(As I view this email - it is "pretty" - hope it transmits that way.) Someone mentioned child-bearing years - My huge families (usually 10 ch) is prime example. Seldom is mother over 48 years - never over 50 yrs. Course these are all barefoot & pregnant southern belles! We "think" this is our Mims Line - We cannot 'prove', so now we're trying to 'dis-prove' - all help welcome! We have noticed that "our" Valentine Mims descendants used initials only; one used "Tine". We think if we could find out who Valentine, s/o Thomas & Grace (Britton) Mims married, maybe our problem would be solved! 1 Thomas Mims I 1637 - 1712 ... +Anne Unk Mims 1657 - ........ 2 Thomas Mims II 1681 - 1712 .............. +Amelia (Mellyann) Martin 1680 - 1711 ................... 3 Thomas Mims III 1707/08 - 1764 ......................... +Grace Britton 1708 - .............................. 4 Valentine Mims 1747 - .................................... +Unknown Mims 1760 - ......................................... 5 James Mims, Sr. 1799 - 1868 ............................................... +Mary Ann "Polly" O'Steen 1812 - 1886 .................................................... 6 Nancy Mims 1839 - 1898 .......................................................... +Unknown 1837 - .............................................................. 7 William Lyle Mims 1864 - 1917 .................................................................... +Martha Ellen Lee 1865 - 1915 ......................................................................... 8 James Newton Mims 1891 - 1969 .................................................................................... 9 James Daniel Mims 1932 - 1998 .......................................................................................... +Rachel Mavis Tomlinson 1934 - ............................................................................................... 10 James Daniel Mims, Jr. 1953 - ............................................................................................... 10 Nathan Gene Mims 1957 - .................................................... *1st Husband of Nancy Mims: .......................................................... +Jasper Hart 1850 - 1931 (We believe these are sisters of James Mims, Sr; d/o Valentine Mims & ? - only proof is they married same year/place as James, Sr. & Mary O'Steen - I have desc. for Stewart, but no anc.; nothing for Mirum) ......................................... 5 Eliza M. Mims 1808 - 1878 ............................................... +James Thomas Stewart 1807 - 1882 ......................................... 5 Mirum Mims 1810 - ............................................... +Ferrall B. (Thorton) Thornton 1808 - -- Rachel Mavis Tomlinson-Mims "Care enough to share" RR 11, Box 556, Lake City, FL 32024 USA - DAR-791667 Echols: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaechols/index.html Family: http://www.isgroup.net/userpage/mims/family.html Surname: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tomtwig/index.html