I am asking for help from anyone who has access to the Philadelphia City Directories of 1919, 1920 and 1921 to see if a Leon Rouleau Whitney is listed. Also I am wondering if there was such directories available for Trenton or Camden NJ, for the a fore mentioned dates, and if there is, would some kind soul who has access to them be able to look up the same individual, Leon Rouleau Whitney. I am also seeking information about an organization in the 1940's and 1950's in Philadelphia, called the The Marine Travel Club. One last request is about a ship called the MS Gripsholm sailing out of Philadelphia immediately after WW II bringing back POW's, foreign born wives of GI's and missionaries. from Europe and India. Please respond in private and thank you. Richard Whitney Sr. richardwhitneysr@juno.com

The Worm KAK can apparently attack both Microsoft Outlook and Netscape users. There are apparently several variants of this virus but see the writeup for one of them at the Symantec site at: www.symantec.com/avcenter/cgi-bin/virauto.cgi?vid=7378 John WHITNEY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > WHITNEY-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 248 SNIP SNIP>>>>>>>> > Fellow Listers, > Today I was the proud owner of a anti virus device. While it was scanning > all my files and folders,I read this about "the worm" > This is an Internet worm that uses .bat files to search through a range of > IP addresses of known ISPs to find an accessible computer. If a accessible > computer shares its C drive, it copies its files onto the other computer. > Thank you for being such a good and informed list, > Maureen > -----Original Message----- > From: WhitneyMR@aol.com <WhitneyMR@aol.com> > To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, October 29, 2000 5:32 PM > Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Worm Virus Hit our List!! > > >Hello Folks, > > > >There have been a couple of attempts to infect Rootsweb lately but Rootsweb > >says it believes it has caught them. The Bell list is the only list that it > >got through on, the worms are named KAK and pretty park. They only infect > >Microsoft Outlook's address book all other e-mail programs are not > affected. > >It's odd that Jeanne was the only one that received it. Makes me think it > >might have come from outside the list. > > > > If you are using Outlook you should be careful to keep a good Anti-virus > >loaded because almost all address book attacks take place against Outlook. > > > >Michael Whitney

Dear WRG: Just noticed that the free map on Ancestry.com for the next few days is as follows. Today's Featured Map: ----- Massachusetts Bay, 1630-42 Allan E. Green

I also heard that most viruses attack only IBM compatible computers-not the Macintosh. Is this true? Barbara Black in Sacramento

Hi! The Isaac Whitney you found in Norridgewock, Me records married Elizabeth[known as Betsey] Parlin. Betsey was sister to Olive Parlin who married William Whitney[Samuel, Abner,John, Isaiah, Thomas, John). William and Olive were my ancestors. Betsey Parlin was b. 5 Dec 1786 at Concord, MA to Eleazer and Olive (Hildreth) Parlin. Isaac was b. 10 June 1790 at Freeport, ME. Both died and were buried in Freeman, ME. I did not have marriage info until your contribution, but it doesn't surprise me that they married in Norridgewock, as the Parlins were among the earliest settlers there. Did that film at LDS [#11577] contain much information about Norridgewock and any other adjacent towns..by chance? Thanks, Jan

Fellow Listers, Today I was the proud owner of a anti virus device. While it was scanning all my files and folders,I read this about "the worm" This is an Internet worm that uses .bat files to search through a range of IP addresses of known ISPs to find an accessible computer. If a accessible computer shares its C drive, it copies its files onto the other computer. Thank you for being such a good and informed list, Maureen -----Original Message----- From: WhitneyMR@aol.com <WhitneyMR@aol.com> To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, October 29, 2000 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Worm Virus Hit our List!! >Hello Folks, > >There have been a couple of attempts to infect Rootsweb lately but Rootsweb >says it believes it has caught them. The Bell list is the only list that it >got through on, the worms are named KAK and pretty park. They only infect >Microsoft Outlook's address book all other e-mail programs are not affected. >It's odd that Jeanne was the only one that received it. Makes me think it >might have come from outside the list. > > If you are using Outlook you should be careful to keep a good Anti-virus >loaded because almost all address book attacks take place against Outlook. > >Michael Whitney > >

WRG: Jeanne Muse's query about the disposition of her genealogical research material started me thinking. Back in the late 19th century when F.C. Pierce was writing his Whitney genealogy, there must have been a great deal of paper generated. The project that he took on was huge, trying to accomplish the full pedigree of descendants of John and Elinor. Communication links for him must have been mostly by mail. Keeping the records and sources must have created quite a large collection. So, I wonder what ever happened to all of that material. It seems like many histories and genealogies were writen at that time, so what did authors commonly do with the source material? I know I would be hard pressed to put the torch to all of that material. Wouldn't it be unbelievable to be able to see the source material for Pierce's work? I'd love know where some of it came from. Anyone out there have any idea what was done with this material in those days? How could we find out? Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD

One solution would be to donate all your materials to your local genealogical library. They would be preserved there for future generations until one of your descendants decided to look up their ancestry. I have already donated a few marginal items from my genealogical collection to the Speical Collections & Genealogy Library here in Albuquerque. On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Jeanne Muse wrote: > Dear WRG: No one in my immediate family gives a flying fig about > genealogy -- at least not now. Later generations might and I want to > share my 12+ years of research with them in some form. Towards that > end, I have some questions to pose to you, since your opinions have the > most weight in my mind. > > 1) Original birth, death & marriage certificates as well as copies of > bible pages and other hard-to-locate documents are a large part of the > "proof". Where should I store them and how? Should I put them in > binders and put them in my safety deposit box at the bank? And a > regular e-ring notebook would probably not last. Finding a high quality > binder with acid-free insert pages may be necessary. Anybody have a > source? > > 2) I plan to print a complete Journal Narrative and could keep this in > the same place as the above documents. The same applies -- how and > where should I store it? Where could I find a "bound-book" style binder > for it? Or..should I have it 'privately published'? > > 3) Wall-size family chart. Printing one out on the computer just > doesn't seem sufficient. Has anyone had experience with an artist or > calligrapher who could design one for me? This would be the final > accomplishment - a beautiful piece of artwork for my wall. > > 4) It goes without saying that, after I'm gone, the wonderful published > genealogies in my library would need a home. Let's hope that my family > members would keep them -- but how do I make sure of this? Should I add > a line or two in my will? > > Any suggestions? > > Jeanne > > Karl Schwerin SnailMail: Dept. of Anthropology Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 e-mail: schwerin@unm.edu Cultural anthropology...is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal. Edward Sapir (1949:151)

Hi Malcolm; The Kak worm variants are exceptions- they are not attachments as such but a signature file. They would not be picked up by software that deletes attachments. They also do not need to be opened or executed to infect the target. They take advantage of a bug in Outlook and only Outlook users are at risk. Regards, Bob On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 15:49:27 +0000, you wrote: >Hi All, > >Since this is a Rootsweb list, and I run a few RW lists, you might like to >know that Rootsweb does not allow exectuable (binary) or HTML attachments >to list traffic. > >This makes it most unlikely that you will get a virus via Rootsweb, and I >have not heard of it happening in 2 1/2 years. There have been a few false >alarms, of course, and viruses have been sent by list members responding >off list. > >So the genral comments about precautions should still be followed, but this >might help in tracking down where they came from. > >I also use Eudora, and have it set to only send plain text for normal >messages, to avoid the risk of passing a virus on. > >HTH, > >Malcolm

Hello Folks, There have been a couple of attempts to infect Rootsweb lately but Rootsweb says it believes it has caught them. The Bell list is the only list that it got through on, the worms are named KAK and pretty park. They only infect Microsoft Outlook's address book all other e-mail programs are not affected. It's odd that Jeanne was the only one that received it. Makes me think it might have come from outside the list. If you are using Outlook you should be careful to keep a good Anti-virus loaded because almost all address book attacks take place against Outlook. Michael Whitney

Hi All, Since this is a Rootsweb list, and I run a few RW lists, you might like to know that Rootsweb does not allow exectuable (binary) or HTML attachments to list traffic. This makes it most unlikely that you will get a virus via Rootsweb, and I have not heard of it happening in 2 1/2 years. There have been a few false alarms, of course, and viruses have been sent by list members responding off list. So the genral comments about precautions should still be followed, but this might help in tracking down where they came from. I also use Eudora, and have it set to only send plain text for normal messages, to avoid the risk of passing a virus on. HTH, Malcolm -- Malcolm Bebb bebb@embetech.demon.co.uk Tel/Fax (44) 01202 772162 Test Solutions ATE User Documentation Mobile 07768 377456 Sponsor, POWYS-L mail list: http://www.embetech.demon.co.uk/powys/index.htm Bebb family home page : http://www.embetech.demon.co.uk/gene/bebb.htm

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 09:26:45 -0500, you wrote: >Jeanne, Allan, and all, > >At 12:45 AM 10/29/00 -0400, Jeanne Muse wrote: >>Allan: From what I've read, no one is completely immune. But, I am not >>the expert. Surely if you have McAfee running while you are reading >>e-mail, the culprit will be detected. Jeanne > >You are only protected from those viruses of which McAee is aware and for >which it has produced fixes. There are always new strains for which >McAfee does not yet provide protection. No one is ever completely safe. >It is a matter of risk management, not risk avoidance. > >Regards, > >Robert Listen to Robert. The only sure protection is to have good backups. I hear all the time about people losing years of research. I back up daily to tape and make CDROM copies of my genealogy stuff weekly that I store at a relatives house. Outlook is especially vulnerable because it can automatically open or execute attachments but there are little nasties out there aimed at everyone. This worm has been around a while but it seems to keep surfacing on these lists. Bob

We are new to the list and would like to share our ancestral history as we know it. Marilyn is descended from Ebenezer & Huldah through their oldest son, Peter Whitney & his wife Margaret Haynes and their oldest daughter Sarah who married Pierre Ignace Valliere. We propose to show the references to Peter Whitney to-day and the Valliere genealogy in the future. Peter Whitney - born 12 Aug 1769, Maugerville, Sunbury County New Brunswick Canada - died 4 Oct 1845 - York Township, York County, Ontario- buried in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, York Mills. Margaret Haynes ca 1775- 6 April 1858 married Peter Whitney 13 April 1795 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Margaret is the daughter of Joseph Haines Sr., a United Empire Loyalist. Their children are indicated with an asterisk: *Ebenezer - born 16 Oct 1795 at Niagara-on-the-Lake. We have no further record of him. *Sarah - born 6 March 1797 at Niagara-on-the-Lake died 13 Nov 1841 - married Pierre Ignace (Angus) Valliere *Huldah - born 21 July 1799 at Niagara-on-the-Lake We have no further record of her *Mehitable- born ca 1807 in York County Ontario - married William Henry Heath. Their children included; M. Heath born ca 1833 Huldah Heath, born ca 1837 Thomas Samuel Heath - born 17 Feb 1841 Wm. Henry Alexander - 18 March 1844 This information is from census records and the original parish records of St. John's Anglican Church, York Mills Ontario *Thomas Otway Whitney born ca 1809 - York County Ontario died 27 April 1894, in King Township, York County Ontario married (1) Sophia Cuver about 1842 - died 8 Mar 1851 They had 3 children - Peter ca 1845 and twins, Mehetable and Alexander born 29 January 1851. Thomas married(2) Matilda Ada born Ireland on 18 Dec 1853 (Reids Marriage Notices) Their children; Mary born 10 October 1854 Christopher- born 19 Jan 1958 Mehetable - born ca 1859 (census) James born 2 Feb 1863 This information is from the St. John's Anglican parish records and census records. *Christopher Whitney born ca 1812 died 31 Dec 1898 in Scarborough Township, York County Ontario - married 24 June 1835 (1) Elizabeth Heath - there was no issue from this marriage (2) Mary Ann Sampson born England married - 26 Feb 1843 in York Twp. Their children: Margaret - b- 10 November 1844 Elizabeth - b- 18 June 1846 Caroline - b- 31 Aug 1848 Christopher Johnson - b - 7 Dec 1850 Richard - b - 4 January 1854 James - b - 18 Feb 1853 Mary Anne - b- 13 June 1855 Jane - b- - 8 Jan 1861 Joseph - b- 1 June 1861 All births seen in parish records of St. John's Anglican Church, York Mills (Toronto) Ontario *Philip Whitney - b- ca 1820 York Twp. Ontario m Mary Veitch about 1844. Their children; Philip - b- ca 1846 Thomas - b- ca 1848 William - b- ca 1850 John - b- - ca 1852 Peter - b- ca 1855 Alexander - b- ca 1856 Hamilton - b- ca 1857 Robert - b- ca 1858 Mary - b- ca 1862 Walter - ca - 1865 The childrens names and approximate birth dates are taken from the census records of Reach Township, Ontario County where Philip and Mary farmed. *Alexander B. Whitney b- ca 1824 York Township died 25 Feb 1898 in Toronto Ontario. He married Jane Mara from Ireland about 1850 Their children: Mehetable - b - 10 Sept 1852 Richard - b- ca 1854 Alexander - b- 23 March 1858 ?? Margaret - b- 23 Dec 1858 ????????? Mary - b- 10 June 1863 John - b- ca 1866 Elizabeth - b- 5 July 1868 Edward - b- ca 1869 William Joseph - b 9 November 1870 Samuel - b ca 1874 This information about the children is taken from the parish records of St. John's Anglican Church York Mills, some of which are questionable and the census records of York Twp., where Alexander farmed. In many family histories of Peter Whitney's family there is often a vague reference to a son, Peter, however we have never been able to establish that there ever was such a person and until further proof we have omitted his name from the genealogy. We welcome any further input or amendments to this family history. Marilyn and Don Holmes Ontario

Jeanne, Allan, and all, At 12:45 AM 10/29/00 -0400, Jeanne Muse wrote: >Allan: From what I've read, no one is completely immune. But, I am not >the expert. Surely if you have McAfee running while you are reading >e-mail, the culprit will be detected. Jeanne You are only protected from those viruses of which McAee is aware and for which it has produced fixes. There are always new strains for which McAfee does not yet provide protection. No one is ever completely safe. It is a matter of risk management, not risk avoidance. Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward rlward1@erols.com <http://users.erols.com/rlward1/> 12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832 301-776-1659

Allan: From what I've read, no one is completely immune. But, I am not the expert. Surely if you have McAfee running while you are reading e-mail, the culprit will be detected. Jeanne ----- Original Message ----- From: <ALLAGREEN@aol.com> To: <jwmuse@compuserve.com>; <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Worm Virus Hit our List!! Dear Jeanne (or anyone else who can answer this question) I have the latest engine and data set from McAfee running, but would still like to ask a question. I do NOT use Microsoft Outlook, nor will I ever. I get my e-mail through AOL and from my account at the college from which I retired, via Netscape's klunky mail system. Is it still possible to get caught with this kind of virus? I have always thought that these worms could only spread through the use of Outlook, but certainly would be interested in finding out otherwise, if that is the case. Thanks to anyone who can answer. Allan E. Green

Dear Jeanne (or anyone else who can answer this question) I have the latest engine and data set from McAfee running, but would still like to ask a question. I do NOT use Microsoft Outlook, nor will I ever. I get my e-mail through AOL and from my account at the college from which I retired, via Netscape's klunky mail system. Is it still possible to get caught with this kind of virus? I have always thought that these worms could only spread through the use of Outlook, but certainly would be interested in finding out otherwise, if that is the case. Thanks to anyone who can answer. Allan E. Green

Dear WRG: I know everybody gets nuisance e-mails about hoax viruses -- but my warning was a real one! The person who e-mailed me had NOT written through the list, he said, so you all were fortunate -- this time. He has fixed it, so it is no longer a threat. Everyone - give yourselves an early Christmas present. Buy anti-virus software -- use it -- and update it at least once a month. You'll feel safe and secure with the protection it provides. And ... back up your files regularly! ;-) Jeanne

Maureen and WRG, At 07:51 PM 10/28/00 -0700, Maureen wrote: >Dear Robert L. Ward, > Is this a fact and if it is, how do we protect ourselves from it? What >e-mails are we suppose to delete? >Thank you , >Maureen While I cannot be certain, this may be so. I don't use Outlook for e-mail, but Eudora instead. I use McAfee VShield for virus protection. This program, when updated with the latest data files, can detect the said worm and remove it without damage. Occasionally I have gotten messages that this process was working on an infected message, but it doesn't tell me which message or from whom it came. Usually I don't care, so I don't go on a virus hunt. This hasn't happened to me in the last week or so. In short, I can't tell you what e-mails to delete. If you don't have an anti-virus program, you should buy one and use it, and keep updating it with the latest data files. Probably Michael Whitney, the list owner, would be the person to contact for more information. His e-mail is <WhitneyMR@aol.com>. I haven't had much luck getting him to respond to e-mail, unfortunately! His home page has address <http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/h/i/Michael-R-Whitney/>. His snail-mail address and phone number (from that page) are: Michael R. Whitney, 570 Range View Trail, Golden, CO 80401, 303-526-0252. I hope this helps. Others with better information are urged to supply it. Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>

Dear Robert L. Ward, Is this a fact and if it is, how do we protect ourselves from it? What e-mails are we suppose to delete? Thank you , Maureen -----Original Message----- From: Jeanne Muse <jwmuse@compuserve.com> To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, October 28, 2000 3:10 PM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Worm Virus Hit our List!! >Dear Whitneys: I just retrieved a long string of e-mail messages and >was reviewing them in my software, Outlook Express. One of them, from >our >list, from INFECTED with a virus - as my Norton >Anti-virus software caught immediately and gave me the option to delete >it. It reported that an ActiveX control was bad. > >I have experience with this virus - WScript.KAKWorm. It attachs itself >as a hidden signature to any outgoing email message using Outlook >Express. People don't usually know they have it or are spreading it to >others until it is too late. A tell-tale sign is a weird error message >that appears when Windows starts. You can also check your Signature (in >the Tools menu) to see if the box at the bottom for File is checked. If >it is, you are infected! > >BEWARE -- If you don't have anti-virus software installed on your >computer, get some now. The virus/worms that I have heard about most >recently are DEADLY and can crash your computer and disable Windows >permanently, causing a complete loss of data! > >Also - go to Windows Update on Microsoft's Update pages and get any >upgrades to Outlook Express, especially those concerning security >issues, like ActiveX controls. > >Jeanne > > > >

WRG: Is there anyone in the Group who has in their database two Whitney brothers named Josiah and Ebenezer? These brothers would have been born in the approximate decade of the 1740's, place unknown. Any parents will do, as long as they are brothers. If you have such brothers in your database, I would be extremely appreciative if you would communicate with me. Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD