Thought you might get a kick out of this one. .... Brian Winn P.S. Borrowed this from someone else > > >NEWS FLASH. 1852 NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS SOLVE GENEALOGICAL MYSTERIES. > >It is New Year's Eve 1852 and Henry HYDENWELL sits at his desk by >candlelight. He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to writes 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-especially US census. > >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. Every girl child will be named some form of Lucy, Louise,Louisa, Lucinda, every boy Lewis,Louis, Louie, Lee or some other form of the same name. > >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 or tax people 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. Maybe even marry an Indian Princess and never tell anyone her name or tribe. > >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. If both women should die-both will be buried with a tombstone that says: " M., wife of the Honorable Henry Lee Jamison George Albert Hinden Wells, esquire, gentleman ,civic leader & patriot. (aka: Bubba Hendavell) > >10. I resolve not to make a will. Who needs to spend money on a lawyer?On that note: I resolve to spend all my money before I go--mostly on my own headstone (which will be set at my grave-in an obscure place with my phonetically spelled name or a row of initials, and the wrong date) >Quote of the day: >"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?" -- Albert Einstein > > > > >SPONSORED LINKS American family home insurance American family home insurance company American family home owner insurance > Multi family home for sale Single family home for sale Family home finance > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- >YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > a.. Visit your group "Alsobrook" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [email protected] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >Pitt County Historical Society: http://www.pittcountyhistoricalsociety.com/ > >CHRONICLES VOL.II AVAILABLE!! Click here for description and ordering information: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir/files/ > >Click here to view CHRONICLE PHOTO, use SlideShow: >http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir/lst > >RePrint of 1982 Chronicles of Pitt Co Order Form: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nc/county/pitt/Chronicles%20Flyer%20Feb03.htm > >Treasure-Trove of PITT Co.NC Genealogical Resources: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nc/county/pitt/ > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ > >We welcome all Archives visitors and invite you to join our dynamic group if you are interested in genealogy discussion and research in Pitt and all Eastern and Coastal North Carolina counties. >GenealogyPITT Co NC Friends In Research >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir > >Yahoo! Groups Links > ><*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir/ > ><*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [email protected] > ><*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > >