Well ok , Now that the mail is running again !! I`ll go ! , for starters my Ancestress is Emma Mira Potter , born Feb 17 1829 , Some place Unknown in New York , Emma married William Lenox ( son of James ) in About 1847-8 , Somewhere , In New York , Penns , Ohio , the family settled down in Ross Co Ohio for a few years , Having many babies , James bn 1849 being one of them , They picked up the clan and moved to St.Joseph Missouri about 1855 ish Where William Worked as a Policeman , City Councilman , and Assist. Marshal of the 1860 Census , William has shot dead by a baddy person in 1869 , Emma died in her bed of old age on a Saturday morning , March 10 1910 , , I would like to know where she was born !!!! , Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen" <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> To: <NY-CENTRA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 3:20 PM Subject: [NYCENTRAL] FROM THE ADMIN: PLEASE READ > Hi everyone, > > Well, it's been a week since I issued you all a challenge and only one > person has accepted the challenge. Where are all of you?