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
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Olympia, WA

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From: "First Families" <[log in to unmask]>
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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.
>
>

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