All I Want For Christmas > > Dear Santa: > > Don't bring me new dishes; > I don't need a new kind of game. > Genealogists have peculiar wishes; > For Christmas I just want a surname. > A new washing machine would be great, > But it isn't the desire of my life. > I've just found an ancestor's birth date, Now I need > the name of his wife. > My heart doesn't yearn for a ring > that would put a real diamond to shame. > What I want is a much cheaper thing: > Please give me Martha's last name. > To see my heart singing with joy, > Don't bring me a red leather suitcase. > Bring me a genealogist's toy: > A surname, with dates and a place. > == Author Unknown