I would like to have it in Georgia , Louisiana , or Texas. There or a lot of us Whitney's around the old south. Just happen to like some warm weather , not to hot are to cold. By the way this is the first time I have answered anyone. I put myself on the roots web a long time ago and have enjoyed reading all the emails I have received. I cannot tell anyone my past because I have no clue. All my grandparents passed away when I was small. I am now 40 young years old. I still today try to trace back my ancestor's. I have no one to ask as being I never thought of going forward with my search till my Mother passed away ( God Rest Her Soul) a few months ago. I am from the South with folks from Ark., TX. ,and LA. If anyone can direct me were to find INFO. on these state's where our famous and proud Whitney name is associated I would grateful. Gary Whitney -----Original Message----- From: Randy S Whitney [mailto:rsw@UU.NET] Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 5:10 PM To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Whitney family reunion I personally like the DC-VA-MD idea, being somewhere close to the 1/2 point between NB and FL. (Not to mention the fact that I call it "home" ;-) ) -- Randy. Joan C. Miller <jrm107@juno.com> writes: > Ya Chris & Shawn, I was one of those who spoke privately to Alan a few > months ago about interest in a Whitney family reunion, but never got > back.... sorry Alan.... unforeseen Gramma duties took priority.-:)I was > wondering about near Boston, too. Watertown would be of major interest, > yes? > We hold our Rice reunions in Marlborough, visiting surrounding cemeteries > and historical sites of interest in the vicinity. And our Aldrich > reunions are held near Mendon again for the same reason. > > Would first priority be to find out how many are interested in attending > then offering 3 or 4 dates, selecting the date most convenient ? > We drive from PA to MA in 8 hours... but that's because we stop every 2 > to 3 hrs. > If we can do anything to help, please advise. > > Joan Reed Miller > York PA > > > > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:34:31 -0800 Shawn Whitney > <cyberboone@worldnet.att.net> writes: > >Count us in! > >As long as we had enough time to plan for the expense, I think it is a > >wonderful > >idea. > >Perhaps the Boston area may be more appropriate for the Whitneys. > >Besides, when > >you talk about centrally located, that would have to mean like Kansas > >or > >someplace "in the middle" for those of us on the west coast. Perhaps > >the best > >bet is just to make sure its in a town that has a hub type airport > >that is a > >more inexpensive destination for those members who will have to fly > >in. > >But great idea! Do we need a committee? > >I demand a recount! > > > >Shawn Whitney > >Seattle WA > > > >PS to Gary Wallace > >I plan to just ride my bike over. > > > >Chris Branagan wrote: > > > >> > Hello WRG members ! > >> > >> > At Jeanne Muse's suggestion, I'm going to post again the idea > >of > >> > having a Whitney family reunion. > >> > >> > Perhaps it isn't feasible with so many of us spread out so far, > >but the > >> > potential is tremendous! I picture the reunion somewhere around > >the > >> > Maryland/D.C. area, because there seem to be several of the > >regular > >> > contributors from that part of the world. And I suspect some of > >them are > >> > elderly and am not sure if travel is difficult or not. A central > >> > location would be very important, and that is one reason for this > >> > posting. Give me some feedback! > >> > >> > A weekend that included a combination of social events and > >lectures could > >> > be arranged, with a "banquet" on 1 or 2 nights. We would have to > >see > >> > about a resort willing to host such an event and then arrange for > >some of > >> > the WRG members to act as speakers. We could have seminars where > >members > >> > could learn about generic geneology techniques and lectures > >specific to > >> > Whitney Geneology. > >> > >> > A good golf course would be nice. > >> > >> > We could structure this to be as formal as needed. Of course, > >this > >> > would not be an inexpensive weekend. > >> > >> > What do you think? Would this be way too much work? Would anyone > >come? > >> > Alan suggested something like this several months ago, but I > >saw no > >> > response on the rootsweb site. Jeanne thinks it would be fun. I > >would > >> > be willing to work with a group of people on the arrangements. It > >may not > >> > be possible to arrange such a reunion for this summer, but > >perhaps > >> > in 2002? or 2003? > >> > >> > from, Carolyn > >> > > >> > P.S. There still is no snow here in northern Vermont! > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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.