Sounds like a great idea! Too many times do Maternal lines gets ignored and forgotten: 1. Michael 2. Sherry 3. Joyce 4. Lillian Elizabeth Yahraus b. March 23, 1894 40 Ambler Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio 5. Elizabeth Johanna Benzschawel b. June 7, 1873 Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio 6. Elizabeth Tressel b. July 13, 1839 Freudenburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 7. Anna Maria Wolff b. October 18, 1802 Freudenburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 8. Anna Maria Wolff b. November 9, 1782 Freudenburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 9. Maria Gitzinger b. December 15, 1761 Besseringen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 10. Susanna Knauf b. June 9, 1725 Besseringen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Teresa Culver" <terryculver@embarqmail.com> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 02:38 PM Subject: [NYCHENAN] Maternal Line > In honor of Mother's Day, > > I celebrate my maternal line. Paternal lines get so much attention > since they carry the surname, but as a woman and a genealogist one > must embrace the challenge of solving the shadowy mystery of the > maternal connections. > > The following is 13 generations of American women who our my family's > founders and who spent more than a century in Chenango County. > > 1) Elizabeth Tefft b. abt 1646 Stonington, New London, Connecticut > 2) Eleanor Utter b. 1672 Stonington, New London, Connecticut > 3) Eleanor Randall b. 6/24/1694 Stonington, New London, Connecticut > 4) Eleanor Greene b. May 2, 1718 Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island > 5) Thankful Lewis, Abt 1745 Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island > 6) Mary Lewis b. 5/3/1784 Voluntown, Windham Co., Connecticut > 7) Almeda Gates abt 1822 Pharsalia, Chenango Co., New York > 8) Angeline Burdick b. 1845 Pharsalia, Chenango Co., New York > 9) Iva Bell Thompson b. 8/24/1870 Lincklean, Chenango Co., New York > 10 Hazel Kenyon b. 4/7/1896 Chenango Co., New York > 11 Margaret (b. Oneida, New York) > 12 Teresa > 13 Sarah > > Who are your foremothers? > > Teresa > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >