Thank you for all your great work! Greg Nickels Great-Great Grandson of Eliza Ann Whitney -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tim Doyle" <tim@greenscourt.com> > What's New on the Whitney Research Group Website? > > * The Census Identification Project is making progress. See the recent > update email for status. > > * Website Members Jeanne Neilon and her cousin Tara have been adding family > group pages for their Whitney branch as well as for other early families in > South Carolina. With their help, we're starting to get a clearer view of > these early southern families. > > * Tim Doyle has started to add family group pages for the descendants of > Samuel Whitney of Bermuda, whose descendants emigrated to the American > south. Fifteen family group pages, dating from 1615 to 1860 have been added. > > * Robert Ward continues to add new family group pages for descendants of > immigrants John and Henry Whitney as he continues his work on the Census > Project. > > * Website member "Chrissij" has been adding family group pages for her > family, the descendants of William and Sarah (Compton) Whitney of Kentucky > and Louisiana. > > * A new website member named "Merrymaiden" signed up for a free website > account - she is a descendant of the Whitneys of Yardley Hastings, England > who emigrated to Australia. > > * There are now nearly 9,000 pages of content on the website and we've had > over 960,000 page views! > > > How Can You Help / Get Involved? > > * Sign up for a free account on the WRG website at > http://wiki.whitneygen.org > > * Add your lineage to your user page - Robert and I will do all we can to > link you in if you take the time to do this! > > * Consider helping us extract census records, or create new family group > pages for your branch of the family. > > * Are you intimidated by the website? Do you need a little handholding? I > will be happy to spend time with you on the telephone if you would like a > personalized tour. Contact me if you're interested. > > * JUMP IN! The website is DESIGNED to be edited by YOU. We need your help - > Robert and I cannot do it alone. There is NOTHING that you can do on the > website to "screw it up". Robert and I review every edit made and make > corrections if needed. We can even "back out" any change if needed, so there > should be nothing to hold you back from giving it a try. > > > Why is it Important to Create Family Group Pages? > > To combine all of the information known about each family grouping. Having > the information on the website allows us to link from the family group page > to the supporting source material in our archives, and also link from the > archives to the family group pages. This allows us to see which records have > been accounted for, and which need to be investigated further. > > > Did You Know? > > Did you know you can have the WRG website email you when a page is edited by > someone else? It's simple, and a great way to keep informed of what most > interests you! > > 1. If you haven't already done so, sign up for a free account on the website > at http://wiki.whitneygen.org > > 2. Go to "preferences" (link is in the upper right-hand corner). > > 3. Verify your email address is valid. > > 4. Make sure the checkbox "E-mail me on page changes" is checked. > > 5. Select the "Save" button. > > 6. For any page you want to be emailed about, click the "Watch" tab at the > top. > > Whenever any of the pages you have on your watch list are changed by someone > other than yourself, you'll get an email. To protect you against receiving a > barrage of emails, you'll only get notification one per page until you view > the page - then the 'trigger' is reset. > > > Tim Doyle > Whitney Research Group Website Co-Host > http://wiki.whitneygen.org/ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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