I hope it is not against the list rules to send this. This poem was sent to me and I thought I would pass it on. It is so true about genealogy. STRANGERS IN THE BOX (Author Unknown) Come, look with me inside this drawer, In this box I've often seen, At the pictures, black and white, Faces proud, still, and serene. I wish I knew the people, These strangers in the box, Their names and all their memories, Are lost among my socks. I wonder what their lives were like, How did they spend their days? What about their special times? I'll never know their ways. If only someone had taken time, To tell, who, what, where, and when, These faces of my heritage, Would come to life again. Could this become the fate, Of the pictures we take today? The faces and the memories, Someday to be passed away? Take time to save your stories, Seize the opportunity when it knocks, Or someday you and yours, Could be strangers in the box.
i enjoyed the poem ...thank you for sharing..carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wm Cross" <wmc@lightspeed.net> To: <MO-AR-WRV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 8:06 AM Subject: STRANGERS IN THE BOX > I hope it is not against the list rules to send this. > > This poem was sent to me and I thought I would pass it on. It is so > true about genealogy. > > > STRANGERS IN THE BOX (Author Unknown) > > Come, look with me inside this drawer, > In this box I've often seen, > At the pictures, black and white, > Faces proud, still, and serene. > > I wish I knew the people, > These strangers in the box, > Their names and all their memories, > Are lost among my socks. > > I wonder what their lives were like, > How did they spend their days? > What about their special times? > I'll never know their ways. > > If only someone had taken time, > To tell, who, what, where, and when, > These faces of my heritage, > Would come to life again. > > Could this become the fate, > Of the pictures we take today? > The faces and the memories, > Someday to be passed away? > > Take time to save your stories, > Seize the opportunity when it knocks, > Or someday you and yours, > Could be strangers in the box. > > > > > > ==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== > Do you have records or data for the WRV? Transcribe it! > Do you have a webpage with information for the WRV? Link it! > Get involved! > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >