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 It’s hard to believe that this begins my second full year as WFA newsletter editor. The group continues to grow, as “kin” from round the world learn of us. The volunteer work being done is amazing and exciting. To learn more of what’s going on and who’s doing what, go to www.whitesideancestry.org and read about us. To really feel more a part of the group, join us at the 2010 annual meeting in Lancaster, PA in October.
I’m always looking for news and family stories. So send your info for inclusion in the next edition to me at
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We have 168 active members of which 7 are new this year. 161 members are from last year. We keep the membership open until the end of February so if you have forgotten to renew please do so by the end of February. Here is a picture of the current membership.
 
REMINDER: If you have not renewed your membership for 2010, please do so by the end of February.
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 Looking back to Branson last October, there were 32 Whitesides/Whitsetts not counting spouses. The program included sessions on a Genographic Project 60,000 years of Whitesides, West Missouri Whitsitts, Research using Family History Centers and the new website links, and a discussion called “My Family” where participants talked about their family history and the brick walls they have found. Al were given or led by WFA members.
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John Whitsett Ashley
Bill Boulineau
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(This is a copy of family research as found by Bill Whiteside 4700. It shows that we Whitesides have always valued our family history. This craving for knowledge of our heritage is not a twenty-first century phenomenon.)
“The most of the matters here recorded were related to me by my father F.R. Whiteside. My father was born in Little Britain Township, Lancaster Co. Pa 13 November 1805.
His father’s name was John Whiteside and his mother’s Mary Ferguson. His grandfather’s name was Abraham Whiteside and his grandmother’s Rebecca or Martha. My father told me Rebecca, but a Thos.Campbell who had known Abraham wrote to me in 1862 through Wm. Black, that her name was Martha. This Campbell thought Abm. W. came from Ireland.
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 WFA volunteers are hard at work on a whole range of new activities. If you would like to join any of these, even on a part-time basis, contact the respective manager.
WFA Original Document depository: In the Public Research section under Archives Depository of the WFA website there is an extraordinary list of Whiteside Family documents and publications. A team of volunteers is transcribing these for downloading onto the website. More hands are needed. Manager: Bob Whitside
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Another small group is looking at alternative public places to house this material for perpetual researcher use. Manager: Sandi Trapp
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The 2010 meeting will be in Lancaster, PA. October 1-3. Southern and Eastern PA was the home for many Whitesides in the 1700’s. We’ll be looking at pioneer life in Lancaster County from 1680-1750. Some of our families were closely associated with Casper Stoever in Lebanon Twp. Others were in Colerain and Little Britain Twp. and in Chester County. Religion was a major reason for immigration, so Scotch-Irish Presbyterians were abundant here. Elliott Whitesides and Bill Whiteside 3300 Family Sr. Historian will be present to help with individual family histories. Lancaster County Historical Society has interesting “Colloquia & Lectures” such as the Sickle quilt and the Harper’s Raid to offer. There will also be a tour of Whiteside homesteads. Make your plans now to be present--more details to follow.
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Viewing statistics for the last 31 days show that there have been 738 visits from 22 countries with an average time on the site of 07:32 minutes. This is a 17% increase from the previous report. We had 4997 page views and 50% were new visitors. Many members have found what they needed on the site and have not visited often. These figures do not include website managers.
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Beginning with this edition, the WFA newsletter is being distributed both through the mail services of our various countries and through an email edition. If you receive this through the postal service and would just as soon get an email edition, please notify me at
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and I will move you to the email group. This gives quite a financial boost to the WFA since mailing our newsletter is a major expense.
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