Link: http://abrahall.com/familyhistory/

I have been notified by Ron Abrahall that he has posted information on his Abrahall-Waite family.

Link: http://waitegenealogy.org/dna.htm

Hello fellow Wait(e)(s) researchers! New DNA results have been posted on our DNA page at the link above. Descent charts have been updated as well...and there are some interesting anomalies. For those of you who have tested your Wait(e)(s) lines please consider upgrading to 67-markers if you are able to do so. Most of our families need this sort of definition to accurately verify and split lines into family groups.

Please...this program is so important...if you know of anyone of the surname who has not tested...please approach them about doing so.

As always...I'm happy to help with any questions you may have.

Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230393281191&_trksid=p2759.l1259

There is a tintype photo of Annette Beers Waite (1836-1901)...the wife of Worden Buchanan Waite (1828-1911) of Napoli, NY for sale on eBay. Annette and Worden were the parents of Fremont Worden Waite, Emmett Beers Waite, and Walter Leroy Waite.

If you know of any descendants of this family...please let them know this photo is available!

A band of Indians attacked Hatfield, Massachusetts, on September 19, 1677, burning, looting, and killing. They carried off seventeen people, mostly women and children. Their destination, on foot, was Canada. Among them were Martha Waite, pregnant, and her three girls, ages two, four, and six. CAPTIVES, 1677, the story of this first Indian/Canadian kidnapping, is a stirring novel of courageous survival, love, and rescue. It follows the captives’ terrible ordeal and the rescue mission of Martha’s husband Benjamin Waite and his friend Stephen Jennings from Hatfield, to Count Frontenac’s court in Quebec, and back to Massachusetts with the captives’ triumphal return. A forgotten saga of American heroism is brought to vivid life in CAPTIVES, 1677.

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Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN07Adpu7Bs

Brad Larkin has created a short, 4-minute video on how to take a FTDNA DNA test. This is a great, step-by-step video which should answer any questions you...or a reluctant relative might have about the procedure. Please refer this video to anyone who is considering participating in a genetic genealogy study. As always...I'm happy to answer any question! We have a great study in progress on the Wait(e)(s) family and hope you will consider preserving your genetic heritage. Please visit our DNA page for more information.

There is a photo album on eBay that includes among other persons, Nelson Waite. Names of some of the other individuals are Joseph Whiting, Edward Whiting, George and Mary Kenney, Abbie Kenney, George Clark, Adeline Cutler, Enos Cutler, Francis Kenney, Grandma Clark (born in Scotland), Ella Whiting, Moses Bates, Frank Kenney, Lucy Ann Clark Whiting and Oscar Whitcomb. Photos were taken in Springfield, VT, Burlington, VT, Boston, MA, Bellows Falls, VT, Ludlow, VT, and Keene, NH. I hope these names ring bells for a reader and that the album can find a home with family!

Peleg Waite and Mary Greene were both born in West Greenwich, Rhode Island and died in Petersburg, Rensselaer, NY. Peleg is a descendant of Thomas of Portsmouth, RI through his son Reuben Waite. Two generations are presented here.