Whilst in Victoria Australia we have snow on the mountains. Perhaps the history buffs can say when that last happened in an Australian summer, Carole O'Neill ----- Original Message ----- From: "janet burgess" <janetl3@bigpond.net.au> To: <eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 8:16 PM Subject: [YORKSHIRE] Christmas > > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-yorkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-yorkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > eng-yorkshire-request@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, 19 December 2010 6:02 PM > To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: ENG-YORKSHIRE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 336 > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fwd: Good Wishes to all family history buffs (Maureenpontefhs) > Hi Maureen, > > What a pearl and how true! Merry Christmas and a great New Year to you and > yours & to everyone on the Yorkshire list. Whilst you are freezing in the > snow, in Sunny Queensland all we have had is a deluge & storms with > hailstones as big as tennis balls - and more to come. I think somehow we > have missed out on Summer; despite that we will enjoy the Festive Season. > > Janet Lee > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:35:03 -0500 > From: Maureenpontefhs <maureenpontefhs@aol.com> > Subject: [YORKSHIRE] Fwd: Good Wishes to all family history buffs > To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CD6CE8A7ADAA90-1518-1197F@webmail-d013.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > > > > > To Be Sung to the Tune of: > > > GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN > > > Good Wishes, family history buffs, > Wherever you may be, > It's time to close that pc down > And raise a glass with me; > We've done our best the whole year through > Our ancestors to find: > So lets drink to that ever-growing tree, > (This round's on me!) > Let's drink to that ever-growing tree. > > We know it's not an easy task > To trace Great-uncle Jim, > Who went to Burma, married thrice, > And lived a life of sin; > He ran off with the parson's daughter - > She was number three - > So let's drink to that ever-growing tree > (This round's on me!) > Let's drink to that ever-growing tree. > > Alo-ysius Finkelbaum > Is not a common name, > You'd think he'd crop up somewhere > But he's hiding just the same; > Tried IGI, the Census, FRC and BMD - > Hell, let's drink to that ever-growing tree, > (Thish roundsh on me!) > Let's drink to that ever-growing tree. > > Tom Gadsden was a mariner - in 1691 > He hopped the twig in Nevis > After too long in the sun, > But how to find his resting-place > Will be the death of ME! > Let's drink to that ever-growing tree, > (Da de da dee) > Let's drink to that ever-growing tree. > > Though brick walls may confound us > And our eyes are growing dim, > We'll never stop our searching > For that one elusive limb - > We're addicts and we're proud of it > As anyone can see, > So let's drink to that ever-growing tree - > (Hic - no more for me!) > Let's drink to that ever-growing tree. > > Many thanks to author John Cairns (whoever and wherever he may be) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ENG-YORKSHIRE list administrator, send an email to > ENG-YORKSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the ENG-YORKSHIRE mailing list, send an email to > ENG-YORKSHIRE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ENG-YORKSHIRE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 336 > ********************************************* > > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message