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From: "Robert L. Ward" <>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Re: whitney family
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:37:57 -0500
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Jennifer and all,

At 06:18 AM 12/15/00 -0500, Jeanne Muse wrote:
>You wrote:
>
> >>I am trying trace my grandmother's ancestors. Her mother married
>Arthur E.
>Whitney in 1917. He was b. Sept. 30, 1885 and he d. Feb. 22, 1918. His
>parents were Charles Earland Whitney and Mary A. Smith. Arthur had a
>brother, Earl C. b. 1889.
>
>The parents of Charles Earland Whitney were Jonathan Whitney and Martha
>Bullfinch. Charles was b. Oct. 21, 1848 in Henderson Co., NY and d.
>Feb. 5,
>1921. Charles had at least two sisters. They are listed in his
>obituary as
>Mrs. Frank Dudley and Mrs. Simeon Smith.
>
>I did not find any of these people listed in the whitney sites or on
>rootsweb, ancestry.com, etc., and I am hoping you can help. Please let
>me
>know if there is a link that I am missing somewhere. Thank you.
>From: "Jennifer Marklein" <><<
>
>----------------------
>
>Dear Jennifer:
>
>There are thousands of Whitneys who haven't been connected to a "known"
>immigrant ancestor. You may need to get back another generation or two
>before you can link yours up. You don't say how long you have been
>searching, so forgive me if my advice is directed toward a beginner.
>
>Do you have a Church of the Latter Day Saints in your area? One of them
>may have a Family History Library that you should visit. Take
>information on your families with you when you go. They'll be able to
>direct you to census and vital records that can be viewed on film and
>microfiche.
>
>Have you written letters to the Clerks of the towns in which your
>grandparents were born, died or married? For a small fee you can obtain
>actual certified copies of those certificates which contain parents, and
>more leads to help you dig farther back.
>
>I've sent a copy of your query (and this reply) to the Whitney-L email
>list too just in case one of the 300+ members has someone you are
>looking for in a personal database that is not posted on the internet.
>
>I wish I could help more, but all I can do is wish you good luck!
>
>Jeanne (Whitney) Muse
>
>------------------------------------------
>Researching GOLDSMITH, REED, WHITNEY
>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse/roots.htm
>-----------------------------------------

Jonathan Hart Jerome WHITNEY and his wife Martha Ann BULFINCH appear as
#2358 on pp. 468-469 of S. Whitney Phoenix, _The Whitney Family of
Connecticut_ (1874). His lineage is: Jonathan Hart Jerome-7 [Erastus-6,
Samuel-5, John-4, Henry-3, John-2, Henry-1], also [Erastus-6, Mary
ST. JOHN, Mark, Anne-3 WHITNEY, John-2, Henry-1].

Their children, including Charles Eveland-8 WHITNEY, b. 21 Oct 1848,
Henderson, NY, living at Grand Ledge, MI, in 1874, are given at
#7068-7072 on pp. 1121-1122.

More details are given in that reference.

Regards,

Robert

Robert L. Ward
WHITNEY Research Group
<http://www.whitneygen.org/>;

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