That makes two of us, Robert C. Whitney, List Administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lowell Whitney" <lowell.whitney@quoinindustrial.com> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Ancestors in England of John Whitney of Watertown,Mass. > I too have sent in a check but have not recieved a copy of the American > Genealogist. > Lowell Whitney > > -----Original Message----- > From: whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com]On > Behalf Of Jonathan Whitney > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 8:16 AM > To: whitney@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Ancestors in England of John Whitney of > Watertown,Mass. > > > Robert, > > Is there some way the WRG can solve the problem of this erroneous > information continually "popping up" and confusing many, particularly > those who are just beginning. I know that when I first started the > quest of finding my Whitney "roots", I found Melville and was elated. > Another cousin and I looked carefully at the chronological order and > thought something was wrong, but didn't do anything because this had > been so eloquently "proven". For me, it happened in the late 1970s. > Then, I managed to get the data into my computer in the early 1980s. > And, it still keeps popping up. I think I've got it out, but I'm not > 100 percent sure. I guess it would be nice if we were able to either > block the info from discussion on the Whitney site, or in the > interest of preserving free speech, always flag it with a caveat. > It's so easy for someone to grab this, believe it to be the gospel > and perpetuate the myth. Just some thoughts. > > On another issue, I placed an order (with my check) for yours and > Tim's article in the American Genealogist, vol. 81, no. 4, Octl 2006, > pp. 249-262, re the Whitney Lineage of John Whitney of Watertown, > Massachusetts on July 14, but have not received it. Do you know if > others are having the same problem? > > Jon Whitney > > On Aug 2, 2007, at 10:41 PM, Robert L. Ward wrote: > > > Janice and others, > > > > At 09:55 PM 8/2/2007, Farns10th@aol.com wrote: > >> This transcription with the full transcription of the Whitney > >> family of > >> Watertown, Mass. sent on request > >> to me, personally. - Janice Farnsworth > >> > >> Subject: WHITNEY. > >> Source: Genealogical & Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families > >> of the > >> State of > >> Massachusetts by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams > > > > The lineage given is wrong, despite Melville's book saying it is > > so. The Robert Whitney of generation (XIV) was not the same as > > Robert, son of Sir Robert Whitney of generation (XIII). Doubt was > > cast on this connection by Jacobus in 1933, on chronological > > grounds. The link was finally disproven by Paul C. Reed in > > 1994. Both articles are in _The American Genealogist_. > > > > An alternate theory of the Whitney ancestry just came out. See: > > > > Robert Leigh Ward and Tim Doyle, "The Whitney Lineage of > > John-1 Whitney > > of Watertown, Massachusetts," _The American Genealogist_, > > vol. 81, no. 4 > > (Oct 2006), pp. 249-262. > > > > It makes (XV) Thomas Whitney a possible second cousin, not a > > grandson, of (XIII) Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney. See also the > > Whitney Research Group website at > > > > http://wiki.whitneygen.org > > > > The parts of Bond's _Watertown_ dealing with the Whitney family can > > also be found on the same website, at > > > > http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/ > > Archive:Early_Settlers_of_Watertown%2C_Massachusetts > > > > Regards, > > > > Robert > > > > Mr. Robert L. Ward > > http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/User:Rlward > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.2/933 - Release Date: 8/2/2007 > 2:22 PM > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.2/933 - Release Date: 8/2/2007 > 2:22 PM > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >
Keep in mind that TAG is a "cottage publication" - it is not backed by any historical society or organization. Instead, it is run by just a few editors. From what I understand, David Greene has the back issues (as well as extra copies of the current issue) in boxes at his home, and personally has to process the mail, cash the checks, find the issue(s), package them up, and ship them out, while still working on the next editions of TAG. This means that it typically takes some time for issues to arrive. Tim -----Original Message----- From: whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Croxton Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 9:54 AM To: whitney@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Ancestors in England of John Whitney of Watertown,Mass. That makes two of us, Robert C. Whitney, List Administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lowell Whitney" <lowell.whitney@quoinindustrial.com> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Ancestors in England of John Whitney of Watertown,Mass. > I too have sent in a check but have not recieved a copy of the > American Genealogist. Lowell Whitney > > -----Original Message----- > From: whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com]On > Behalf Of Jonathan Whitney > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 8:16 AM > To: whitney@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Ancestors in England of John Whitney of > Watertown,Mass. > > > Robert, > > Is there some way the WRG can solve the problem of this erroneous > information continually "popping up" and confusing many, particularly > those who are just beginning. I know that when I first started the > quest of finding my Whitney "roots", I found Melville and was elated. > Another cousin and I looked carefully at the chronological order and > thought something was wrong, but didn't do anything because this had > been so eloquently "proven". For me, it happened in the late 1970s. > Then, I managed to get the data into my computer in the early 1980s. > And, it still keeps popping up. I think I've got it out, but I'm not > 100 percent sure. I guess it would be nice if we were able to either > block the info from discussion on the Whitney site, or in the interest > of preserving free speech, always flag it with a caveat. It's so easy > for someone to grab this, believe it to be the gospel and perpetuate > the myth. Just some thoughts. > > On another issue, I placed an order (with my check) for yours and > Tim's article in the American Genealogist, vol. 81, no. 4, Octl 2006, > pp. 249-262, re the Whitney Lineage of John Whitney of Watertown, > Massachusetts on July 14, but have not received it. Do you know if > others are having the same problem? > > Jon Whitney > > On Aug 2, 2007, at 10:41 PM, Robert L. Ward wrote: > > > Janice and others, > > > > At 09:55 PM 8/2/2007, Farns10th@aol.com wrote: > >> This transcription with the full transcription of the Whitney > >> family of Watertown, Mass. sent on request > >> to me, personally. - Janice Farnsworth > >> > >> Subject: WHITNEY. > >> Source: Genealogical & Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families > >> of the State of > >> Massachusetts by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams > > > > The lineage given is wrong, despite Melville's book saying it is so. > > The Robert Whitney of generation (XIV) was not the same as Robert, > > son of Sir Robert Whitney of generation (XIII). Doubt was cast on > > this connection by Jacobus in 1933, on chronological grounds. The > > link was finally disproven by Paul C. Reed in 1994. Both articles > > are in _The American Genealogist_. > > > > An alternate theory of the Whitney ancestry just came out. See: > > > > Robert Leigh Ward and Tim Doyle, "The Whitney Lineage of John-1 > > Whitney > > of Watertown, Massachusetts," _The American Genealogist_, > > vol. 81, no. 4 > > (Oct 2006), pp. 249-262. > > > > It makes (XV) Thomas Whitney a possible second cousin, not a > > grandson, of (XIII) Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney. See also the > > Whitney Research Group website at > > > > http://wiki.whitneygen.org > > > > The parts of Bond's _Watertown_ dealing with the Whitney family can > > also be found on the same website, at > > > > http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/ > > Archive:Early_Settlers_of_Watertown%2C_Massachusetts > > > > Regards, > > > > Robert > > > > Mr. Robert L. Ward > > http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/User:Rlward > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.2/933 - Release Date: > 8/2/2007 2:22 PM > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.2/933 - Release Date: > 8/2/2007 2:22 PM > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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