Hi Allan! Things are so quiet at Whitney-L that I've been using the time to read up on some of the archived Whitney-L messages. I noticed back in May 1999 you did some research on Nathan (Nathaniel, Benjamin, John) regarding land purchase in Saco/York, Maine. At the end of that message you mentioned that you were able to confirm that Sarah and Letty Ford were sisters, the daughters of John and Joanna (Andrews) Ford of Kittery. Were you able to find out anything more about them? What about the history of the Ford family? Were they immigrants? Land owners? Were there other Fords in Maine at the time? Where can I go to find out more about the Fords? As you know Sarah and Letty married brothers Nathaniel and John, sons of Benjamin. Nathaniel and John must have had some interesting experiences with Captain Preble and the boys in the Maine woods! It is the family of John and Letty in which I am most interested. By the way, I love your suggestion of a Whitney reunion. Did you get any response?Perhaps it will happen one of these summers. There must be a nice resort down there in the D.C./ Maryland area that could handle a group of 80 -100 for such a gathering. It would be great to have both you and Robert speak on your findings, and also on research techniques for the amateur. There are several others who are experts on the Maine Whitneys (like Jan and Ken from Maryland) and it would be interesting to hear some presentations about the family of Henry and the Southern Whitneys. And Jeanne and Tim Doyle. We could easily fill an entire weekend. Wouldn't it be great to have John Whitney come over from England, you know the gentleman corresponding from Oxford! Haven't you met him? Keep up the good work. from, Carolyn Whitney Branagan

Dear Shawn: To try to answer your question about available information about Maryland Whitneys, it depends a little on the time frame one is trying to work in. I have discovered, for example, that in 1850 the only two places Whitneys are to be found is in Baltimore and Somerset Counties. Since I now live in Somerset county, I am starting to try and develop a resource for these families. There is an excellent research library connected to Salisbury State University, but it has an annual membership fee, and they run from Jan. 1 to Dec 31. However, I have been told that if I join in November my membership will extend through the next year. So, I paid the daily fee and spent about three hours working on the early Whitneys, and will continue as soon as I can get in on the annual fee. If your friend would like to write to me directly, with some information with which I could begin to look for specifics, I will try to help him/her. Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green

Hello, I have just purchased an 1850 Family Bible. Contents: Jedidiah Whitney married Angelina E. Hunton, Readfield, Feb. 7th 1858. Moses C. Young married Callie M. Whitney, April 22, 1874. (paper clipping pasted to this page, states: J. C. Whitney of Lewistown and Miss Faulina G. Farmer of Temple. Lowell Mass. May 6th (no year) Sanders Macomber married Rhoda Whitney Auburn, Me. May 9, 1869. next page: Jedidiah Whitney born in Jay? April 22, 1835. Angelina E. Hunton born in Readfield, Apr. 27, 1838. Jedidiah Whitney Baptised June 6, 1880 by C. W. Reicker in Cochico? River. Angelina E. Whitney Baptised by E. W. Reicker Pastor of Broadway Church, Dover? N. H. June 6, 1880 in Cocheco? River. Callie May Whitney born in Readfield, Feb. 23, 1859 next page: Moses C. Young born Nov. 14, 1848 Ossifee? N. H. Callie May Whitney born Feb. 23, 1859 at Readfield, Me. next page: Jedediah Whitney died March 24, 1911 in Auburn Me. Angelina E. Whitney died April 1st 1905 No. River Road, Auburn Me. Callie M. Young died Sept. 7th, 1953 at Kittery Me. Moses C. Young died Dec. 22, 1924 at Hudson N.H. John E. Young died Oct. 16, 1929 at Auburn Me. Ella Young died Apr. 6, 1938 at Auburn Philip S. Young at Dover N. H. John Currier died Nov. 19, 1835, Brownington? Vt. Age. 87 years Mary Currier died June 30, 1857, age 95, died in Warren N. H. Betsy Currier died Nov. 3, 1844 age 57 Jacob Currier died May 1845 58 Sally Currier Coials? died 18?49 ? Angelina Wood died Jan. 1896 in Himsdale Ny?

Here is a listing of the Surrogate Court records for Yates County NY. They may be ordered online at http://www.linkny.com/~history/srrogate.html I am not going to attempt to reformat these at this time. If someone would like to have these listed on the website, I will be glad to reformat them later. For now, please know that the first line is the person named on a given surrogate court petition. Some are wills, some are guardianships, etc. The next line is the year of the court filing. The next line is the box and folder location of the petition for ordering purposes. The final lists the names of all persons named in the petition. Yates County has indexed the first 180 boxes of court records that they have, up to about 1903. If anyone is up to the task, there are many many more to be indexed. These are great people, I have met them and they let you order online, the records are inexpensive and they are prompt in returning records photocopied in such a manner that you can actually read them! Visit the website if you have any ancestors in the Mid-New York area. Penn Yan, the county seat for Yates, was quite the hubbub in its day. They have many of the records for Ontario and Chemung counties also. Happy searching, Shawn Whitney Seattle, WA Cornwell Ruth A [3] 1898 145D Isaac, Peter, Stephen & Sally M Oakley; Mary J WHITNEY; Anna M & Emily B Worthington Ellis Chester 1865 8E Bradner, Joseph, Albert & Emmet Ellis; Lucinda Hake; Mary Yost; Barbary WHITNEY Knapp Matthew 1870 15B Levi C, Jesse C & William Knapp; Hannah Pratt; Eliza Darrin; Daniel F & Jeptha F Randolph; Eliza Coon; Sabra Moyer; Mary Jane Nimbocker; Jesse Bignall; Louisa Packard; Sally WHITNEY Mills Ephraim W [2] 1897 138D Mabel Pelton; Nancy A Wells; Morris, Fred & Charlotte M WHITNEY; Cora W Miller Pinneo Nellie 1882 55C Frank L, Charles A & Charles R Pinneo; Eunice WHITNEY; Alfrieta Dingman? Emma Curckon Shearman Mary, Aaron & Georgianna 1852 49B GDN; Bradley, John, Francis B & Abner Shearman; Phebe, William J, Jane & Ann Remer; Anna WHITNEY (THIS IS MY ANCESTOR) Stebbins Samuel B [2] 1903 180B Mrs W D WHITNEY; Mrs Charles Putnam; Sarah Grey; Clark & Oren Martin; Leonard Soules Tyler Patty 1849 52A Esther & Adolphus T Abbey; James WHITNEY; Patty Griswold; Betsey & David Crawford; William D & Clark Lee Wells Esther 1880 94E Leman Corey; Phebe Squiers; Lucinda WHITNEY; Louisa, Daniel, Charles, David & Reuben Wells; Mary T Harris; Charlotte Reed; George & Sybil Price; Martin, George & Mrs George Ardrey Whitney Ann E 1892 129F William H, Lorenzo, Alonzo & Harry L WHITNEY; Louisianna Keeney; Eveline Lyon WHITNEY Harriet 1864 41D Marshall Stearns; Byron W & Viola Scott; Sarah Jane Howell; Ann Eliza Anderson WHITNEY Jacob 1843 114A Mabel WHITNEY; Keziah & Jacob Rosencrantz; Sarah & Matthias Valentine; Esther & Jacob Wood; Mary & Peter Scriver WHITNEY Mable 1847 125D Hannah Scriver James, Lemuel, Enoch & Eli Pardee; Diana Perkins; Eli P Scriber; Thursah Killey; Jacob Wood WHITNEY Michael Leroy 1826 113D GDN; Jacob WHITNEY; Joseph Gilbert Jr

Hi all I have not seen much action going on either and so I thought I would let you all know that I found a Whitney cousin. I have been looking for about five years for my family. My first cousin, found my query that I had posted and we have visited together a couple of times already. The funny thing in all of this is that her daughter lived about a mile from me. I am looking for Whitney Fuller connection from Pa and NY from the 1800s. My grandfather was Mantle or Minitel Whitney and he married Mary Fuller. They had five sons Bernice b 1885, Irving b 1888, Lewis b 1892, Norman b 1896 in Pa and Robert b 1901 in NY. I hope there are a few more cousins out there looking for me....Mary

Hello WRG, I have been contacted by a fellow WHITNEY and she has given me the following information that she is researching. I have pointed her towards the website and spent just a couple of minutes there myself. However, with the given names "James" and "Robert" I know about the needle and the haystack. Can anyone help her out? And more specifically, is there much information regarding Maryland? Thanks, Shawn Whitney Seattle, WA First Generation ---------------------------------------- 1. James Edward WHITNEY Sr. Born in 1884 in Baltimore, Maryland. Occupation: Private secretary. James Edward married Anna Vogel. Born in 1881 in Baltimore, Maryland. They had the following children: 2 i. James Edward (~1914-) 3 ii. Robert Lancaster (1916-) Second Generation ---------------------------------------- 2. James Edward WHITNEY Jr. Born ABT 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland. James Edward married Ruth Hadrich. They had one child: i. James Edward. Occupation: Military: Green Beret. 3. Robert Lancaster WHITNEY Sr. Born on 24 NOV 1916 in Baltimore, Maryland. Occupation: CPA, Buyer for Grumman Aerospace. Robert Lancaster married Frances Georgina Doran. Born in Manchester, England. They had one child: 4 i. Robert Lancaster (1941-) Third Generation ---------------------------------------- 4. Robert Lancaster WHITNEY Jr. Born on 6 MAY 1941 in Brooklyn, NY. Occupation: Horticulturist. On 29 DEC 1966 when Robert Lancaster was 25, he married Doris "Joy". They had three children: private information

Hi Margie! Hi George ! I'm not getting and Whitney-L messages either, although I did get yours. This is really strange after such a talkative summer. Anyone out there? Robert? Allen? Tim? Jeanne? from, Carolyn Whitney Branagan Margie and George Parker wrote: > Dear fellow listers, > > Is there something wrong with the system? With the exception of two > messages that came from PARKER-L last evening I haven't seen any messages on > the three lists (WHITNEY, PARKER, DEAN) I belong to for a week? It's hard > to believe that WHITNEY-L has had no traffic! > > George Parker

I haven't got any WHITNEY mail either for some time. budr@ptialaska.net -----Original Message----- From: Chris Branagan <slainte@together.net> To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:54 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Is rootsweb down? >Hi Margie! Hi George ! > >I'm not getting and Whitney-L messages either, although I did get yours. >This is really strange after such a talkative summer. Anyone out there? >Robert? Allen? Tim? Jeanne? > >from, Carolyn Whitney Branagan > > >Margie and George Parker wrote: > >> Dear fellow listers, >> >> Is there something wrong with the system? With the exception of two >> messages that came from PARKER-L last evening I haven't seen any messages on >> the three lists (WHITNEY, PARKER, DEAN) I belong to for a week? It's hard >> to believe that WHITNEY-L has had no traffic! >> >> George Parker > >

Dear fellow listers, Is there something wrong with the system? With the exception of two messages that came from PARKER-L last evening I haven't seen any messages on the three lists (WHITNEY, PARKER, DEAN) I belong to for a week? It's hard to believe that WHITNEY-L has had no traffic! George Parker

From: Barbara E. Whitney unsubscribe WHITNEY-D-request@rootsweb.com on 10/18/2000 01:01:32 PM Please respond to WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com To: WHITNEY-D@rootsweb.com cc: (bcc: Barbara E. Whitney/324164/EKC) Subject: WHITNEY-D Digest V00 #239 Content-Type: text/plain WHITNEY-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 239 Today's Topics: #1 Re: [WHITNEY-L] Follow-up to R. Wa [ALLAGREEN@aol.com] #2 Re: [WHITNEY-L] Follow-up to R. Wa [ALLAGREEN@aol.com] #3 [WHITNEY-L] Fwd: [NYCHENAN] Census [KenKlutz@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WHITNEY-D, send a message to WHITNEY-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ X-Message: #1 Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 18:10:07 EDT From: ALLAGREEN@aol.com To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <31.b7b6b98.271e283f@aol.com> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Follow-up to R. Ward's posting about the Melville Book Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear John: Of course you are right! I didn't read Robert's letter quite carefully enough and somehow got the idea that the book was being reprinted in a deluxe edition comparable to the original. I just reread Robert's letter and it says nothing of the kind -- in fact it mentions that it is a First Edition, one of 600 copies. Sloppy reading on my part. Still, for one who wants only the information to be found exclusive of the artwork, etc., there is the "reprint from microfilm" option at probably one-eighth the cost. Sorry for the confusion. Allan ______________________________ X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 18:23:38 EDT From: ALLAGREEN@aol.com To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <11.a880731.271e2b6a@aol.com> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Follow-up to R. Ward's posting about the Melville Book Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Louise: You wrote and asked, "What do you mean by "our website". What is the URL? I would be interested." The WRG (Whitney Research Group), of which you are a member if you are subscribed to the Whitney-L maillist, has a collective website at the following URL http://www.whitneygen.org/ On it you will find archives of all the maillist material since we put this group together some five years ago, extracted Whitney entries from the VR's of nearly 300 MA towns, as well as some for ME, NH, VT; Whitney extracts from the Barbour Index to CT records, Whitney census extracts for the whole country for a number of years, databases of the descendants of John and Elinor Whitney of Watertown (1635), Henry Whitney of Long Island and CT (ca 1640), and a group of Southern Whitneys who came to VA from Bermuda ca 1730-40; a complete transcription of the 600 page book on the family of John and Elinor, written by Frederick Clifton Pierce (pub. 1895); plus lots of other useful Whitney material. The website is very easy to use, it has an excellent interface that explains what each part contains, and it has an extremely useful search engine devised by one of our members. I urge you to spend some happy hours discovering what the WRG has already gathered and made available. It is very possible that the answers to some of your current questions may be found there. Good luck and Happy Hunting. Allan E. Green ______________________________ X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 21:40:26 EDT From: KenKlutz@aol.com To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <75.b00b539.271e598a@aol.com> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Fwd: [NYCHENAN] Census Lookup Mailing lists --part1_75.b00b539.271e598a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I thought I would forward this which I received from one of my other lists in case it is of some use to someone in this group. Ken Whitney Eugene, OR --part1_75.b00b539.271e598a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <NYCHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-za02.mx.aol.com (rly-za02.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.98]) by air-za04.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.8) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:00:01 -0400 Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by rly-za02.mx.aol.com (v76_r1.19) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:58:57 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e9GFvZI01276; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:57:35 -0700 Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:57:35 -0700 X-Original-Sender: aburch@isoc.net Mon Oct 16 08:57:33 2000 Message-ID: <00a801c037a3$217cd540$147102d8@aburch> From: "Arthur J. Burch" <aburch@isoc.net> Old-To: <NYCATTAR-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYCHENAN-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYONEIDA-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYONONDA-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYBROOME-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYALLEGA-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYCAYUGA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:58:52 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Subject: [NYCHENAN] Census Lookup Mailing lists Resent-Message-ID: <ZDUDKD.A.TT.vVy65@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: NYCHENAN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NYCHENAN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NYCHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1108 X-Loop: NYCHENAN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NYCHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com I just received this message, and thought I would pass the information along. If you have any questions, please contact Kelly directly at Kellygirl3398@mpinet.net Art Burch -----Original Message----- From: Kelly Courtney-Blizzard [mailto:Kellygirl3398@mpinet.net] Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 11:39 PM To: USGW_WEB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [USGW_WEB] Census Lookup Mailing lists Hello Everyone ! I have had to reword and rework the guidelines for the CENSUS-LOOKUP mailing lists and also include subscription instructions. I am sending these below. The lists have been growing like crazy since I created them three days ago and I expect the growth to continue as the word spreads. Please feel free to forward this to anyone you feel may be interested in joining. Of course the more people we have the more help we will be for each other. Please keep in mind that we are only a few days old and if your lookup request is not answered, try again in a week or two. Some of the state lists have already reached over 150 subscribers <G> Others have not been "advertised" as much and have fewer members. Hang in there and don't get discouraged if your not answered right away, these lists will be a great asset to our research after we reach the people and let them know that these lists are available. I am encouraging everyone to send this email to their surname and county mailing lists as well as to our cousins. Finally, If you have the material to help a fellow researcher, please use it. Thanks, Kelly Kellygirl3398@mpinet.net (Subscription information at the end of this e-mail) Guidelines for posting to the lists: Established 11 October 2000 EMAIL SUBJECT LINES: COUNTY,YEAR,SURNAME NO FLAMING or you will be unsubbed without notice. By this I mean not only being rude or mean to each other but there will be NO and I do mean NO debating here about the Census Projects. This list is for everyone who wants to research. NO General requests such as "all Smiths in all counties" Be specific, Name the County, Family you are looking for and also the year. Try to supply as much info as possible. LIMIT your requests to ONE PER CENSUS YEAR and SURNAME My Mama taught me that Thank you and Please are always nice too :) A few people have emailed me asking how to sign up for the new lists and what to do. - --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. All lists are XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com The XX is to be removed and the two letter abbreviation for the state you are looking in added in its place. Examples: MI-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com IL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com 2. So, send an email to the one of your choice (make sure to have the state). Put NOTHING in the subject line. In the body of the email write only: subscribe Then send it on :) 3. POSTING to the new census lists: A. Send it to XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com (supply the two letter state code for the XX again) B: Subject line MUST have the following: County/Year/Surname Example: Saginaw/1850/Smith C: In the body of the email: List whom you are looking for. Supply as much information as you can. Birthplace, ages, occupation, etc. D: Mail it on! That's it folks :) I hope that helped. I have put the list of states and two letter codes below for you. AL Alabama AK Alaska AZ Arizona AR Arkansas CA California CO Colorado CT Connecticut DC District Of Columbia DE Delaware FL Florida GA Georgia HI Hawaii ID Idaho IL Illinois IN Indiana IA Iowa KS Kansas KY Kentucky LA Louisiana ME Maine MD Maryland MA Massachusetts MI Michigan MN Minnesota MS Mississippi MO Missouri MT Montana NE Nebraska NV Nevada NH New Hampshire NJ New Jersey NM New Mexico NY New York NC North Carolina ND North Dakota OH Ohio OK Oklahoma OR Oregon PA Pennsylvania RI Rhode Island SC South Carolina SD South Dakota TN Tennessee TX Texas UT Utah VT Vermont VA Virginia WA Washington (state) WV West Virginia WI Wisconsin WY Wyoming --part1_75.b00b539.271e598a_boundary--

--part1_75.b00b539.271e598a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I thought I would forward this which I received from one of my other lists in case it is of some use to someone in this group. Ken Whitney Eugene, OR --part1_75.b00b539.271e598a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <NYCHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-za02.mx.aol.com (rly-za02.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.98]) by air-za04.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.8) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:00:01 -0400 Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by rly-za02.mx.aol.com (v76_r1.19) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:58:57 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e9GFvZI01276; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:57:35 -0700 Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:57:35 -0700 X-Original-Sender: aburch@isoc.net Mon Oct 16 08:57:33 2000 Message-ID: <00a801c037a3$217cd540$147102d8@aburch> From: "Arthur J. Burch" <aburch@isoc.net> Old-To: <NYCATTAR-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYCHENAN-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYONEIDA-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYONONDA-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYBROOME-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYALLEGA-L@rootsweb.com>, <NYCAYUGA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:58:52 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Subject: [NYCHENAN] Census Lookup Mailing lists Resent-Message-ID: <ZDUDKD.A.TT.vVy65@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: NYCHENAN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NYCHENAN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NYCHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1108 X-Loop: NYCHENAN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NYCHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com I just received this message, and thought I would pass the information along. If you have any questions, please contact Kelly directly at Kellygirl3398@mpinet.net Art Burch -----Original Message----- From: Kelly Courtney-Blizzard [mailto:Kellygirl3398@mpinet.net] Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 11:39 PM To: USGW_WEB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [USGW_WEB] Census Lookup Mailing lists Hello Everyone ! I have had to reword and rework the guidelines for the CENSUS-LOOKUP mailing lists and also include subscription instructions. I am sending these below. The lists have been growing like crazy since I created them three days ago and I expect the growth to continue as the word spreads. Please feel free to forward this to anyone you feel may be interested in joining. Of course the more people we have the more help we will be for each other. Please keep in mind that we are only a few days old and if your lookup request is not answered, try again in a week or two. Some of the state lists have already reached over 150 subscribers <G> Others have not been "advertised" as much and have fewer members. Hang in there and don't get discouraged if your not answered right away, these lists will be a great asset to our research after we reach the people and let them know that these lists are available. I am encouraging everyone to send this email to their surname and county mailing lists as well as to our cousins. Finally, If you have the material to help a fellow researcher, please use it. Thanks, Kelly Kellygirl3398@mpinet.net (Subscription information at the end of this e-mail) Guidelines for posting to the lists: Established 11 October 2000 EMAIL SUBJECT LINES: COUNTY,YEAR,SURNAME NO FLAMING or you will be unsubbed without notice. By this I mean not only being rude or mean to each other but there will be NO and I do mean NO debating here about the Census Projects. This list is for everyone who wants to research. NO General requests such as "all Smiths in all counties" Be specific, Name the County, Family you are looking for and also the year. Try to supply as much info as possible. LIMIT your requests to ONE PER CENSUS YEAR and SURNAME My Mama taught me that Thank you and Please are always nice too :) A few people have emailed me asking how to sign up for the new lists and what to do. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1. All lists are XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com The XX is to be removed and the two letter abbreviation for the state you are looking in added in its place. Examples: MI-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com IL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com 2. So, send an email to the one of your choice (make sure to have the state). Put NOTHING in the subject line. In the body of the email write only: subscribe Then send it on :) 3. POSTING to the new census lists: A. Send it to XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com (supply the two letter state code for the XX again) B: Subject line MUST have the following: County/Year/Surname Example: Saginaw/1850/Smith C: In the body of the email: List whom you are looking for. Supply as much information as you can. Birthplace, ages, occupation, etc. D: Mail it on! That's it folks :) I hope that helped. I have put the list of states and two letter codes below for you. AL Alabama AK Alaska AZ Arizona AR Arkansas CA California CO Colorado CT Connecticut DC District Of Columbia DE Delaware FL Florida GA Georgia HI Hawaii ID Idaho IL Illinois IN Indiana IA Iowa KS Kansas KY Kentucky LA Louisiana ME Maine MD Maryland MA Massachusetts MI Michigan MN Minnesota MS Mississippi MO Missouri MT Montana NE Nebraska NV Nevada NH New Hampshire NJ New Jersey NM New Mexico NY New York NC North Carolina ND North Dakota OH Ohio OK Oklahoma OR Oregon PA Pennsylvania RI Rhode Island SC South Carolina SD South Dakota TN Tennessee TX Texas UT Utah VT Vermont VA Virginia WA Washington (state) WV West Virginia WI Wisconsin WY Wyoming --part1_75.b00b539.271e598a_boundary--

Dear Louise: You wrote and asked, "What do you mean by "our website". What is the URL? I would be interested." The WRG (Whitney Research Group), of which you are a member if you are subscribed to the Whitney-L maillist, has a collective website at the following URL http://www.whitneygen.org/ On it you will find archives of all the maillist material since we put this group together some five years ago, extracted Whitney entries from the VR's of nearly 300 MA towns, as well as some for ME, NH, VT; Whitney extracts from the Barbour Index to CT records, Whitney census extracts for the whole country for a number of years, databases of the descendants of John and Elinor Whitney of Watertown (1635), Henry Whitney of Long Island and CT (ca 1640), and a group of Southern Whitneys who came to VA from Bermuda ca 1730-40; a complete transcription of the 600 page book on the family of John and Elinor, written by Frederick Clifton Pierce (pub. 1895); plus lots of other useful Whitney material. The website is very easy to use, it has an excellent interface that explains what each part contains, and it has an extremely useful search engine devised by one of our members. I urge you to spend some happy hours discovering what the WRG has already gathered and made available. It is very possible that the answers to some of your current questions may be found there. Good luck and Happy Hunting. Allan E. Green

Dear John: Of course you are right! I didn't read Robert's letter quite carefully enough and somehow got the idea that the book was being reprinted in a deluxe edition comparable to the original. I just reread Robert's letter and it says nothing of the kind -- in fact it mentions that it is a First Edition, one of 600 copies. Sloppy reading on my part. Still, for one who wants only the information to be found exclusive of the artwork, etc., there is the "reprint from microfilm" option at probably one-eighth the cost. Sorry for the confusion. Allan

Need help with the lineage of: Martha Whitney b 31 July 1786 Wayne Co. N.C. d 18 Jan 1873 Clinton Co. OH. M 29 Sept. 1806 Grayson Co. VA. Isaac Pearson Thank you. Madeleine M. Whitney

Robert, This is - relatively speaking - quite good value! My grandfather wrote to Melville in 1896 requesting a copy. Melville replied (I have a copy of his letter) stating that grandfather could indeed have one if he would send a money order for $4.00! He must have done this, my cousin having inherited it. It includes some excellent colour plates of various quarterings (64 in one example!) and is a nice collector's item (limited ed. of 600) Regards John

Dear WRG: I, too, would like to own one of these wonderful sounding volumes. However, I don't have the $500.00 to spend on it either. I do have a copy of this work, nonetheless, that my wife had made for me from the microfilm at University Microfilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan. I believe that it cost somewhere in the vicinity of $50.00. Most of the plates are pretty awful, done in muddy grayscale, and with no color, of course. OTOH, it does have all the contents of the book in readable form and has the various charts tipped in at the end in tiny but still readable print. Remembering that we have been disconnected from the line presented therein between John-1's father, Thomas Whitney of Westminster, and the father named for him in Melville, this is still a lot of fun to read and has much good information. For those of you who haven't yet heard about this separation, the relevant articles from The American Genealogist by Donald Lines Jacobus and Paul Reed are available on our website. I thought you all should know that there was a lower cost alternative to the new reprint Robert told us about. Allan E. Green

Dear WRG - I have been looking for my ggrandmother, Arvilla Melissa WHITNEY for some time now. There's one particular lead I've been meaning to follow up on. Arvilla is, of course, a rather unusual name and so I searched the LDS databases and there is, in fact, an Arvila Whitney (spelling with one L instead of 2), b. 1823 in Chelsea, Orange Co., VT. Interestingly, her parents are Isaac Whitney and Polly Blood. My ggrandmother married a George Blood, also of Vermont. The combination of an Arvilla and another Blood in this family makes me seriously interested in this family. My Arvilla is said to have been born in Brooklyn, NY, but I've been unable to find any records on her there. The ARvila found in the LDS database had a brother, Charles (b. 1822), who married an Arvilla too. She had 2 other brothers, Alvah (b. 1832)and Andrew (b. 1818), both of whom also married. (These are in the John Whitney of WAtertown database.) No children are listed for any of the three boys. Does anyone have any information regarding their children? My Arvilla's birth is in 1862 and could conceivably be a child of one of the boys or a granddaughter in that family. Again, the name Arvilla, the name Blood and the location of Vermont certainly raises my hopes of finding my long lost Arvilla. Any leads gratefully accepted. Thank you LYn Whitney Anderson

Dear WRG - I have been looking for my ggrandmother, Arvilla Melissa WHITNEY for some time now. There's one particular lead I've been meaning to follow up on. Arvilla is, of course, a rather unusual name and so I searched the LDS databases and there is, in fact, an Arvila Whitney (spelling with one L instead of 2), b. 1823 in Chelsea, Orange Co., VT. Interestingly, her parents are Isaac Whitney and Polly Blood. My ggrandmother married a George Blood, also of Vermont. The combination of an Arvilla and another Blood in this family makes me seriously interested in this family. My Arvilla is said to have been born in Brooklyn, NY, but I've been unable to find any records on her there. The ARvila found in the LDS database had a brother, Charles (b. 1822), who married an Arvilla too. She had 2 other brothers, Alvah (b. 1832)and Andrew (b. 1818), both of whom also married. (These are in the John Whitney of WAtertown database.) No children are listed for any of the three boys. Does anyone have any information regarding their children? My Arvilla's birth is in 1862 and could conceivably be a child of one of the boys or a granddaughter in that family. Again, the name Arvilla, the name Blood and the location of Vermont certainly raises my hopes of finding my long lost Arvilla. Any leads gratefully accepted. Thank you LYn Whitney Anderson

Dear WRG, I have had a request in with Bibliofind, Inc., for Henry Melville's _The Ancestry of John Whitney_ (1896). I recently received word that a copy is now available: "Melville, Henry: The Ancestry of John Whitney, who with his wife Elinor, and sons John, Richard, Nathaniel, Thomas, and Jonathan, emigrated from London, England, in the year 1635, and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts; the first of the name in America, and the one from; . With colored plates of coats of arms, photogravures, maps, tables and other illustrations, some folding. 4to, New York: The De Vinne Press, 1896. First Edition, one of 600 copies. Original full vellum, uncut, with ties, stampled on upper and lower covers with the Whitney arms in blind; covers slightly warped and spine a little soiled, else fine. The History of the Whitney Family. A carefully researched and excellently illustrated history, dating from the first mention of a Whitney in the Domesday Book of 1086 A.D., of one of America's most distinguished families; descendants include inventor Eli Whitney, and financier Cornelius. No expense was spared to make this volume a monumental one, and it is a model of its kind.History - British. (Book#28846) USD 500.00 Offered for sale by... cummins, James Cummins Bookseller 699 Madison Avenue, , New York, NY, 10021 USA Tel: 212-688-6441 Fax: 212-688-6192 Web Site: Email: cummins@panix.com Form of Payment: Visa, MasterCard, American Express Returns Policy: 10-day return policy Shipping: varies" Now I really don't feel like paying $500.00 for this book, when most of the data in it are not pertinent to me, due to the cutting of my line (see <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/reed.html>). Nevertheless, it seems possible that someone in the WRG might be interested in owning this volume, so I am posting this listing. It does detail the family of WHITNEY of Whitney, Herefordshire, from very early down to about 1600, with good documentation. It is also a very handsome book! Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>

Hi Lyn! I haven't gotten many messages for at least a week. I think everyone must be out enjoying the fantastic fall foliage! Oh well, it gives me a chance to read some more of the archives. Very interesting. Hopefully, activity will pick up again with the colder weather. In the meantime, is there any information on what happened to the child of Elinor Whitney (Benjamin, John) named Daniel? He was born Feb. 27, 1704 or 5 in Sherborn. There is no father listed, that I can find, and the mother kept her maiden name. from Carolyn Whitney Branagan Lyn Legere wrote: > Good evening y'all - > > I recently changed my ISP and I changed my address on the list. I've > been getting mail for the Whitney List here and there, but not much. > I'm wondering, has it been particularly quiet this past week or am I > having a server problem? > > Thanks, > > Lyn Whitney Anderson