Hi all, To our many grandparents, & grandparents to be, thanks to Jen-Kid for donating this! : Beatitudes of a Family Genealogist : : Blessed are the great-grandmothers, : who hoarded newspaper clippings and old letters... : For they tell the story of their time. : : Blessed are all grandfathers who filed every legal document... : For this provides proof. : : Blessed are grandmothers who preserved : family Bibles and diaries... : For this is our heritage. : : Blessed are fathers who elect officials : that answer letters of inquiry... : For some... they are the only link to the past. : : Blessed are mothers who relate family traditions and legends : to the family... : For one of her children will surely remember. : : Blessed are the relatives who fill in family sheets : with extra data... : For them we owe the family history. : : Blessed is any family whose members strive : for the preservation of records... : For theirs is a labor of love. : : Blessed are the children who will never say... : "Grandma, you have told that old story twice today." : : Prairieland Pioneer, Prairieland Genealogical Society ,Summer 1995 Edition