Scans of Whitis clan genealogy source documents

This page is maintained by Mark Rogan Whitis (whitis@freelabs.com). Updated 11/13/96. The home page for geneology information pertaining to the Whitis Clan is at: http://www.freelabs.com/~whitis/clan/whitis/

The fifty two pages of documents which appear here are scans of the original pages I got from my father, who got them from my grandmother, Ruth Josephine (Roome) Whitis. Most of them are one bit deep 300dpi, 8-1/2x11 GIF images. Some are 8 bit greyscale JPEG images; these are typically huge. If you try to print these, you may need to reduce them slightly to fit on your page. For the JPEG images, you will also want to adjust the brightness before printing and make sure that your software does not half tone the pages. Better yet, run the JPEGs through a threshold filter (with the threshold set appropriately, not 50%) before printing. I may process the JPEG images into GIFs later. The GIF images take a total of about 5MB and the JPEGs total 15MB, for a grand total of about 20MB of images.

Scans of the following documents are availible:

• Copy of a pedigree for Allison Burton Roome on A.B. Roome stationary (May have been written by Lucile Bogardus or A. B. Roome) which was obtained from the book _Descendents of Peter Willemse Roome_, published in 1843 (345 pp). It also refers to Page 190 of "American Ancestry" Vol. XII.-1900 published by Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY. in 1899. Interestingly, there is some evidence here that the family tree doesn't always fork (i.e. cousins separated by several generations).
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• A ppedigree like document tracing the ancesstry of Allison Burton Roome back to Captain John Burton of salem (1607-1684). This was aparrently written by Sarah Josephine Burton for Allison Burton Roome (her son) on William Roome (her husband)'s stationary, probably in the 1890's (three digits of the year are preprinted on the stationary).
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• copy of a letter dated January 26th, 1948 from Lucile Bogardus (aka Mrs. Alisson Burton Roome) to Ruth Joesephine Room (my Grandmother, aka Ruth Joesephine Whitis) describing family History. Also mentions Anneke Jans. gen0005.jpeg Transcribed.
• "Many Boundary Disbutes Settled by Old Records Kept by Third Generation of Firm of Surveyors", Newark Evening News, Saturday, February 24, 1923. Photocopy. Includes pictures of William Roome and Benjamin Roome. gen0006.jpeg Transcribed.
• Autobiography of Charles Wesley Whitis II. Handwritten in 1938 in Dallas, Texas. The last two pages appear to have been added around 1940. Note: these are all currently very large jpeg images. Note: I have already transcribed the first half of this document; it is availible from the main whitis clan page. page 1. page 2. page 3. page 4. page 5. page 6. page 7. page 8. page 9. page 10. Transcribed.
• Typed COPY of a letter from Mrs. C. W. Whitis to her son Charles Wesley Whitis II. The letter is incomplete. From the austin public library. Page 1. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Transcribed.
• A note concerning the "pioneer founder of the Rogan family in America", Danial Rogan. Apparently typed by my grandmother (Ruth Josephine (Roome) Whitis) on the same paper used for the handwritten note GEN0023. Page 1. Page 2. Transcribed.
• A note concerning the family of Charles Wesley Whitis (1828-1877) and Florence Rogan (1839-1905). This was apparently written by my grandmother, Ruth Josephine (Roome) Whitis. gen0023.gif Transcribed.
• One page biography of Rufus Rogan Whitis (1907-1987), my grandfather, written by Ruth Josephine (Roome) Whitis, my grandmother. gen0024.gif Transcribed.
• "A Brief Autobiography of the Whitises". This was apparently written by my grandmother, Ruth Josephine (Roome) Whitis, after a trip to Austin. gen0025.gif Transcribed.
• "To: Peter, Bob; David; Philip and Steven Whitis;". This was written by my grandmother, Ruth Josephine (Roome) Whitis. Page 1. Page 2. Transcribed.
• "Family history cont:". This was written by my grandmother, Ruth Josephine (Roome) Whitis on 7/31/79. This may have originally been attached to the preceeding document. Page 1. Transcribed.
• List of WHITIS PAPERS in the Austin Public Library. gen0029.gif Transcribed.
• A note concerning Frederick A. Ross, a contemporary of the Rogan family. gen0030.gif Transcribed.
• Newspaper clippings: "Minor C Keith Dies; United Fruit's Head" Saturday, June 15, 1929, Believed to be from the _New York Times_. "Mourned by Panama's President", immediately follows preceeding article. "Trains Halt to honor Keith", June 17 Associated Press byline. gen0031.gif Transcribed.
• Newspaper clipping: "Minor C. Keith, United Fruit Co. Founder, Dead", _New York Herald Tribune_, 6/15/29. gen0032.gif Transcribed.
• Newspaper clipping: "City to Get Aztec Gold Treasure Under Will of Minor C. Keith". gen0033.gif Transcribed.
• "For our Sons, Peter, Bob, David, Philip, Steven, and our grandaughter Jondalyn who suggested it". Autobiography written by my grandmother, Ruth Josephine (Roome) Whitis and Grandfather, Rufus Rogan Whitis, on Ferbruary 3, 1986. Cover. Page 1. Page 2. Page 3. Page 3B. Page 4. Page 5. Page 6. Page 7. Page 8. Page 9. Page 10. Page 11. Page 12. Page 13. Page 14. Page 15. Page 16. Page 17. Transcribed.