---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Katherine White-Duke" <wylchild@hpolicy.duke.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 15:32:43 -0500 Subject: [WHITE] (Fwd) Murphys' Law... I just received this from another list, so I'm forwarding it to brighten everyone's day. Murphy's Genealogy Laws a.. The will you need is in a safe onboard the Titanic B.. You finally find the wedding record for your gggrandfather only to discover he married Mary SMITH whose father was John SMITH and mother was Mary JONES! c.. You have finally found the information you needed to solve the family mystery you have been working on for 2 years and your elderly aunt says "I could have told you that!" d.. You find an old family photo album and upon close examination, there are no names on the pictures. e.. You learn that your great grandmother's family bible (passed down through the family for 3 generations) was sold at an estate sale in New York City. f.. You find your family in the census and write to the county where they lived for 40 years, only to receive a letter stating all the county records burned. g. You learn there is a county history on microfilm of the county your ancestors originated. It has 16000 pages and is not indexed. h.. The public ceremony in which your distinguished ancestor participated and at which the platform collapsed under him, turned out to be a hanging. Where is that guy Murphy anyway?? I really do have a few things to say to him! Katherine White-Duke ==== WHITE Mailing List === %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ..........................WHITE MAILING LIST........................... TO UNSUBSCRIBE: WHITE-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM AND THEN PUT ONLY THE WORD UNSUBSCRIBE IN THE BODY. YOUR REQUEST IS THEN PROCESSED AUTOMATICALLY SO PLEASE BE SURE THAT THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT APPEARS IN THE BODY. EVEN A SIGNATURE FILE IS GOING TO CAUSE THE MESSAGE TO FAIL. THANK YOU! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%