If you don't do the Ladies then you're missing 50% of your ancestry. If I didn't work on the female line I would have missed having Mercy Woodbridge as an ancestor. I would have missed her mother Abigail Leete, and grandmother Mercy Dudley. Abigail's father was William Leete, Governor of Connecticut, and Mercy's father was Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts. I would not have known that my wife is my 18th cousin once removed through Catherine Roet. Ed Swan [log in to unmask] Olympia, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: "First Families" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 2:43 PM Subject: Do Not Forget Your Female Ancestors > Hello Everyone: > > Sometimes we get so wrapped up in the tracing our male lines that we tend > to set aside those > ladies who married into our male lines. > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html