I agree. It's very well said. di matt cole wrote: > A Poem well said. > > >From: Crystal Burleson <cburleso@cybertrails.com> > >Reply-To: STARR-L@rootsweb.com > >To: STARR-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Kinsman > >Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 09:47:34 -0700 > > > >I know that some folks get a little miffed when something comes across a > >list that isn't strictly genealogy facts, but I hope you all enjoy this > >poem that came on my Leggett list yesterday. It seem that we all share > >the same research problems. > > > >Kinsman (original poem by Wayne Hand, 1999) > > > >Alas, my elusive kinsman > >You've led me quite a chase. > >I thought I'd found your courthouse > >But the Yankees burned the place. > >You always kept your bags packed > >Although you had no fame; and > >Just for the fun of it, > >Twice you changed your name. > >You never owed any man, or > >At least I found no bills > >In spite of eleven offspring > >You never left a will. > >They say our name's from Europe > >Came state side on a ship. > >Either they lost the passenger list > >Or granddad gave them the slip. > >I'm the only one looking, > >Another searcher I can't find. > >I pray, "maybe that's his father's name", > >As I go out of my mind. > >They said you had a headstone > >In a shady plot. > >I've been there twenty times, and > >Can't even find the lot. > >You never wrote a letter, > >Your Bible we can't find. > >It's probably in some attic > >Out of sight and out of mind. > >You first married a ......Smith > >And just to set the tone, > >The other four were Sarahs > >And every one a Jones. > >You cost me two fortunes, > >One of which I did not have, > >My wife, my house and Fido. > >Oh, how I miss that yellow lab. > >But somewhere you slipped up, > >Ole Boy, Somewhere you left a track. > >And if I don't find you this year > >Well.......Next year I'll be back! > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com