That was fun! He must be related to me!! I have been searching for YEARS for the same Macon ancestor and his parents! No luck!! Sandy >From: "Nita Lawing" <TNAncestor@msn.com> >Reply-To: TNMACON-L@rootsweb.com >To: TNMACON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TNMACON] New Year's Resolution >Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:16:41 -0700 > >I hope this is appropriate for this list. It's too good to pass up. > > >It is New Year's Eve 1852 and my ancestor sits at his desk by candlelight. >He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to write his New Year's >resolutions. > >1. No man is truly well-educated unless he learns to spell his name at >least three different ways within the same document. I resolve to give the >appearance of being extremely well-educated in the coming year. > >2. I resolve to see to it that all of my children will have the same names >that my ancestors have used for six generations in a row. > >3. My age is no one's business but my own. I hereby resolve to never list >the same age or birth year twice on any document. > >4. I resolve to have each of my children baptized in a different church -- >either in a different faith or in a different parish. Every third child >will not be baptized at all or will be baptized by an itinerant minister >who keeps no records. > >5. I resolve to move to a new town, new county, or new state at least every >10 years -- just before those pesky enumerators come around asking silly >questions. > >6. I will make every attempt to reside in counties and towns where no >vital records are maintained or where the courthouse burns down every few >years. > >7. I resolve to join an obscure religious cult that does not believe in >record keeping and I will not participate in military service. > >8. When the tax collector comes to my door, I'll loan him my pen, which >has been dipped in rapidly fading blue ink. > >9. I resolve that if my beloved wife Mary should die, I will marry another >Mary. > >10. I resolve not to make a will. Who needs to spend money on a lawyer. > > > >==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== >Shelta Shrum and Barbara Hutchinson invite you to -- ><a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE >WEBPAGE!</A> >