Dear fellow Behymer researchers, thought you might enjoy this. Sallye << A wonderful monk in New England just sent us this... now here is the reason why we are all having such a difficult time finding our ancestors <grin> Enjoy .... Kelly James & Maria Lamberton THE ELUSIVE ANCESTOR > I went searching for an ancestor. I cannot find him still. > He moved around from place to place and did not > leave a will. > He married where a courthouse burned. He mended all > his fences. > He avoided any man who came to take the U.S. Census. > > He always kept his luggage packed, this man who had > no fame. > And every 20 years or so, this rascal changed his > name. > His parents came from Europe. They should be upon > some list > of passengers to U.S.A., but somehow they got > missed. > > And no one else in this world is searching for this > man. > So, I play geneasolitaire to find him if I can. > I'm told he's buried in a plot, with tombstone he > was blessed; > but the weather took engraving, and some vandals > took the rest. > > He died before the county clerks decided to keep > records. > No Family Bible has emerged, in spite of all my > efforts. > To top it off this ancestor, who caused me many > groans, > Just to give me one more pain, betrothed a girl > named JONES. > > by Merrell Kenworthy > > > > >>