For any of you living in the Watertown/Boston area, the following should be of interest. By the way, I have abstracted some bits from Thompson's book that might be relevant for our Whitney ancestors, as well as excerpts of every place where a Whitney is mentioned. I'll post these to the list in the next few days. Karl Schwerin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:17:08 -0500 From: Carol Betsch <[email protected]> To: karl h schwerin <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Contacting Roger Thompson Dear Mr. Schwerin: Here is Roger Thompson's address; we don't have an e-mail address for him. ROGER F. THOMPSON MILL RACE HARTS LANE BAWBURGH NORWICH NR9 3LS ENGLAND You might be interested to know that he'll be in Watertown on June 12 to give a lecture: First Parish of Watertown, Unitarian Universalist 35 Church St. <>Watertown, MA 02472 (contact there is Rev. Mark W. Harris 617-924-6143) With best wishes, Carol Betsch karl h schwerin wrote: > Dear Ms Betsch: > > I have just finished reading the very informative history of the early > days of Watertown, Divided we stand. Watertown, Massachusetts, > 1630-1680, by Roger Thompson, and published by the Univ. of > Massachusetts Press. 2001. > > On p. 201 he states that he has a table containing "all offices held > by Watertown men at town, county, and colony level. In their complete > form, each of these lists contains details of vital records," etc. > Thompson further states that these lists "are obtainable from the > author on request." > > I would like to obtain this information from the author. Can you put > me in touch with Mr. Thompson, or give me an address where I might > reach him? > > Thank you for your assistance with this request. > > Sincerely, > > > Karl Schwerin SnailMail: Dept. of Anthropology > Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 > e-mail: [email protected] >