Hang in there Laurie. I searched for many years for my ggrandfather Byron Whitney with no luck connecting him to my ancestry until a few months ago the Illinois Marriage Index went on line and I found his marriage in a county I had no reason to expect him. Shortly after that I found a cousin in Beebe AR whom I had no idea existed who was also searching for his tracks. I understand from my Mother that my great aunt spent her entire life trying to connect to the older Whitneys. Keep searching - you will eventually connect! John > Subject: [WHITNEY-L] All I want for Christmas .... > Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 19:43:53 -0600 > From: "Laurie Skillern" <calirose@alltel.net> > To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com > > Is not my two front teeth. All I want is to find my ever elusive William D. Whitney, b. 1821 in Ohio, but it looks like I never will. I will be signing off WHITNEY-L until I can prove the link back to Mass. I do believe his father is from MA and mother from OH but I can not find any information leading to the names. I guess my father's line will never go any further back. I tried for the past 26 years. My father tried to find information on his Great Grandfather before his death in 1996 for nearly 30 years. It is a shame that no information is to be had or is long lost. It's such a disappointment that with all the information on WHITNEY-L and whitneygen.org that none involves my family (that I know of anyway). Thanks to everyone that tried to help. > > Laurie Ann Whitney Skillern > Cabot, Arkansas