I have found Whittington spelled many different ways. Have, also, had Whittington pronounced a lot of different ways. Don't let spelling keep you from looking. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Barret <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 7:12 AM Subject: Re: Ephriam Whittington, Attala Co., MS > This is to all SEARCHERS: > I inquired abt. a WHITTINGTON. That's OK. The lady said we couldn't be > KIN, as her Whittington's came from MS not from VA. Would some of you mind > letting the list know where most of the Whittington line originated. As for > SPELLING. A cousin on our GARTON side passed up a lot of info because, in > her own words, "I was to uppity to think I was kin to the GARTEN, GARTIN, > GERTIN lines." Have you encountered the handwriting and spelling on older > documents. Most are written exactly as it sounds. Always > remember!!!!.....a lot of people could NOT read nor write. So, how could > they spell their names? Have a wonderful week and SMILE, you may get it > back. Happy hunting! I'll claim you even if you weren't from Virginia-West > Virginia. Love you all, God Bless, Sue B. > > > >From: [email protected] > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: Ephriam Whittington, Attala Co., MS > >Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 23:13:06 EDT > > > >No -- The Earl Whittington who was Ephraim and Nancy Therrell's son was > >named > >Eprahim Earl Whittington and he married Valley Payne. > >Sue Whittington Hunt > >Clinton, Miss. > > > > > >==== WHITTINGTON Mailing List ==== > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Post a brief family history .... let's see if we're cousins > > > >============================== > >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== WHITTINGTON Mailing List ==== > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > W H I T T I N G T O N F A M I L Y H I S T O R Y G R O U P > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ > >