ALL I want for Christmas .......................is it true words!! > > Dear Santa: Don't bring me new dishes; > I don't need a new kind of game, > Genealogists have peculiar wishes; > For Christmas, I just want a surname. > > A new washing machine would be great, > But it's not the desire of my life. > I've just found an ancestor's birth date; > What I need now is the name of the wife. > > My heart doesn't yearn for a ring > That would put a real diamond to shame. > What I want is a much cheaper thing: > Please give me Mary's last name. > > To see my heart singing with joy > Don't bring me a red leather suitcase. > Bring me a genealogist's toy; > A surname, with dates and a place! > > Anonymous