I 'swiped' this from Tishomingo Co. MS Gen.Soc. Newsletter, they in turn 'lifted' it from the Internet. THE GENEALOGIST PSALM Genealogy is my pastime, I shall not stray. It maketh me to lie down and examine half-buried tombstones. It leadeth me into still courthouses; It restoreth my ancestral knowledge. It leadeth me in the paths of census records and passenger lists for my surnames's sake. Yea, though I walk through the shadow of research libraries and microfilm readers, I shall fear no discouragement. For a strong urge is within me; the curiosity and motivation they comfort me. It demandeth preparation of storage space for the acquisition of countless documents. It annointeth my head with burning midnight oil; my family group sheets runneth over. Surely birth, marriage, and death dates shall follow me all the days of my life. And I shall dwell in the house of a family-history seeker forever. next: Murphy's Law