Thought you all would appreciate this. Donna in CA >Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 22:46:49 -0700 (PDT) >From: SShort1935@aol.com >Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 01:46:17 EDT >Subject: Fwd: THIS IS MINE!!! >Old-To: NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com, SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Old-Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part1_0.313a0e13.25396b29_boundary" >Resent-Message-ID: <lot08.A.dxC.IFBC4@bl-14.rootsweb.com> >To: NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/56929 >X-Loop: NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NORCAL-L-request@rootsweb.com > > >--part1_0.313a0e13.25396b29_boundary >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Listers -- > >I'm sure we all recognize at least one sentence in this that applies to us. >It is from a fellow genealogist in central California, and I thought it was >so funny (and so TRUE!) all of you would enjoy reading it. Hope you do! > >Sheri > >In a message dated 99-10-15 22:58:10 EDT, DRN SDN writes: > ><< > MY ELUSIVE ANCESTOR > : > : I went searching for an ancestor. I cannot find him still. > : He moved around from place to place and did not leave a will. > : He married where a courthouse burned. He mended all his fences. > : He avoided any man who came to take the U.S. Census. > : > : He always kept his luggage packed, this man who had no fame. > : And every 20 years or so, this rascal changed his name. > : His parents came from Europe. They should be upon some list > : of passengers to U.S.A., but somehow they got missed. > : > : And no one else in this world is searching for this man. > : So, I play geneasolitaire to find him if I can. > : I'm told he's buried in a plot, with tombstone he was blessed; > : but the weather took engraving, and some vandals took the rest. > : > : He died before the county clerks decided to keep records. > : No Family Bible has emerged, in spite of all my efforts. > : To top it off this ancestor, who caused me many groans, > : Just to give me one more pain, betrothed a girl named JONES. > : > : by Merrell Kenworthy > > >> > > >--part1_0.313a0e13.25396b29_boundary >Content-Type: message/rfc822 >Content-Disposition: inline > >Return-path: DRNSDN@aol.com >From: DRNSDN@aol.com >Full-name: DRN SDN >Message-ID: <0.64d50589.253943c2@aol.com> >Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 22:58:10 EDT >Subject: Fwd: THIS IS MINE!!! >To: SShort1935@aol.com >CC: Cathyclerk@aol.com, LBart12587@aol.com, Trish944@aol.com, > Nichols3@leo.infi.net >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part2_0.313a0e13.253943c2_boundary" >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 14 > > >--part2_0.313a0e13.253943c2_boundary >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >--part2_0.313a0e13.253943c2_boundary >Content-Type: message/rfc822 >Content-Disposition: inline > >Return-path: ImaBR@aol.com >From: ImaBR@aol.com >Full-name: Ima BR >Message-ID: <0.44d04360.2538e313@aol.com> >Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 16:05:39 EDT >Subject: THIS IS MINE!!! >To: DRNSDN@aol.com >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 10 > >MY ELUSIVE ANCESTOR >: >: I went searching for an ancestor. I cannot find him still. >: He moved around from place to place and did not leave a will. >: He married where a courthouse burned. He mended all his fences. >: He avoided any man who came to take the U.S. Census. >: >: He always kept his luggage packed, this man who had no fame. >: And every 20 years or so, this rascal changed his name. >: His parents came from Europe. They should be upon some list >: of passengers to U.S.A., but somehow they got missed. >: >: And no one else in this world is searching for this man. >: So, I play geneasolitaire to find him if I can. >: I'm told he's buried in a plot, with tombstone he was blessed; >: but the weather took engraving, and some vandals took the rest. >: >: He died before the county clerks decided to keep records. >: No Family Bible has emerged, in spite of all my efforts. >: To top it off this ancestor, who caused me many groans, >: Just to give me one more pain, betrothed a girl named JONES. >: >: by Merrell Kenworthy > > > >--part2_0.313a0e13.253943c2_boundary-- > >--part1_0.313a0e13.25396b29_boundary-- > > >