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    1. [NCWILSON-L] COMICAL GENEALOGY POEM
    2. This poem was given to me by a fellow genealogist. Hope you all enjoy! KEEP YOUR SUNNY SIDE UP I WENT LOOKING FOR AN ANCESTOR I CANNNOT FIND HIM STILL HE MOVED AROUND FROM PLACE TO PLACE AND DIDNOT LEAVE A WILL HE MARRIED WHERE A COURHOUSE BURNED, HE MENDED ALL HIS FENCES HE AVOIDED ANY MAN WHO CAME TO TAKE THE US CENSUS HE ALWAYS KEPT HIS LUGGAGE PACKED, THIS MAN WHO HAD NO FAME AND EVERY 20 YEARS THIS RASCAL CHANGED HIS NAME HIS PARENTS CAME FROM EUROPE, THEY COULD BE ON SOME LIST OF PASSENGERS TO THE USA, BUT SOMEHOW HE GOT MISSED AND NO ONE ELSE ANYWHERE 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 IS BLESSED BUT THE WEATHER TOOK THE ENGRAVING AND SOME VANDAL 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? ANONYMOUS I do hope you all got a good chuckle.... Have a wonderful weekend Crystal :)

    06/10/1999 04:04:49