This is wonderful--and so true!! Thank you so much for sharing. Carol Silva Warnock Researching Pico, Faial, Terceira, and Santa Maria,
On 9/30/10, "E" Sharp <[email protected]> wrote: > Another site I belong to just posted this and I thought it cute and > most of us can relate. So I googled it and here it is. If you google > The Elusive Ancestor the person who has posted it has a few other nice > poems. Enjoy! "E" > > "THE ELUSIVE ANCESTOR" > > I went searching for an ancestor ... > I cannot find him still, > He moved around from place to place > And did not leave a will. > > He married where a courthouse burned, > He mended all his fences; > He avoided any man > Who came to take the U.S. Census. > > He always kept his luggage packed, > This man who had no fame; > And every 20 years or so, > This rascal changed his name. > > His parents came from Europe ... > They should be upon some list > Of passengers to U.S.A., > But somehow they got missed. > > And no one else in this world > Is searching for this man; > So, I play geneasolitaire > To find him if I can. > > I'm told he's buried in a plot, > With tombstone he was blessed; > But the weather took engraving, > And some vandals took the rest. > > He died before the county clerks > Decided to keep records; > No Family Bible has emerged, > In spite of all my efforts. > > To top it off this ancestor, > Who caused me many groans, > Just to give me one more pain, > Betrothed a girl named > JONES! > > ~ Merrell Kenworthy ~ (this the the name listed on the site - not sure > if she is author or not) > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions > when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
