--part1_0.6edf4469.25329758_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 10/10/99 8:35:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << > Beatitudes of a Family Genealogist > > Blessed are the great-grandmothers, > who hoarded newspaper clippings and old letters, > For they tell the story of their time. > Blessed are all the grandfathers who filed every legal document, > for this provides proof. > Blessed are the grandmothers who preserved family Bibles and diaries, > for this is our heritage. > Blessed are the fathers who elect officials > that answer letters of inquiry. > Blessed are the mothers who relate family traditions > and legends to the family, > for one of her children will surely remember. > Blessed are the relatives who fill in family sheets with extra data, > for them we owe the family history. > Blessed is any family whose members strive for the preservation of > records, > for theirs is a labor of love. > Blessed are the children who will never say > "Grandma, you've told that old story twice today!" > > > Source: Prairieland Pioneer, Prarieland Genealogical Society, Marshal > MN. > > >> --part1_0.6edf4469.25329758_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (rly-yc02.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.34]) by air-yc02.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Sun, 10 Oct 1999 20:35:02 -0400 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (v61.13) with ESMTP; Sun, 10 Oct 1999 20:34:46 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA01142; Sun, 10 Oct 1999 17:32:26 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 17:32:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Roland Elliott" <[email protected]> Old-To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 17:35:43 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [KYBATH] Beatitudes of a Family Genealogist Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/2313 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Subject: [KENNEY-L] Beatitudes of a Family Genealogist > Beatitudes of a Family Genealogist > > Blessed are the great-grandmothers, > who hoarded newspaper clippings and old letters, > For they tell the story of their time. > Blessed are all the grandfathers who filed every legal document, > for this provides proof. > Blessed are the grandmothers who preserved family Bibles and diaries, > for this is our heritage. > Blessed are the fathers who elect officials > that answer letters of inquiry. > Blessed are the mothers who relate family traditions > and legends to the family, > for one of her children will surely remember. > Blessed are the relatives who fill in family sheets with extra data, > for them we owe the family history. > Blessed is any family whose members strive for the preservation of > records, > for theirs is a labor of love. > Blessed are the children who will never say > "Grandma, you've told that old story twice today!" > > > Source: Prairieland Pioneer, Prarieland Genealogical Society, Marshal > MN. > > > ==== KENNEY Mailing List ==== > Have you visited Rootsweb lately? > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > --part1_0.6edf4469.25329758_boundary--