It's been quite awjhile since I've visited the Whitney Research Group website and I just discovered that they have a new website. So I went to "create an account" ,put in my information about myself and my Whintey lineage and logged in just fine. However I was trying to view an article by Robert Ward entitled "Some Thoughts on the Hereford Whitneys" or something to that effect and could not seem to gain access to it even though I was logged in. I really was interested in reading the article as I know there's been a question for years about whether or not John Whitney's father Thomas was of the Herefordshire Whitneys or not.From an e maiI recently received and from browsing around some in WRG it appeared to me that some new evidence has recently been found to link Thomas with the Whitneys of Hereford. Am I correct in this assumption? Also could someone tell me wat I'm doing wrong & how to access the article on this subject by Robert Ward as well as other material making connections between Thomas and the Hereford Whitneys? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out on this. Noreen Maloney LaTour

Noreen: It *has* been a while! The wiki website was launched back in early 2006. I'm glad to hear that you found it easy to log in and create your personal page. As far as the article that you're referring to, that was an early version created by Robert Ward for the 2004 Whitney Reunion. It was taken offline when it was being refined and updated. I'll work with Robert to figure out what we plan to do with the online article, as I do see that the link is currently broken. The article has now been published in The American Genealogist: Robert Leigh Ward and Tim Doyle, "The Whitney Lineage of John1 Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, vol. 81, no. 4 (Oct 2006), pp. 249-262. In it, we give what we consider convincing evidence that the line of descent for the immigrant John1 Whitney from the Whitneys of Whitney, Herefordshire, is as follows: 5. (perhaps) RobertD Whitney (ca. 1436-aft. 1492) of Whitney, Herefordshire; m.(2) Elizabeth Vaughan. 4. RobertC Whitney (say 1470-?) of perhaps Pencombe and Castleton, Herefordshire, wife unknown. 3. RobertB Whitney (ca. 1498-1555) of Castleton, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Morgan ap William. 2. ThomasA Whitney (say 1550-1637) of Castleton and Westminster; m. Mary Bray. 1. John1 Whitney (1592-1673) of Westminster, Isleworth, London, and Watertown; m.(1) Elinor -----; m. (2) Judah (-----) Clement. A copy of the issue in question can be obtained for $9.00 from the editor, David L. Greene, P.O. Box 398, Demorest, GA 30535-0398. Additional research is currently underway to either strengthen or refute this proposed lineage. Tim The WRG website can be viewed at http://wiki.whitneygen.org/ -----Original Message----- From: whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Noreen LaTour Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 3:09 PM To: WHITNEY@rootsweb.com Subject: [WHITNEY] About the new Whitney Research Group website & Connectionbet. Thomas & Hereford Whitneys It's been quite awjhile since I've visited the Whitney Research Group website and I just discovered that they have a new website. So I went to "create an account" ,put in my information about myself and my Whintey lineage and logged in just fine. However I was trying to view an article by Robert Ward entitled "Some Thoughts on the Hereford Whitneys" or something to that effect and could not seem to gain access to it even though I was logged in. I really was interested in reading the article as I know there's been a question for years about whether or not John Whitney's father Thomas was of the Herefordshire Whitneys or not.From an e maiI recently received and from browsing around some in WRG it appeared to me that some new evidence has recently been found to link Thomas with the Whitneys of Hereford. Am I correct in this assumption? Also could someone tell me wat I'm doing wrong & how to access the article on this subject by Robert Ward as well as other material making connections between Thomas and the Hereford Whitneys? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out on this. Noreen Maloney LaTour ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message