Here is my maternal line: Mom Hazel HENSHAW, b. 1905 Gravenhurst, Ont; d. 1957 Gravenhurst, Ont. Margery Ellen McGLINN, b. 1880 Gravenhurst, Ont.; d. 1966 Bracebridge, Ont. Rebecca Ann McDIVITT, b. 1842 North Robbins, Que.; d. 1895 Gravenhurst, Ont. Jane SMITH, b. 1822 County Antrim, Ireland; d. Morrison Twp., Ont. Elizabeth WEIR (or WARE), b. abt 1803 County Antrim, Ireland; d. 1877 Frampton, Que. And that's as far as I've gotten! My fathers's maternial line has much more to do with Simcoe. It's as follows: Euphemia ZEGGIL, b 1908 Singhampton, Ont.; d. 1990 Gravenhurst, Ont. Mary Elizabeth McCUTCHEON, b. 1878 Ont,; d. 1921 Collingwood, Ont. Isabella McQUEEN, b. 1847 Ont.; d. 1893 Nottawasaga, Ont. Margaret PATTERSON, b. Islay, Scotland Would love to share and compare info with anyone tied to these lines. Shelley (Bowes) Hilton British Columbia -----Original Message----- From: can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pam Tessier Sent: December 31, 2010 5:16 AM To: Simcoe List Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] genealgocial exercise Annie, How great to have made a family connection and it certainly proved the worth of investigating maternal lines. However, if the exercise is done correctly, it will take you far, far away from your main families. Picture a pedigree chart that has run amok. By the time you get to the 12th generation, working ''womb to womb", you will have a greatly expanded family tree. This is not investigating maternal lines as we usually do it - wife of father and her extended family, wife of grandfather and her lines etc. etc. It is a whole new way of investigating a family for most of us. The likelihood that it will break down brickwalls in your main families is very small but it is a barrel of fun and will introduce you to names, families and history you never imagined were in your family tree. And as an exercise in researching other areas it can't be beat! Here's mine: Georgette Anderson 1921, Quebec Florida Tremblay 1885 Alphonsine Audet 1861 Emilie Hebert 1815 (born at the end of the War of 1812) Catherine Fournier 1792 Veronique Robert 1759 (where was she when Wolfe beat the hell out of Montcalm and changed history?) Veronique Gauthier 1737 Veronique Laporte 1719 Madeleine Viger 1679 Catherine Moitie 1649, France (the surprise person in my family tree, had a child by a man who wasn't her husband, oops) Francoise Langevin 1626 I'd bet some of the listers have even more interesting names and places! Pam ***************** Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message