This was sent to another list that I am subbed to. It is too funny, but oh so true. Maureen in RI This was sent to the Hudson County, NJ list by Ann Wicki. I thought you'd all get a kick out of it! (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, Ann (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, and Sukey.---making them difficult to trace. (5) Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal documents or census reports, and only where necessary, you may use only initials on legal documents. (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 fire, or buried so that NO future trace of them can be found. (8) Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumors and vague innuendo regarding your place of origin. (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. (13)Thou shalt name at least 5 generations of males, and dozens of their cousins with identical names in order to totally confuse researchers.

Amen amon amin amint amot to that. --- Maureen Patt <knitandspin@earthlink.net> wrote: > This was sent to another list that I am subbed to. > It is too funny, but oh > so true. > > Maureen in RI > > This was sent to the Hudson County, NJ list by Ann > Wicki. I thought you'd > all get a kick out of it! > > > (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, Ann > > (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, and Sukey.---making them > difficult to trace. > > (5) Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal > documents or census > reports, and only where necessary, you may use only > initials on legal > documents. > > (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 fire, or > buried so that NO future > trace of them can be found. > > (8) Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumors > and vague innuendo > regarding your place of origin. > > (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. > > (13)Thou shalt name at least 5 generations of > males, and dozens of their > cousins with identical names in order to totally > confuse researchers. > > > > > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact the MO-Cemeteries List Mom > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > Use Kathleen as the subject line for your post > To learn more about my world visit > http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy > access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/