Greetings All,
Thanks to all who have sent their Cantey line in. I'll get an outline update
posted soon. The more folks we add the easier it is for others to connect, or at least
get a direction for their research.
Virginia had queried about the book "Our Children's Ancestry" (that is
my Whitaker line). I only know of one hard copy, my Grandmother's, which is in the
hands of my Uncle and he won't let it out of his sight!! But the good news is that
its on 'HERITAGE QUEST'. A FREEBIE.... A lot of libraries subscribe to Heritage
Quest and you can access it there OR at home with your library card. (Cobb Co GA library
has this service.) Heritage Quest offers over 20,000 digitized genealogy/History books,
complete Census, PERSI Index, & Rev. War info. Completely searchable & Grand !
The book mentioned above is somehow just a wonderful publication, not completely
correct, but just outstanding. Sarah Cantey Whitaker Allen, the Author, is another
example of the Cantey heritage. She was completely BLIND and wrote the book with the aid
of her grand daughter. (Have been playing with getting it reprinted - will get back to
work on it.)
Speaking of books,
www.higginsonbooks.com has reprinted & bound, "Six
Generations of THE CANTEY FAMILY of South Carolina" by Joseph S. Ames, Ph.D. These
were a series of articles from 'The S C Historical & Genealogical Magazine"
in 1910. I'm in the process of entering his information and the results will show up
in the outline soon (I hope). Dr. Ames (John Hopkins Uni.) was an avid researcher of the
Cantey & Whitaker families among others but this is the only thing I know that was
published. His papers are located at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore.
[note: The taglines at the bottom of these messages all come from Dr. Ames articles.]
Tommy and Mary Lyn - am working on answers, hope others are also, will get back to you
soon. As well as a couple of more questions from Marylee.
Regards,
Becky
www.bradfordgenealogy.org