Dear Melissa: Welcome to the Whitney Research Group. Being on the maillist makes you a member! I do see some problems with the material that you published in your introductory letter. First and foremost, the numbering system that you are using seems to me to be not the standard format. Normally, the immigrant ancestor -- in our case John Whitney of Westminster who came to Watertown in 1635 is referred to as John-1, and then all of his children are given the number two. The children of all of the second generation are then given the number 3, and so on. So, I'll copy one of your entries and change the numbering according to the more accepted practice. 8. JOSEPH-3 WHITNEY (JOHN-2, JOHN-1) was born 01 Jan 1651 in Watertown, MA, and died 04 Nov 1702 in Watertown, MA. He married MARTHA BEACH 24 Jan 1674 in Watertown, MA. She was born 10 Mar 1649 in Watertown, MA. Children of JOSEPH WHITNEY and MARTHA BEACH are: i. JOSEPH-4 WHITNEY, b. 15 Aug 1675, Watertown, MA; d. 03 Jul 1737, Newton, MA. ii. MARTHA-4 WHITNEY, b. 20 Dec 1677, Watertown, MA; d. 30 Oct 1702. iii. JOHN -4 WHITNEY, b. 29 Jul 1680, Watertown, MA; d. 11 Nov 1760, Weston, MA. iv. ISAAC -4 WHITNEY, b. 10 Mar 1681, Watertown, MA; d. 20 Mar 1681, Watertown, MA. v. ISAAC -4 WHITNEY, b. 04 Feb 1682, Watertown, MA; d. 01 Nov 1702. vi. BENJAMIN -4 WHITNEY, b. 31 Jan 1684, Watertown, MA; d. Oct 1736, Watertown, MA. vii. SARAH -4 WHITNEY, b. 20 Jun 1697, Watertown, MA; d. 1702, Watertown, MA If, in the case of ISAAC, where one child died shortly after birth and the next son was given the same name - their generation number doesn't change. If you wish to call attention to the fact that there were two ISAAC's, then you might choose to list them this way iv. ISAAC -4 WHITNEY, b. 10 Mar 1681, Watertown, MA; d. 20 Mar 1681, Watertown, MA. v. ISAAC(2nd) -4 WHITNEY, b. 04 Feb 1682, Watertown, MA; d. 01 Nov 1702. If you would like me to try to assist you further, I would be pleased to do so, but would prefer that we make further exchanges on a one to one basis rather than burdening the list with our discussions. Then, if you would wish to publish your material again for inclusion on our WRG web site, you could arrange to send it to either Mr. Robert Ward or Mr. Tim Doyle, who maintain our "wiki" WRG web site. Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour