Annual Gathering & Meeting June 7/8 2013
The Annual Meeting and Gathering will take place on Friday & Saturday June 7/8 at the Holiday Inn, 50 miles south of Pittsburgh in Uniontown, PA. Please join us, Everyone is welcome. To make hotel reservations and for more information just click here on UNIONTOWN.
WFA Research in Lancashire
UK VIEWERS: We are now available in the UK. Our new UK Director David Whiteside has given a copy of our DVD containng most Whiteside Family Association data to the Lancashire Public Records Office in Preston, Lancashire. With a pass this is free data in a controlled area. Go to research and then join us in the WFA Library
Members News
Member we need your help? We would like to have a GEDCOM of your particular family,.Please send it to Senior WFA Historian William R. Whiteside at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Trouble with registration or renewal?
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Memorial Fund & WFA Foundation
With the loss of some of our long time members, the Directors have created a Memorial Fund for members of the WFA who are now deceased. Donations can be made to the Whiteside Family Association Foundation, designated to the Memorial Fund, In Memory Of (your choice). Tax deduction for USA donors are provided. To make a donation email our treasurer at
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or go to Foundation below.
FOUNDATION:The Whiteside Family Association Foundation is to support the long term plans of the Association. Would you like to donate or remember us in your will? Click on FOUNDATION to obtain more information.
STRONG PASSWORDS ARE IMPORTANT
We have learned the importance of password strength. Here is a short video explanation from Google about the risks: Stay Safe Online. If you have never heard the term "phishing", learn now! Click "Check your password below to go to a short lesson in passwords and to use a password checker.
Family Numbers
Not a member? If you are a family researcher you are missing the charts and Family Genealogies that we are putting on the Research part of the website. ALL USA CHARTS BY DON WHITESIDE ARE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS. Go to Member's Research and Tree Charts & Master Index-United States. What are Family Numbers?
How to join or renew your membership
Join the Whiteside Family Association now. It is only $10.00. As a member you will have acess to a Member's Research menu that includes the Family Numbering System - Family Charts - The Master Index - DNA Project - Family Genealogies - Don Whiteside Publications and Documents by Countries & Topics. We would like to help you with your family history and even find your Family Number. Please go to Read More for step by step action.
Who We Are!
Not everything in the Whiteside Family Association is about Whitesides, here is a link to The Whitsett facebook page, The Whitsett Historical Society/Whitsett PA. Have a look around and meet other members of our clan. Click on:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Whitsett-Historical-SocietyWhitsettPA/147168631997591
Did our name come from Whyt and not have anything to do with the colour white? Click on Read More to learn more about our name story.
Where did the Whiteside surname come from?
Whiteside, Whitesides, Whyteside, Whitsitt, Whitsett, Whitside, and many more variations.
Have you ever wondered where your surname came from? Why and When? Would you like a great website for surnames. Look at this one http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames.
