but totally serious in a hopefully fun way! You have to sing some of these words fast to fit them into the melody but I think we all remember the tune to "All I Want for Christmas (is my two front teeth). I'm going to mail this one to several folks who have had me waiting for months (and some even YEARS!) to receive promised information! Presented with much love to and for my fellow genealogists with prayers that we will all continue to have our efforts blessed as we endeavor to identify our kindred dead and forge stronger family bonds. It is such a small world and by working together we can break down our brick walls and make so much progress! Happy hunting and Happy holidays! Dianna Gilliam justpeachy@greenhills.net Researching ADAMS, BARNES, BEECH, CONN, BLACK, PETITT, KEGLEY, SHELTON, THOMPSON, HELDERBRAND, BUTLER and many, many other connecting lines! All I Want for Christmas All I want for Christmas are your family group sheets, Your family group sheets, your family group sheets. Gee, if I could only have your family group sheets, Then I would have a Merry Christmas! It's been quite awhile since we first talked And you said that you would send me information… Gosh, oh gee, how happy I'd be I'm not a fan of one-way communication! I don't mean to be a pest or harass you, Harass you, harass you, I don't mean to be a pest or harass you, But I really need those family group sheets! I need to know was it Jack or Joe, Or was it Fred, George, Bill, or was it Uncle Francis? Who was your great grandpa? Are we related after all? I need help filling in fam'ly tree branches! I'll gladly reimburse you copy fees and postage costs, Copy fees and postage costs, copy fees and postage costs. I don't expect something for nothing, I have much to share. Collaborating will make a Merry Christmas! Perhaps you think you haven't much I need to know, But I assure you every little piece helps! It takes more than just names that match and dates that seem to fit To put together an accurate family history! So much has been lost with the passage of time And the failure of most folks to keep in touch. Our lives might seem quite dull and of no import But one can't know which mundane things will mean so much! One day, when down the road our bones have turned to dust, Have turned to dust, have turned to dust. Our family will know how we lived if we will only learn to share Pieces of ourselves through family history. It's true some may say, she was a wacky ole dame, Who seemed to care more for the dead than for the living. But time will tell, if she spent her time well Please remember it is the season to be giving! I hope you're not offended by my begging song, My begging song, my begging song. I hope you'll note my address and you'll send ASAP Family history to wish me Merry Christmas! Copyright © December 2000 Dianna Gilliam All Rights Reserved May be used in unchanged form for non-commercial purposes if accompanied by this copyright message.