That is a great one Donna and ever so true in this household. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Donna OBrien" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 9:32 PM Subject: [TNMARION] Genealogist's Christmas Wish |I found this among some of my notes and thought I would share.... | | Donna | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | All I Want For Christmas Is A New Surname (author unknown) | | Dear Santa: Don't bring me new dishes, | I don't need a new kind of game. | Genealogists have peculiar wishes | For Christmas I just want a surname. | | A new washing machine would be great, | But it's not the desire of my life. | I've just found an ancestor's birth date; | What I need now is the name of his wife. | | My heart doesn't yearn for a ring | That would put a real diamond to shame. | What I want is a much cheaper thing; | Please give me Mary's last name. | | To see my heart singing with joy, | Don't bring me a red leather suitcase, | Bring me a genealogist's toy; | a surname with dates and a place. | | (seen in Illinois State Gen Soc newsletter 1984) | | | | ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== | *********************************************************************** | PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, | requests for help, and other genealogical related information | that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a | possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no | soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. | Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . | Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ | *********************************************************************** | | ============================== | View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find | marriage announcements and more. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx | |