GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA IS THE PLACE TO BE FOR WHYTSYDS!

THE WHITESIDE FAMILY ASSOCIATION Annual Meeting and Family Gathering for 2008 will be held on May 31, 2008 at the Comfort Inn in Gastonia, NC. It will be a good one. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend. A very special rate of US $75.00 has been arranged. For hotel telephone reservations directly to the hotel, phone 1-704-865-6688. You can email the hotel. at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . The first letter is L.

 There are no charges or fees except maybe a smile and a handshake.   
For a quick general overview of our agenda go to "Read More."
For more details on Annual Meeting & Gathering, please go to the WFA ACTIVITIES menu at the top of the page and click on MEETINGS. There will be a Director's meeting on Friday evening, the Annual Meeting on Saturday morning followed by an entertaining, educational Family Gathering.

If you live within easy driving distance in NC or SC, why not take the day and come meet some of your family at 8:30 on Saturday morning?

Welcome to the official website of the Whiteside Family Association.  If you are a Whytsyd related, this is your family website. 

Does your name appear in our collection of likely related Whytsyds? Whiteside, Whitesides, Whyteside, Whyside, Whytside, Whytsyd, Whitesid, Whitsid, Whitsett, Whitsitt,  Whitesite, Whitsheds Whitesitts Whitsitte, Whitsides, Whitesidens.  We have many pages that should prove interesting to those of the Whystyd clan. Yes that was one of the earliest spellings of our name. You will find history, genealogy and family information. We hope you enjoy your visit.

The Annual Meeting and Family Gathering is approaching quickly. Read below.

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What is the Family Numbering System that the WFA refers to from time to time?
Why is the numbering system that the Whiteside Family Association uses so important? Dr. Donald Whiteside created the system to keep track of the many families that he identified as being part of the world Whiteside population. He had over 30,000 cards recording all the families for whom he had data. He never used a computer.

We estimate that there are about 1600 families numbered from 1 to 9000. Do you know what Family Group you belong to?

For additional information “Read More” or go to RESEARCH—FAMILY NUMBERS.
Members may see over 900 family numbers listed and indexed for research in the RESEARCH – MEMBER’S PUBLICATION.

The PUBLICATION INDEX can be viewed by all in the RESEARCH menu. It will be interesing, even for the non-genealogist/historian, to see the accumulated data

Dr. Don Whiteside wrote 85 manuscripts covering all aspects of the Whiteside families genealogy. These include many families in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland. He also touched on New Zealand, Australia and Fiji. He wrote manuscripts on those who served in the military in the Civil War and in World War 1 and many others..  

It is truly amazing the time and effort that Don put into these works. Much of the data was gained from letters and conversation with Whiteside family historians. We have been able to place these in the website for Member's viewing. Some are even transcribed into editable text that can be cut and pasted. Enjoy.
MEMBERS: Don Whiteside's publication for members are available for your research and downloading. Members go to Research - Member's Publications - Dr. Don Whiteside's Publication.

 Have you checked the WFA DNA project. Our statistics show that this is one of the most popular parts of our website.
This is the tie that binds the Whiteside, Whitesides, Whyteside, Whitsitt, Whitsett and Whitside families together.
It has been a most successful effort. After you have looked in RESEARCH and then DNA Project on this website, click on the link below to go to the official site for our project.
Members will soon be able to view the results of all the particpants and have an inside look at just how the participants compare.

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This is an invitation to you to join the Whiteside Family Association and particpate in the fun of family research and meeting cousins from far and wide. There are regular Newsletters and it is only US $10.00 or equal in UK and Canada.

HOW TO JOIN: Click on the Register button on the HOME PAGE and it will walk you through the easy process. You can pay either by using Paypal or by sending your check (cheque) or money order to your treasurer in USA, UK or Canada . Please use your full name for a User Name! 

Past Members: If you have not paid your dues, you will no longer be able to access the Members's sections of the website. Rejoin now and participate in your family association.We would like to have your support. 

What is in our website? How do I find what interests me?

HOME: Click on Home from any part of the website to return to this home page
MEMBERSHIP: Find out why you should join and how to go about it. Members have an additional 3 menus. 1.  WFA FORUM where they can partcipate in on line discussions. 2. Renew/Donate where they can renew membership or make a donation to our WFA Vanguard fund. 3. Private Messages.
RESEARCH:The place for genealogists and family historians. There are 5 {five) sub menus: Publication Index - Links - DNA Project - Our Name - Family Numbers.
Members have 2 additional menus, first is MEMBERS PUBLICATIONS: 1. Dr. Donald Whiteside's Publications, 2. Family Charts (trees), 3. Family Descendant lists in  Member's Publications. The second is GEDCOMS fo view family gedcoms that we have gathered to date..
WFA ACTIVITIES: What is going on and what went on? Three sub-menus, Meetings, Past Activities and Tours.
ABOUT US: There are five submenus to direct you: In Memory of Don Whiteside - Mementos - WFA Foundation - Contact Us. Members can view our Mission & objectives.

A Whytsyd Library? We all have dreams of the future and things that we hope will happen. The Directors and Officers of the Whiteside Family Association have a wish for the future. We would like to see a depository for all the data, books, charts, CDs that are being gathered together. It would be wonderful to have these in one central spot with staff or volunteers that would search for and provide information on the extended family. Perhaps a wing or a section of a library or museum named for the Association or maybe even a benefactor.
We can dream can't we?

Looking Ahead
If you happen to be doing some estate planning would you give the Whiteside Family Association some consideration?

The tour of Northern Ireland by members of the Whiteside Association last September was  a grand success. Clicking on the picture on the left will bring up a picture gallery show of some of the sites and participants. Wouldn't you know they would find a local Whiteside watering hole

Don't you wish you could have been there? Another reason for joining the WFA. Will there be tours in the future? Up to the members to decide.

Click on this picture to see the web gallery and slide show.