Several years ago, I visited Norwich and stopped at the Historical Society. I did some research and bought a few books they had published. One ,"Way Back of Sundown" by Ella E. Gridley I read and set aside. I recently picked it up again and read it for the second time. This is a quote from page 23: "Abraham Ives' wife, like other pioneer women believed that frequent mopping caused wooden floors to rot. When her son, Samuel, married and brought home his wife, the young bride was troubled because the kitchen floor was not scrubbed more often. She used to get up in the middle of the night when everyone was sound asleep and go down to scrub the floor. By morning it was dry and so there was peace. " To my astonishment, I realized that Samuel Ives was my GGG Grandfather and his wife, Lucy Ann Atwater, my GGG Grandmother. They were married on Jan. 5, 1797 in New Haven County, CT. They moved to Ives Settlement, in Guilford. And as I read on, I found many more stories of the Ives family and the events of everyday life in pioneer times in Chenango County. They were told to Ella Gridley and all the stories have footnotes as to the source. It is delight reading and in my case, a rare glimpse of an ancestor! For the record the line is: Abraham Ives m. Eunice Hull Samuel Ives m. Lucy Ann Atwater Lucy Ann Ives m. James S. Edgerton Clara H. Tyler m. Isaac Edgerton Lillian Edgerton m. George M. Hackett Clara Hackett m. Robert Randall Marti......me They also have another book, "Few Are Left to Know" by Ella Gridley. It contains folklore of Chenango County volume II and more footnoted sources for the stories. But sadly, they are not indexed by people mentioned or family. Marti Randall **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)