THE TWELVE COMMANDMENTS FOR NAMES: > > > > (1) Thou shalt name your male children: James, John, Joseph, Josiah, > > Abel, Richard, Thomas, William > > > > (2) Thou shalt name your female children: Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, > > Maria, Sarah, Ida, Virginia, May > > > > (3) Thou shalt leave NO trace of your female children. > > > > (4) Thou shalt, after naming your children from the above lists, call > > them by strange nicknames such as: Ike, Eli, Polly, Dolly, > > Sukey.---making them difficult to trace. > > > > (5) Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal documents or census > > reports, and only where necessary, you may use only initials on legal > > documents. > > > > (6)Thou shalt learn to sign all documents illegibly so that your surname > > can be spelled, or misspelled, in various ways: Hicks, Hicks, Hix, > > Hixe, Hucks, Kicks > > > > (7) Thou shalt, after no more then 3 generations, make sure that all > > family records are lost, misplaced, burned in a court house fire, or > > buried so that NO future trace of them can be found. > > > > (8) Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumors, & vague innuendo > > regarding your place origination. > > > > (A) you may have come from : England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales....or > > Iran. > > (B) you may have American Indian ancestry of the______tribe...... > > (c) You may have descended from one of three brothers that came over > > from______ > > > > (9) Thou shalt leave NO cemetery records, or headstones with legible > > names. > > > > (10) Thou shalt leave NO family Bible with records of birth, marriages, > > or deaths. > > > > (11) Thou shalt ALWAYS flip thy name around. If born James Albert, thou > > must make all the rest of thy records in the names of Albert, AJ, JA, > > AL, Bert, Bart, or Alfred. > > > > (12) Thou must also flip thy parent's names when making reference to > > them, although "Unknown" or a blank line is an acceptable alternative. > > > > And my own personal addition: > > > > Thou shalt name at least 5 generations of males, and dozens of their > > cousins with identical names in order to totally confuse researchers. > > AMEN!