Hi all I thought you may like this one too! Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: Madalene Frost To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 7:37 PM Subject: To all grandmas doing family history I couldn't resist submitting this one, gleaned from the Sussex list. Cheers, Grandma Madalene Grandma Climbed The Family Tree > > > > There's been a change in Grandma, we've > > noticed as of late > > She's always reading history, or jotting down some date. > > She's tracing back the family, we all have pedigrees. > > Grandma's got a hobby, she's climbing Family Trees... > > > > Poor Grandpa does the cooking, and now, or so he states, > > He even has to wash the cups and the dinner plates. > > Well, Grandma can't be bothered, she's busy as a bee, > > Compiling genealogy for the Family Tree. > > > > She has no time to baby sit, the curtains are a fright. > > No buttons left on Grandpa's shirt, the flower bed's a sight. > > She's given up her club work, the serials on TV, > > The only thing she does nowadays is climb the Family Tree. > > > > The mail is all for Grandma, it comes from near and far. > > Last week she got the proof she needs to join the DAR. > > A monumental project - to that we all agree, > > A worthwhile avocation - to climb the Family Tree. > > > > There were pioneers and patriots mixed with our kith and kin, > > Who blazed the paths of wilderness and fought through thick and thin. > > But none more staunch than Grandma, whose eyes light up with glee, > > Each time she finds a missing branch for the Family Tree. > > > > To some it's just a hobby, to Grandma it's much more. > > She learns the joys and heartaches of those who went before. > > They loved, they lost, they laughed, they wept - and now for you and me, > > > > They live again, in spirit, around the Family Tree. > > > > At last she's nearly finished, and we are each exposed. > > Life will be the same again, this we all suppose. > > Grandma will cook and sew, serve crullers with our tea. > > We'll have her back, just as before that wretched Family Tree... ==== DEVON Mailing List ==== The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon (http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/DEV/) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/)