Received this from another list. Enjoy....... Beatitudes of a Family Genealogist Blessed are the great-grandmothers who hoarded newspapers 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 preserve 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 story twice today."