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From: James Edward Maule <>
Subject: Re: Oldest male line?
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 18:26:05 -0500


Antique Mall of Mountain Home wrote:

> Thank you for bringing this into the open. I have been working for
> about 15 years on my lines. Have many dead ends, mostly on the women.
>
> My daughter has just begun helping me and wants to trace only the > direct
> male decendants. "Why", I ask. It takes two for every generation.

When I started, I was going to do the same thing as your daughter was
going to do. My mother asked, "And when your sisters marry and have
children are you going to leave them out?"

Enough said. I know better than to question the wisdom mom gained when
I turned 18.....

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