This is something I received from another list, but wanted to share it since it applies to all of us. (at least me) Sandy > >"THE ELUSIVE ANCESTOR > >I went searching for an ancestor. I cannot find him still. >He moved around from place to place and did not leave a will. >He married where a courthouse burned. He mended all his fences. >He avoided any man who came to take the U.S. Census. >He always kept his luggage packed, this man who had no fame. >And every 20 years or so, this rascal changed his name. >His parents came from Europe. They should be upon some list >of passengers to U.S.A., but somehow they got missed. >And no one else in this world is searching for this man. >So, I play geneasolitaire to find him if I can. >I'm told he's buried in a plot, with tombstone he was blessed; >but the weather took engraving, and some vandals took the rest. >He died before the county clerks decided to keep records. >No Family Bible has emerged, in spite of all my efforts. >To top it off this ancestor, who caused me many groans, >Just to give me one more pain, betrothed a girl named JONES. > >by Merrell Kenworthy" > >