Dear Steven, Your usual signature has both the name Brackett and Proctor, are you part of the Maine line? Decendant of Samuel Proctor and Sarah Brackett ? Always looking for cousins. Jon Normandin On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:33:11 -0500 "Steven Wallace" <stevenwallace7@hotmail.com> writes: > Hi Carolyn: > > Newby here. While I do appreciate the spirit of "no descendant > shall be > left behind" <g>, I also appreciate that an opportunity for SOME > people to > meet is better than no meeting at all. There is a happy medium > somewhere > ... but, being new to this list, I should leave that decision to the > others > who know each other better. > > For my own part, MA, VT or NH might be good ... Virginia would be > ideal (I > live there). - Steven W. > > > My usual signature .... > > Other Lines: ADAMS, ALBIN, BLACKMORE, BLANCHARD, BLOOD, BRACKETT, > BROOKS, > BYFIELD, CARSON, CHAMBERLAIN, CROSS, DARNALL, DUNCAN, FLETCHER, > HILDRETH, > HULL, HUSTON, JENNEY, KEEN, KEENE, LONGLEY, LYNAM, McLAUGHLIN, > NUTTING, > O'BRIEN, PARKER, PROCTOR, REYNOLDS, ROBERTSON, ROBBINS, ROLLINSON, > SHATTUCK, STEADMAN, SQUIRE, WALKER, WALLACE, WALLIS, WALTERS, WARD, > WARREN, > WATERS, WATSON, WATTERS, WELCH, WHEELER, WHITNEY, WILSON, WRIGHT > > Steven Rollinson Wallace > stevenwallace7@hotmail.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Branagan" <slainte@together.net> > To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 8:24 AM > Subject: [WHITNEY-L] the Reunion > > > > Hi Bud, > > > > The benefits of being a member of the WRG include being among > > researchers who are from many places, have wide experiences and > are > > willing to share their areas of expertise. As long as we are > just > > corresponding on the internet, this is a huge advantage to all > of > > us. However this advantage turns into an obsticle when we try > to > > arrange a place for a reunion. Whatever place is chosen as a > > location, there will certainly be some members who have to > travel > > farther than others. And some members may not be able to attend > at all > > due to the long distance. Our member Rick in Thialand comes to > mind! > > > > Try to remember that the goal of the WRG is to promote the > scholarly > > research of the Whitney family. This will also be the main goal > of the > > Reunion, along with the attemps to allow members of the WRG to > get to > > know one another better. > > > > For those who are unable to attend, perhaps the Committee will > consider > > sending available phamphlets and other literature. No doubt > there > > will be a lot of information generated. Pictures may be > available from > > Jeanne's MyFamily.com site. > > > > You are a valuable member of the WRG. Regardless of where or > when or > > if there is a reunion, all of us will continue to be invested in > your > > research, as you are in ours. > > > > Good luck. By the way this morning where I live in northern > Vermont > > it is 5 below! What is the temperature where you are in Alaska? > > > > from, Carolyn Whitney Branagan > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.