LOVE IT JULIE.   I DON'T REMEMBER IT BUT THEN THAT IS THE YEAR MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY.  I MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN READ IT.  ..... --- On Thu, 12/30/10, Julie Cromwell <janncromwell@highland.net> wrote: From: Julie Cromwell <janncromwell@highland.net> Subject: [TNMORGAN] New Year Resolutions To: "tnmorgan" <tnmorgan@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 4:11 PM Apparently I posted this same message way back in 2005!  Thought I would post it again. Happy New Year everyone! Julie   1852 NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS   TO SOLVE GENEALOGICAL  MYSTERIES.   It is New Year's Eve 1852 and William William Williams, more commonly known   as Bill2, 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 once   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 or in participating 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! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That's OK, Judy, I really don't remember it either! Someone reposted it on another list that I am on....who knew? Have a Happy New Year! Julie On 12/30/2010 6:09 PM, Judy Gooch wrote: > LOVE IT JULIE. I DON'T REMEMBER IT BUT THEN THAT IS THE YEAR MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY. I MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN READ IT. ..... > > --- On Thu, 12/30/10, Julie Cromwell<janncromwell@highland.net> wrote: > > From: Julie Cromwell<janncromwell@highland.net> > Subject: [TNMORGAN] New Year Resolutions > To: "tnmorgan"<tnmorgan@rootsweb.com> > Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 4:11 PM > > Apparently I posted this same message way back in 2005! Thought I would post it again. > Happy New Year everyone! > Julie > > > 1852 NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS > > TO SOLVE GENEALOGICAL MYSTERIES. > > It is New Year's Eve 1852 and William William Williams, more commonly known > as Bill2, 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 once > 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 or in participating 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! >