Thought this was worthy of passing on, a good chuckle for the day, plus how true! It was sent to me. Mary Ann > > > > 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 or > > initials on any legal documents or census reports, > > > > > > > > (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 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. > > > > > > - ------------------------------------------------------ Mary Ann Kaylor & Shirley Aleguas In IL - Morgan Area Genealogical Association & Waverly GHS http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/index.html Dedicated to Free Online Resources for Central IL MAGA Mailing List: ILMAGA-L-request@rootsweb.com My Family Genealogy http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html