If he did what he said he was going to do, he created a genealogist's nightmare for his descendants!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "nora" <bouvx3@verizon.net> To: <nyerie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] our ancestors > Thought I'd share this as I am sure so many of us can appreciate it!!! > > /1852 NEW YEAR RESOLUTION -- SOLVE GENEALOGICAL MYSTERIES/ > > It is New Year's Eve 1852 and Henry HYDENWELL sits at his desk by > candlelight. He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to writes his New > Year's resolutions. > > 1. No man is truly well-educated unless he learns to spell his name > at least three different ways within the same document. I resolve to > give the > appearance of being extremely well-educated in the coming year. > > 2. I resolve to see to it that all of my children will have the same > names that my ancestors have used for six generations in a row. > > 3. My age is no one's business but my own. I hereby resolve to never > list the same age or birth year twice on any document. > > 4. I resolve to have each of my children baptized in a different > church -- either in a different faith or in a different parish. Every > third > child will not be baptized at all or will be baptized by an itinerant > minister > who keeps no records. > > 5. I resolve to move to a new town, new county, or new state at least > once every 10 years -- just before those pesky enumerators come around > asking silly questions. > > 6. I will make every attempt to reside in counties and towns where no > vital records are maintained or where the courthouse burns down every few > years. > > 7. I resolve to join an obscure religious cult that does not believe > in record keeping or in participating in military service. > > 8. When the tax collector comes to my door, I'll loan him my pen, > which has been dipped in rapidly fading blue ink. > > 9. I resolve that if my beloved wife Mary should die, I will marry > another Mary. > > 10. I resolve not to make a will. Who needs to spend money on a > lawyer? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

My 2great grandfather was John Putney, He had a son John Putney, my great grandfather. He had 2 sons first and last named John Putney. Tht is really fun looking for family On 1/18/10, amzgrace <amzgrace@comcast.net> wrote: > If he did what he said he was going to do, he created a genealogist's > nightmare for his descendants!! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "nora" <bouvx3@verizon.net> > To: <nyerie@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 2:43 PM > Subject: Re: [NYERIE] our ancestors > > >> Thought I'd share this as I am sure so many of us can appreciate it!!! >> >> /1852 NEW YEAR RESOLUTION -- SOLVE GENEALOGICAL MYSTERIES/ >> >> It is New Year's Eve 1852 and Henry HYDENWELL sits at his desk by >> candlelight. He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to writes his New >> Year's resolutions. >> >> 1. No man is truly well-educated unless he learns to spell his name >> at least three different ways within the same document. I resolve to >> give the >> appearance of being extremely well-educated in the coming year. >> >> 2. I resolve to see to it that all of my children will have the same >> names that my ancestors have used for six generations in a row. >> >> 3. My age is no one's business but my own. I hereby resolve to never >> list the same age or birth year twice on any document. >> >> 4. I resolve to have each of my children baptized in a different >> church -- either in a different faith or in a different parish. Every >> third >> child will not be baptized at all or will be baptized by an itinerant >> minister >> who keeps no records. >> >> 5. I resolve to move to a new town, new county, or new state at least >> once every 10 years -- just before those pesky enumerators come around >> asking silly questions. >> >> 6. I will make every attempt to reside in counties and towns where no >> vital records are maintained or where the courthouse burns down every few >> years. >> >> 7. I resolve to join an obscure religious cult that does not believe >> in record keeping or in participating in military service. >> >> 8. When the tax collector comes to my door, I'll loan him my pen, >> which has been dipped in rapidly fading blue ink. >> >> 9. I resolve that if my beloved wife Mary should die, I will marry >> another Mary. >> >> 10. I resolve not to make a will. Who needs to spend money on a >> lawyer? >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

In a similar vein, my great-great grandfather was married twice. He named a son Ezra who died at age 10 then when he married wife #2, he named another son Ezra. Until I figured out how young the first one died, it was rather confusing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jann Parks" <townefabric@ispmgt.com> To: <nyerie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] our ancestors > My 2great grandfather was John Putney, He had a son John Putney, my > great grandfather. He had 2 sons first and last named John Putney. Tht > is really fun looking for family > > On 1/18/10, amzgrace <amzgrace@comcast.net> wrote: >> If he did what he said he was going to do, he created a genealogist's >> nightmare for his descendants!! >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "nora" <bouvx3@verizon.net> >> To: <nyerie@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 2:43 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYERIE] our ancestors >> >> >>> Thought I'd share this as I am sure so many of us can appreciate it!!! >>> >>> /1852 NEW YEAR RESOLUTION -- SOLVE GENEALOGICAL MYSTERIES/ >>> >>> It is New Year's Eve 1852 and Henry HYDENWELL sits at his desk by >>> candlelight. He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to writes his New >>> Year's resolutions. >>> >>> 1. No man is truly well-educated unless he learns to spell his name >>> at least three different ways within the same document. I resolve to >>> give the >>> appearance of being extremely well-educated in the coming year. >>> >>> 2. I resolve to see to it that all of my children will have the same >>> names that my ancestors have used for six generations in a row. >>> >>> 3. My age is no one's business but my own. I hereby resolve to never >>> list the same age or birth year twice on any document. >>> >>> 4. I resolve to have each of my children baptized in a different >>> church -- either in a different faith or in a different parish. Every >>> third >>> child will not be baptized at all or will be baptized by an itinerant >>> minister >>> who keeps no records. >>> >>> 5. I resolve to move to a new town, new county, or new state at least >>> once every 10 years -- just before those pesky enumerators come around >>> asking silly questions. >>> >>> 6. I will make every attempt to reside in counties and towns where no >>> vital records are maintained or where the courthouse burns down every >>> few >>> years. >>> >>> 7. I resolve to join an obscure religious cult that does not believe >>> in record keeping or in participating in military service. >>> >>> 8. When the tax collector comes to my door, I'll loan him my pen, >>> which has been dipped in rapidly fading blue ink. >>> >>> 9. I resolve that if my beloved wife Mary should die, I will marry >>> another Mary. >>> >>> 10. I resolve not to make a will. Who needs to spend money on a >>> lawyer? >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> >>> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message