--WebTV-Mail-11936-582 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!!! I JOINED THIS LIST FOR GENEALOGY!!!i IF YOU WANT TO PROMOTE A VIDEO JOIN A RECORD LIST!! --WebTV-Mail-11936-582 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-102-5.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.31) by storefull-126.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:22:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by mailsorter-102-5.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) id 9456C27C; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:21:52 -0800 (PST) Delivered-To: aleal3@webtv.net Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by mailsorter-102-5.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B0B8351; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:16:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id EAA19506; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:13:36 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:13:36 -0800 (PST) X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAuAhUAzALvhd9yPlGHcmvCKNkLbY61CE4CFQC+Mmm0Jgz49hwglhRFLM3L1b6tAg== From: AmericaFaye@webtv.net (Rebecca) Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 06:13:34 -0600 (CST) Old-To: kjpaseo@netpluscom.com (Laurie) Old-Cc: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: A Texas Gal ! Message-ID: <4235-3856346E-23932@storefull-176.iap.bryant.webtv.net> In-Reply-To: "Laurie" <kjpaseo@netpluscom.com>'s message of Fri, 10 Dec 1999 20:00:55 -0500 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from Quoted-Printable to 8bit by bl-14.rootsweb.com id EAA19409 Resent-Message-ID: <8pyzwC.A.hwE.vRjV4@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/5437 X-Loop: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com As you may know, my niece ' CHALEE TENNISON", is a new upcoming country western singer. She has toured with Alan Jackson, and has been featured in several Country Western magazines. Along with other credits of singing at the Grand Ole' Opera, Disney World, etc. She has her first CD out with the self title of : CHALEE TENNISON. She has two videos out already titled: Her first one was : "It's Someone Elses Turn To Cry ". Her second one was : " A Handful Of Water". If you would like more information on Chalee, please see my website. Go to the end of the section about the TATE's. Then click on the url about her. Her third video will debut tomorrow on " CMT's Delivery Room ". Please check your local tv guide for the time's. I believe it will be 10 am, 2 pm & again at 10 pm. The name of the video this time is: " JUST BECAUSE SHE LIVES HERE " In the video she will be walking through a grocery store shopping . Now my favor is this 'PLEASE VOTE FOR HER VIDEO' The way you do this is call in and request for her video to be played again. There will be a toll free number posted on the screen during the show for you to call. If you like her video, PLEASE CALL IN AND REQUEST IT TO BE PLAYED AGAIN. Thank you so much !!!! I appreciate it , and I know she will. Rebecca AmericaFaye@webtv.net See my web page at http://community.webtv.net/AmericafayeII/Reflections0 AmericaFaye@webtv.net See my web page at http://community.webtv.net/AmericafayeII/Reflections0 --WebTV-Mail-11936-582--
This part is a list of recipes and the women who sent them. I will be glad to send you the full recipe should you request it from me personally, I don't want to flood the list with request. Pop-Overs Mrs. HARALSON Biscuits Mrs. J.H. KOEN "" "" Mrs. BATES Shredded Wheat Biscuits For Breakfast / French Toast Mrs. M.K. FLETCHER A La Goldenrod Mrs. STAFFORD Bread Griddle Cakes / Flannel Cakes/ Luncheon Bread Mrs. Belle A. TAYLOR Bread Sticks/ Spoon Bread Mrs. Belle A. TAYLOR Corn Bread/Beaten Biscuit Mrs. W.G. MATTISON Tomato Soup Mrs. W.A. HIGHTOWER Potato Soup "" "" "" "" Cream of Celery Soup Mrs. KING & E. YOCUM Cream of Beet Soup/ Tomato Bisque Soup E. YOCUM Chicken Soup/ Noodle Soup Mrs. C.D. DICKSON Val Tiner, researching surnames Morris, Price, Allen, Rodgers, Baugh, Eastwood, Rensimer, Scogins
Looking for descendants of William M. JONES, Harrison County, 1840-1894. He was mayor of Marshall when he died. Daughters married men with surnames Brundidge, Scott, Layne and Arnold. Also looking for descendants of John Rufus SLAUGHTER who moved from Harrison County to Van Zandt @ 1870 with his mother Elizabeth Rebecca Wilder SLAUGHTER and his sisters who married men with surnames McClellan,Jones, Walker and Montgomery. A brother of John Rufus, Hugh Ervin SLAUGHTER moved to Ellis, then Johnson County @ 1858. I have a little info and would like to swap! jbrown400@aol.com
As you may know, my niece ' CHALEE TENNISON", is a new upcoming country western singer. She has toured with Alan Jackson, and has been featured in several Country Western magazines. Along with other credits of singing at the Grand Ole' Opera, Disney World, etc. She has her first CD out with the self title of : CHALEE TENNISON. She has two videos out already titled: Her first one was : "It's Someone Elses Turn To Cry ". Her second one was : " A Handful Of Water". If you would like more information on Chalee, please see my website. Go to the end of the section about the TATE's. Then click on the url about her. Her third video will debut tomorrow on " CMT's Delivery Room ". Please check your local tv guide for the time's. I believe it will be 10 am, 2 pm & again at 10 pm. The name of the video this time is: " JUST BECAUSE SHE LIVES HERE " In the video she will be walking through a grocery store shopping . Now my favor is this 'PLEASE VOTE FOR HER VIDEO' The way you do this is call in and request for her video to be played again. There will be a toll free number posted on the screen during the show for you to call. If you like her video, PLEASE CALL IN AND REQUEST IT TO BE PLAYED AGAIN. Thank you so much !!!! I appreciate it , and I know she will. Rebecca AmericaFaye@webtv.net See my web page at http://community.webtv.net/AmericafayeII/Reflections0 AmericaFaye@webtv.net See my web page at http://community.webtv.net/AmericafayeII/Reflections0
----- Original Message ----- From: Sherry Douglas <sdouglas@lcc.net> To: <ValTinerTx@aol.com> Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 8:56 PM Subject: Re: Baptist Cook Book > Thanks so much Val, for posting this. I am sure there are lots more > researchers who will enjoy and may even find someone on the list. I will be > looking forward to receiving more info on this. It would be great if more of > us who have info like this would share. Never know where clues can come > from. Thanks, Sherry Coker Douglas > > Researching WEBSTER, ROWE, BIRD, ISHAM, COKER, PERKINS, HALE, DELONEY, LEE, > & ALLEN > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ValTinerTx@aol.com> > To: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 12:21 PM > Subject: Baptist Cook Book > > > > A box of cookbooks from the estate of Mrs. L.R. Blackstone from Pittsburg, > TX > > included a 1915 Baptist Cook Book, many local names, I will start with a > few > > from the book itself. Since many post to this list offends some, please > let > > me know and I will stop. > > > > >
I have received many positive responses from the first post so I will continue in hopes of helping someone. This post will consist of the names and businesses of the local merchants, in and around the Pittsburg TX area, advertising in the cookbook. If any connects let me know and I copy the page for you. W.T. BRICE Groceries Feed and Farm Products HILL and MOORE Real Estate and Insurance R.P. BORDEN Drugstore C. DORFMANS Patterns Will MATTISON Early Dawn Dairy Bertand ZACKRY Cleaning Pressing and Dyeing MEDLIN MILLING COMPANY Wolfe City Texas For Sale by J.M. CLARK R.A. MORRIS The Camp County Bank C.F. SWAYZE Hardware and Furniture Store J.F. DEATON Bon Ton Restaurant Okay that's it, I will post a list of the names of the women who sent in their recipes in a few days. Val Tiner, researching surnames Morris, Price, Allen, Rodgers, Baugh, Eastwood, Rensimer, Scogins
A box of cookbooks from the estate of Mrs. L.R. Blackstone from Pittsburg, TX included a 1915 Baptist Cook Book, many local names, I will start with a few from the book itself. Since many post to this list offends some, please let me know and I will stop. Also I will include the names of advertisers since it gives their names and businesses. Names in preface: Mrs E.A. KING Chairman Assistants: Mrs. Jadie HOLT Mrs. I.I. ISBELL MRS.J.M. COLLIER MRS. A.J. SLIGH MRS. Roy B. LOCKETT MRS. R.A. DOAK MRS. J.H. WEBSTER Louis B HESS Co. Neckware Hosiery, Gloves Vernon LOCKETT Ladies Decorative Materials E.W. LIGHTFOOT Dental Surgeon HOPKINS Millinery Company J.R. WILLIAMS Sewing Machines The Pittsburg National Bank L.R. HALL Pres. S.R. GREER Cashier J.W. STANFIELD Jeweler HOPKINS and GRAMMER General Merchandise THOMAS and DENSON Feed Livestock and Shingles That was up to Page 18, please let me know if all of you want this to continue. There are 68 pages, and I have not included the names of women who have placed their recipes. Thanks Val Tiner, researching surnames Morris, Price, Allen, Rodgers, Baugh, Eastwood, Rensimer, Scogins
This is to Terri Stone- I have sure enjoyed your Thanksgiving and Christmas cards. I'm sure we all enjoyed your thoughtfulness. Dianne Gordon
Does anyone connect to these Dooley's? Dooley, E. J., age 20, born abt. 1841, Pvt., Co. K, enlisted 28 Sep 1861 at Tollet's Prairie, Lamar Co., TX Dooley, T. J., age 18, born abt. 1843, 1st Cpl., Co. K, enlisted 28 Sep 1861 at Tollet's Prairie, Lamar Co., TX
Hi, Folks, This question about what is east Texas has come up before, and I do not like the idea of making a list of counties that "qualify" because my sense is that "East Texas" is in a real sense a state of mind. I can understand that someone searching for ancestors in Texas would want to have some idea of what area a mailing list covers. We've had quite a few responses, and while all of them have some value, I really don't want to get pinned down and give people the impression that there is any right or wrong. For instance, there is an "East Texas" web site, which comes out of Tyler, that shows a map of East Texas and it does NOT include Nacogdoches. Give me a BREAK! Back in the early days, the Nacogdoches (yeah, the extra "a" in there is wrong, and I wrote and asked to have it corrected, but it has not been) district covered all or part of 29 counties, and extended all the way up through Dallas and down to Harrisville (Houston). East Texas Roots started out with Nacogdoches as the center and included all of the surrounding and nearby counties. At the time, there was NO mailing list that really dealt with this area. There is a mailing list for the counties up on the border of OK, though we have queries for them, too. As someone mentioned, there is the Hill Country list, and there is a West Texas list. East-Texas doesn't extend into the panhandle, or down into the valley. Austin and San Antonio are too far afield. What we are trying to do is provide a place where people can gather to discuss the area and their ancestors who lived in what has been "historically" East Texas. So it is less a set of current counties, than it is a geographical-cultural area from OK to the gulf and extending about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way from the LA border (which fluctuated some in the early days) into Texas. I *do* consider Houston, for instance, to be part of East Texas, at least in some sense. Most of the queries and discussions involve the counties surrounding Nacogdoches: Shelby, San Augustine, Sabine, Panola, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Rusk and the counties surrounding them. But that doesn't mean that queries about some other area in the eastern quadrant are inappropriate, just that they probably will not get as much response. Now that each county has its own mailing list, East Texas Roots has changed somewhat in character. As someone pointed out, if your ancestors wandered all around the Eastern part of Texas and different parts of your family lived in different counties, it is a lot more trouble to belong to a bunch of different lists, and many people choose to stay on ETR instead or in addition to a handful of primary counties. So, again, East-Texas-Roots is not for the Hill Country, the panhandle, South Texas (Corpus Christi, etc.), the Valley, but does encompass the counties bordering and surrounding Nacogdoches-Shelby-San Augustine, and the area that used to be the Nacogdoches District. Sincerely, Pam Phillips Listowner, East-Texas-Roots-L Email: webpsalms@iname.com
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I joined this list to hopefully get info on family roots. All I get is a bunch of FWD's and chit chat. I hope Im not the only one who feels this way.
<<>dont know how true this is but.... well, you never know.>> It is NOT true. Please see this site for full information. NVision is a totally reliable and well-respected company. It is always possible that someone down the line could infect the program and re-send it. I have seen this email about 6 times so far today. These rumors and hoaxes spread like wildfire over the internet. Please check these things out before sending them on. <A HREF="http://www.nstorm.com/virushoax.html">NStorm - False Virus Rumor</A>
-----Original Message----- From: Nelson Karen E A1C 31FW/CP <Karen.Nelson@aviano.af.mil> To: Thorpe Betty A1C 31MXS/LGMD <Betty.Thorpe@aviano.af.mil>; Reynoso Cristina A1C 31MXS/LGMD <Cristina.Reynoso@aviano.af.mil>; 'Debbie' <jack2@gilabend.net>; Roach Hollie B A1C 1CCSQ/CYCSM <hollie.roach@ramstein.af.mil>; Blasz Joseph Amn 31CS/SCMPA <BlaszJ@aviano.af.mil>; 'Kathy-bo-Bathy' <Kathleen.Scanlan@hurlburt.af.mil>; Minwell Michael SSgt 31MXS/LGMWMC <Michael.Minwell@aviano.af.mil>; Bradley Michelle A1C 31MDG <Michelle.Bradley@aviano.af.mil>; 'Mom' <kdhaney@lcc.net>; Smithson Rachel M Amn 31MXS/LGMD <Rachel.Smithson@aviano.af.mil>; Krueger Sandra SrA 31CS/SCSL <KruegerS@aviano.af.mil> Date: Friday, December 10, 1999 11:59 PM Subject: FW: Elf Bowling Virus! (?) > >dont know how true this is but.... well, you never know. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: brian.hill@ramstein.af.mil [mailto:brian.hill@ramstein.af.mil] >> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 3:37 PM >> To: Cristiaan1@aol.com; allisonmccroskey@hotmail.com; >> amanda.williams@SPANGDAHLEM.af.mil; ardecker@hotmail.com; >> andrea.lettner@ramstein.af.mil; Joey.Asher@cheyennemountain.af.mil; >> marct@worldonline.nl; betsywatson78@hotmail.com; >> brian.hill@ramstein.af.mil; marky_mark22@hotmail.com; >> caleb.westfall@ramstein.af.mil; victor.calloway@js.pentagon.mil; >> cara.hackett@ramstein.af.mil; shane.gaster@ramstein.af.mil; >> Charles.Davis2@ramstein.af.mil; chistopher.wagar@ramstein.af.mil; >> colleen.tipton@ramstein.af.mil; conniem24@hotmail.com; >> Constance.Mandal@ramstein.af.mil; johncory@bunt.com; >> StarkW@ddl.hsmv.state.fl.us; Darrell.Sessions@ramstein.af.mil; >> Djramcoop@aol.com; Dellagoetz@aol.com; PackfnDBee@aol.com; >> youngd@plk.af.mil; Elizabeth.Douglas@travis.af.mil; gold__25@hotmail.com; >> bradleyD98@hotmail.com; eric.cosper@ramstein.af.mil; >> gerren.douglas@travis.af.mil; gerrend@hotmail.com; >> gregory.baldwin@ramstein.af.mil; Jason.Parker@ramstein.af.mil; >> Jeffrey.Morris@ramstein.af.mil; masonjen74@hotmail.com; Jdmjnkns@aol.com; >> jennifer.bussinger@ramstein.af.mil; Jennifer.Mason@ramstein.af.mil; >> GeGe1210@aol.com; jesus.ramos@ramstein.af.mil; hilljam@mtrmls.com; >> Sampel.John@emeryworld.com; Joel.Steele@ramstein.af.mil; >> john.gailliard@ramstein.af.mil; John.Mateer@aviano.af.mil; >> joseph.rose@ramstein.af.mil; Julie.Lucia@ramstein.af.mil; >> Karen.Nelson@aviano.af.mil; karin.fairbanks@ramstein.af.mil; >> kathlene.richardson@ramstein.af.mil; KJINX74@aol.com; >> keith.morin@ramstein.af.mil; kcaroon@lydigspokane.com; >> queral.marcelia@emeryworld.com; tonystoy@swbell.net; >> mary.pearl@hickam.af.mil; michelle.case@ramstein.af.mil; >> BOsler5196@aol.com; parry.campbell@ramstein.af.mil; dapicster@hotmail.com; >> FREEP23@YAHOO.COM; Free.Pratt@incirlik.af.mil; >> Katherine.Prince@kadena.af.mil; pba5767@iname.com; >> rebecca.ellis@ramstein.af.mil; Rburch998@aol.com; rlj514@netscape.net; >> Sandi.Bernard@ramstein.af.mil; saramoya.mercer@ramstein.af.mil; >> rellis@interquest.de; Sean.Carlisle@ramstein.af.mil; >> Shane.Grosso@mildenhall.af.mil; abilds@hotmail.com; >> barron@worldnet.att.net; johnson@wiesbaden.netsurf.de; >> vance.gore@ramstein.af.mil; vickie.mahar@ramstein.af.mil; >> William.Meredith@mildenhall.af.mil >> Subject: FW: Elf Bowling Virus! (?) >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > > >> >> > Date: Friday, December 10, 1999 9:44AM >> >> > >> >> > If you have received Elf Bowling or Frogapult games that have been >> >> > circulating the internet, or know anyone who has, they MUST BE >> DELETED >> >> > before Christmas day. >> >> > THEY CONTAIN VIRUSES THAT ARE SET TO GO OFF ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND WILL >> >> > DELETE >> >> > YOUR HARD DRIVE. >> >> > If you don't believe me, just wait and see. Our IT guy here just >> >> > tested it >> >> > on a non-networked PC, and everything was wiped out. Make certain >> that >> >> > every >> >> > copy is off of your hard drive or any servers. >> >> > Please spread the word. These games are very detrimental to your >> >> > computing >> >> > life. >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> >
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I am sorry to hear you are not well Jo Autrey. I have put you on my prayer list and hope to see you back in the fold very soon. Those emails sure can get out of hand if your not on top of them and better to lay low until you can get to all of them. I am waiting with much enthusiasm for the next installment of 'AND AWAY WENT THE RABBIT' Good work. Now for that copy write thing. I have a number of Texas pictures and genealogy on line. I figured I put it all there as a means to give anyone a lift up to a limb on their own tree. I just took my gedcom off line because I found two dates that were not correct. If everyone was that particular, I guess we would not have to worry about copy writes. They could find a family a lot sooner, be more sure it really was their family and not be concerned about how much they were gonna make off a lot of passed on peoples birth and death dates. I don't figure I will ever write a book on all my Kin, and I sure don't put anyone down who does. I am only concerned with the ones who ain't kin who collect others and steal what they don't have a right to sell. Yup.. if it's public it isn't copy rite, only your page and what you write personally is protected. God Bless you all. and enjoy the Lords day. Louise Kohl
Hi Louise, Please understand I am a giving person also. I just give Harrison Co. Tx. Historial Socy. full permission to print, and to give us credit as the writes and it "must be used for non profit use". There are those that would take storys, print them up ,and sale them. This Story must always be free, and that why the Copy right, to try to keep those type people from making money off our work, but I'll let them read it FREE. About a week I'll have next instillment, and the next one after that (the last one) tells how this very old mystery (50 years) was solved and it was by genealogy process, but Police methods, Thanks Louise for the kind words. Regards, Carl Coffman In Wichita. From: "Louise Reply-To:<zcoffman@hotmail.com To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: List People Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 00:04:31 -0800 I am sorry to hear you are not well Jo I have put you on my prayer list and hope to see you back in the fold very soon. Those emails sure can get out of hand if your not on top of them and better to lay low until you can get to all of them. I am waiting with much enthusiasm for the next installment of 'AND AWAY WENT THE RABBIT' Good work. Now for that copy write thing. I have a number of Texas pictures and genealogy on line. I figured I put it all there as a means to give anyone a lift up to a limb on their own tree. I just took my gedcom off line because I found two dates that were not correct. If everyone was that particular, I guess we would not have to worry about copy writes. They could find a family a lot sooner, be more sure it really was their family and not be concerned about how much they were gonna make off a lot of passed on peoples birth and death dates. I don't figure I will ever write a book on all my Kin, and I sure don't put anyone down who does. I am only concerned with the ones who ain't kin who collect others and steal what they don't have a right to sell. Yup.. if it's public it isn't copy rite, only your page and what you write personally is protected. God Bless you all. and enjoy the Lords day. Lou ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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A Merry Christmas to all of you during the Christmas Season. Hope you have a Merry Christmas, and for goodness sake, clean off the wills, obits, old photos, and files from the dining table before Santa arrives. READ ON: ************************************************* A Genealogist's Christmas Eve (author unknown) 'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even my spouse. The dining room table with clutter was spread With pedigree charts and with letters which said... "Too bad about the data for which you wrote Sank in a storm on an ill fated boat." Stacks of old copies of wills and the such Were proof that my work had become much too much. Our children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. And I at my table was ready to drop From work on my album with photos to crop. Christmas was here, and of such was my lot That presents and goodies and toys I forgot. Had I not been so busy with grandparent's wills, I'd not have forgotten to shop for such thrills. While others had bought gifts that would bring Christmas cheer; I'd spent time researching those birth dates and years. While I was thus musing about my sad plight, A strange noise on the lawn gave me such a great fright. Away to the window I flew in a flash, Tore open the drapes and I yanked up the sash. When what to my wondering eyes should appear? But an overstuffed sleigh and eight small reindeer. Up to the housetop the reindeer they flew, With a sleigh full of toys, and old Santa Claus too. And then in a twinkle, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of thirty-two hoofs. The TV antenna was no match for their horns, And look at our roof with hoof-prints adorned. As I drew in my head, and bumped it on the sash, Down the cold chimney fell Santa - KER-RASH! "Dear" Santa had come from the roof in a wreck, And tracked soot on the carpet, (I could wring his short neck!) Spotting my face, good old Santa could see I had no Christmas spirit, you'd have to agree. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work And filled all the stockings, (I felt like a jerk). Here was Santa, who'd brought us such gladness and joy; When I'd been too busy for even one toy. He spied my research on the table all spread "A genealogist!" He cried! (My face was all red!) "Tonight I've met many like you", Santa grinned. As he pulled from his sack a large book he had penned. I gazed with amazement - the cover it read "Genealogy Lines for Which You Have Plead." "I know what it's like as a genealogy bug," He said as he gave me a great Santa Hug. "While the elves make the sleighful of toys I now carry, I do some research in the North Pole Library! A special treat I am thus able to bring, To genealogy folks who can't find a thing. Now off you go to your bed for a rest, I'll clean up the house from this genealogy mess." As I climbed up the stairs full of gladness and glee, I looked back at Santa who'd brought much to me. While settling in bed, I heard Santa's clear whistle, To his team which then rose like the down of a thistle And I heard him exclaim as he flew out of sight, "Family History is Fun! Merry Christmas! Goodnight!"