Forwarded by Nancy --- << Got this from another list; loved it; as it is so very true > > << THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR NAMES: > > > > (1). Thou shalt name your male children: > > James, John, Joseph, Josiah, Abel, Richard, Thomas, William > > > > (2) Thou shalt name your female children: > > Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Maria, Sarah, Ida, Virginia, May > > > > (3) Thou shalt leave NO trace of your female children. > > > > (4) Thou shalt, after naming your children from the above lists, call > > them by > > strange nicknames such as: Ike, Eli, Polly, Dolly, Sukey.---making them > > difficult to trace. > > > > (5) Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal documents or > > census reports, and only where necessary, you may use only initials on > > legal documents. > > > > (6)Thou shalt learn to sign all documents illegibly so that your surname > > can be spelled, or misspelled, in various ways: Hicks, Hicks, Hix, Hixe, > > Hucks -- Kicks > > > > (7) Thou shalt, after no more then 3 generations, make sure that all > > family records are lost, misplaced, burned in a court house fire, or buried > > buried so that NO future trace of them can be found. > > > > (8) Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumors, & vague innuendo > > regarding your place origination > > > > (A) you may have come from : England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales....or Iran. > > (B) you may have American Indian ancestry of the______tribe...... > > (C) You may have descended from one of three brothers that came over > > from______ > > > > (9) Thou shalt leave NO cemetery records, or headstones with legible names. > > > > (10) Thou shalt leave NO family Bible with records of birth, marriages, or > > deaths. > > > > (11) Thou shalt ALWAYS flip thy name around. If born James Albert, thou > > must make all the rest of thy records in the names of Albert, AJ, JA, AL, > > Bert, Bart, or Alfred. > > > > (12) Thou must also flip thy parent's names when making reference to > > them, although "Unknown" or a blank line is an acceptable alternative. > > > > And my own personal addition: > > > > Thou shalt name at least 5 generations of males, and dozens of their > > cousins with identical names in order to totally confuse researchers. > > > > Sondra Riley Peterson > family names: RILEY, POWELL,DILL, FOWLER, HOWARD, TATE,PITMAN, CONLIN, KEISER, STRADTER, DUNNING, >MCBRIDE > VISIT THE 'CLAN O'REILLY' WEB Lots of IRISH HISTORY to be > found on these pages. http://www.gofast.to/ClanOReilly/ >>