MyFamily.com is a password-protected private site, you must have a user name and password to access the site and participate in the planning stages of the WRG Reunion, including the opinion polls. More than 400 people are on the member list and were sent "invitations" from me containing a temporary password and log-in user name. If you have lost your original message and want to access the site now or in the future, contact me. Another invitation will be sent to you. The old WhitneyGrp Visitor ID and password no longer works. Also contact me if you would like to be totally removed from the member list. Jeanne Muse

Please change my e-mail address to LeesrebMA@aol.com , as I'm giving this one t my wife. Thanks , Bruce Whitney

I second that... Bob Starkins message reflects my feelings as well. Ancestry.com was my first genealogy exposure when I started 3 yrs ago and provided me with a good foundation. ----- Original Message ----- From: " Richard Saunders" <rjsaun@mediaone.net> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 3:06 PM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Reply to Bob Starkins > My compliments to you Robert for an exceedingly well written message. >

-- Nancy W. Hicks nwhitney@zdnetonebox.com - email (512) 682-6973 ext. 1119 - voicemail/fax Hello to all you Whitneys. Just had to share some good news. Received e-mail from a county recorder's office in Idaho that they had found 3 legal documents of my "missing" grandfather Harry Whitney. Am anxiously awaiting copies of the papers and hopefully a crack in our brick wall. If I can make any connections with ANYONE you all will be the first to know. National Archives here I come. Later. Nancy ___________________________________________________________________ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com

Hi, I thought it would be appropriate to congratulate and extend well wishes to the Whitneys who are running as qualified runners (which means they have numbers issued to them as a result of finishing within a qualifying time in a previous marathon) tomorrow in the Boston Marathon. They are Grant H. Whitney, Grant N. Whitney, Kevin B. Whitney, Thomas Whitney, Jr. and, last but not least, my daughter, Lee Alden Whitney. Best to each and every one of them. Jim Whitney

my grandmother used to tell us that our Whitney line was connected to Charles Wadsworth, who was a consulate officer for the state department, posted to Peru and Persia. I have found Charles Wadsworth but cannot find his genealogy. Does anyone have this information? Sherrill QUAY - CAN>NY>MI>IN>New Port Richey, FL MORRELL+ROSCOE+AVREY+TUCKER+TAYLOR, most were Quakers, New York 1800's, before that New England, CN, RI MADDEN, George Mills, & SHIRLEY, NC, SC, GA, AR, MO

Hello Joe, If you are lucky enough to have a Whitney in your tree who made a significant contribution that the Smithsonian would want to preserve, you will be able to view it there. My example is Joel Emmons Whitney (John1, Benjamin2, Nathaniel3, Abel4, Joel5, Joel Emmons6). He was one of the pre-eminent daguerreotype photographers of his day. He is known for his photos of early Minnesota, especially the native Americans who lived there. His photos are preserved at the Smithsonian, and some are also available in a book at the Library of Congress. I hope that he is only one of our Whitney ancestors whose contribution was signficant enough to be preserved by our nation's museum. Perhaps others could document their ancestor's contribution and how it is preserved at the Smithsonian Institution, and then tell us about it. P.S. There are several web sites with info on Joel's photography. The best way to access them is a google.com search, if you're interested. By the way, don't trust the genealogical info given. It's incorrect in some aspects. Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: <Joekeller1@aol.com> To: <klw1@starpower.net> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Ancestry.com & reunion > Ken, > > On many business trips to Washington, after hours I have gotten much valuable > data from the Library of Congress, including the old newspapaers in the > Madison Building. I have liked the Nat'l Archives and the DAR Library, even > going early to use it on Sunday. But, I didn't know about the Smithsonian. > What information is available and where? > > Thanks, > > Joe >

Hello Carolyn, I spent some time awhile back researching Turner at the DAR Library in Washington, DC. However, I was looking for another Turner family. Anyway, there were some Turner genealogies in their collection, and there is more Turner info in the NEHGR. I can't tell you that your Turner family is one found in any of these sources. The DAR catalogue is available online at (www.dar.org). You should be able to search for the family genealogies, and it may even give you the NEGHR source citations, if you're lucky. I hope this helps. Good luck. Ken Whitney, Silver Spring, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Branagan" <slainte@together.net> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 7:40 PM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: the Turners of Maine > > Hello to everyone ! > > > > Do I remember somewhere seeing reference to a Turner Family of > > Maine book? I am looking for the ancestors of Almira Turner, > > b.Feb. 1, 1818 in Gray, Maine d. Nov. 22, 1902. She was the second > > wife of John Whitney b. 1808 in Lisbon Falls d. 1887. > > The names of Almira's parents were Josiah Turner b. Jan 1, 1789 > > d. Ap. 25, 1858 and Almira Smith b. Sep 21, 1792 d. Mar 4, > > 1850, The couple was married Jan 14, 1814 in Leeds Maine. > > All this information comes from a family bible. Does anyone > > out there remember a Turner family book? Or can anyone give > > me a lead on Turner family genealogy? The family came originally > > from Bridgewater, Mass. > > > > thanks. from, Carolyn Whitney Branagan > > > > > > PS. I have 19 people coming to Easter dinner tomorrow. I can't > > believe I'm sitting here working on my genealogy! Is > > genealogical research addicting ? >

> Hello to everyone ! > > Do I remember somewhere seeing reference to a Turner Family of > Maine book? I am looking for the ancestors of Almira Turner, > b.Feb. 1, 1818 in Gray, Maine d. Nov. 22, 1902. She was the second > wife of John Whitney b. 1808 in Lisbon Falls d. 1887. > The names of Almira's parents were Josiah Turner b. Jan 1, 1789 > d. Ap. 25, 1858 and Almira Smith b. Sep 21, 1792 d. Mar 4, > 1850, The couple was married Jan 14, 1814 in Leeds Maine. > All this information comes from a family bible. Does anyone > out there remember a Turner family book? Or can anyone give > me a lead on Turner family genealogy? The family came originally > from Bridgewater, Mass. > > thanks. from, Carolyn Whitney Branagan > > > PS. I have 19 people coming to Easter dinner tomorrow. I can't > believe I'm sitting here working on my genealogy! Is > genealogical research addicting ?

My compliments to you Robert for an exceedingly well written message.

Hi Rose; Unfortunately, although copyright laws still apply, it is too easy to copy information in this electronic world. All it takes is downloading a gedcom or cut/paste to copy thousands of words of information. Most of the trees posted on public sites consist of huge gedcoms, without sources, that have been downloaded, merged, and uploaded again with no research done. The best you can hope for is that the person involved corrects incorrect data and/or removes copyrighted data. It seems that the person you contacted did remove the information although they didn't have the courtesy to notify you that they had done so. Hopefully the other people involved will be equally responsive. Actually, most genealogists will have some incorrect data in their data bases. Once we get more than a couple of generations back there are few primary records and we often make connections based on secondary sources or just plain "he was the only Whitney of the right age in that town so he must be the father" guesses. People are often lax in identifying speculation as such and crediting sources. We post the speculative data in the hope that someone will see it and add to or correct it. Unfortunately others will take it and republish it as gospel. Your "unmarried" mother was probably the result of laziness, not malice. When you plug data into a genealogy program and you don't know the husband or wife's name and you don't put in "unknown" or some similiar convention, the program will assume the person is unmarried. I have seen a lot of Ancestry bashing lately. There is nothing wrong with charging for information if you have "added value". Scanning information into CD's and publishing online can be very expensive. At least Ancestry does not charge for user uploaded information like genealogy.com does. A non-commercial site does not have the resources to take on projects of that magnitude. I think the fact that Rootsweb eventually sold to a commercial operation proves that. I hope you get all your problems sorted out. Please don't let a couple of bad experiences discourage you from sharing with the 99.9% of the people in this hobby who are really great. Regards, Bob On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 00:20:29 -0600, you wrote: >I have a 2 stories to tell you! This first one might be about >ANCESTRY, Inc. I was so upset that I don't remember and haven't pulled >this site up again. >I'm still very new at this and hopefully learning, however when I >started I assumed there was some courtesy and etiquette to this >on line game of genealogy. I assumed that you didn't put out any >information unless you knew it was correct, that you didn't use other >peoples material without giving them credit and various things like >that. I have gone very slowly and contributed very little in the line <<snip>> >Pleasant dreams! >Rose Zella

WRG: I heartily agree with Allan Green about certain aspects of Ancestry.com. However, they do have certain assets which prove invaluable. In fact, the National Archives has Ancestry.com available on line to anyone searching the census records. The AIS census index allows one to access census records in minutes, where it took forever at one time. One can plan well in advance a trip to the Archives using the census index and military pension files indexes. The amount of information one can now collect in one trip is multiplied greatly because one can plan so well ahead using these databases. While I use Ancestry.com for their records databases, I avoid those areas that Allan has outlined. Therefore, I feel I get my money's worth at a small expense to my ethics. As to a Southern Whitney reunion at some point, may I suggest Washington, D.C.? It is served by two international and one domestic airport, and has some of the best genealogical research facilities anywhere. Located here are the National Archives, Library of Congress, Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Library, and the Smithsonian Institution. All are open to the public, and with a little coaching, easily used. The library catalogues for the D.A.R. and L.O.C. are available online, so one can plan in advance. As a bonus, the week between Christmas and New Years Day is a great bargain. The city is almost empty. No tourists, no lobbyists, and no politicians. The hotels do everything possible to attract business, because no one is using their facilities. Some of the best tours of the area attractions are available then, because the tourist crowd is so small. You get to see a lot more than in tourist season. Just a thought for future consideration. Ken Whitney, Silver Spring, MD

Gee Rose, I'm Marion Whitney (named after my aunt, Marion Lucy Whitney, Rockport, Maine who died at age 9 from Lockjaw as a result of an infected vaccination), but MY daughter is Andrea Carden (I'm the only one allowed to call her that --she is DREA!!--grown with three babies of her own under age 4!) I have found others with my whole gedcom tacked on to their own because of some link back in 1640 or so. Anyone who has been doing this for any length of time (I hope) regrets all the time they spent amassing information without noting sources, and makes sure that everything they do from now on is documented as thoroughly as possible. The only recourse to incorrect information is to attempt to correct it if possible, and if not possible, to let as many people as possible know that there is some erroneous material out there. So far as the blatant use of your copyrighted material, (and anything published--in fact written--is automatically copyrighted) you might add to your note to! the users that they are breaking the law and that if they do not credit your book as a source, they are liable for prosecution; a recourse you would be glad to overlook if proper measures to correct the injustice are taken. I suppose we all have to realize that people love to collect things, and that includes ancestors. Also, that some have no realization that everything that is written is not 100% correct! Enthusiasm for collection often overcomes a desire for accuracy. I am enjoying all the mailings I get from the Whitney group with the hope that someday, someone just MIGHT come up with a correction to Pierce's tome on the Whitney family (Pierce WAS enthusiastic if not always accurate) and I will be able to connect my Calvin with the rest of this great group who claim cousin-hood. In the meantime, Ancestry DOES perform a service, not quite on the level that Rootsweb does, but it DOES connect us with cousins we might otherwise not have met and/or exchanged information with! . At least that has been the case with a few of my lines. In genealogy there is never a case of having our information in too many places. But when you find glaring errors, correct them in as many spots as you can find on the web. Sincerely, Marion Whitney Leska