If that isn't the truth - love it, love it, love it! > > > Poem on Starting > > I started out calmly tracing my tree, > to find if I could, the making of me, > and all that I had was a great grandfather's name, > not knowing his wife or from whence he came. > I chased him across a long line of states > and came up with pages and pages of dates. > When all put together, it made me forlorn, > I proved that poor grandpa had never been born. > One day I was sure the truth I had found. > Determined to turn this whole thing upside down. > I looked up the record of one uncle John, > but then found the old man was younger than his son. > Then when my hopes were fast growing dim, > I came across records that must have been him. > The facts I collected made me quite sad. > Dear old grandfather was never a dad. > I think maybe someone is pulling my leg. > I'm not at all sure I wasn't hatched from an egg. > After hundreds of dollars I've spent on my tree > I can't help wonder if I'm really me. > -Anonymous > Paulette of Carondelet (Vide Poche) website: http://members.aol.com/StLMolly/PVMINDEX.html researching: BEYER - Germany > NY > MO CODY/COADY - Ireland > NY > MO website: http://members.aol.om/TreeCody/Index.com DALY - Ireland > NY > MO DE BISSCHOP - Belgium > MO > CT GEORGE - ARK > MO HIPP - Germany > NY > MO HOMBERG - Germany > NY > MO KELLER > MO KOCK - Germany > NY > MO LEMAL - Belgium > PA > MO > CT POSNER - Germany > NY > MO SCHRAEPEN/SCHRAPPEN - Belgium > PA > MO > KS >CT