Hit the nail on the head. In my King family Thomas, John, Peter are used at least three times in each generation. Clara -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: TomKingSr@aol.com > Spoof about problems one encounters doing genealogical research in the USA. > Tom, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------------------- > Subject: Happy New Year! Cousins > > NEWS FLASH. 1852 NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS SOLVE GENEALOGICAL MYSTERIES. > > It is New Year's Eve 1852 and Henry HYDENWELL sits at his desk by > candlelight. He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to writes his New Year's > resolutions. > > 1. No man is truly well-educated unless he learns to spell his name at least > three different ways within the same document. I resolve to give the > appearance of being extremely well-educated in the coming year. > > 2. I resolve to see to it that all of my children will have the same names > that my ancestors have used for six generations in a row. > > 3. My age is no one's business but my own. I hereby resolve to never list > the same age or birth year twice on any document. > > 4. I resolve to have each of my children baptized in a different church, > either in a different faith or in a different parish. Every third child will > not be baptized at all, or will be baptized by an itinerant minister who keeps > no records. > > 5. I resolve to move to a new town, new county, or new state at least once > every 10 years -- just before those pesky enumerators come around asking silly > questions. > > 6. I will make every attempt to reside in counties and towns where no vital > records are maintained or where the courthouse burns down every few years. > > 7. I resolve to join an obscure religious cult that does not believe in > record keeping or in participating in military service. > > 8. When the tax collector comes to my door, I'll loan him my pen, which has > been dipped in rapidly fading blue ink. > > 9. I resolve that if my beloved wife Mary should die, I will marry another > Mary. > > 10. I resolve not to make a will. Who needs to spend money on a lawyer? > > > REPRINTS. Permission to reprint articles from RootsWeb Review is granted > unless specifically stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is used for > non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice appears > at the end of the article: Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 28 > December 2005, Vol. 8, No. 52. > > HAP > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > ==== KING Mailing List ==== > List webpage - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/k/king.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm >