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Nope ;¬)
Reasearch going well,nice to have a change though.

Brilliant poems - but do I detect a brick wall or two with your research?? LOL

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Life wasn't always easy;
But she never did complain;
Though I saw her shed a leaf or two,
When cold November's came.


How her arms spread wide
And welcomed any weary nesting soul;
Vast numbers took their comfort there,
In spring and winters' snow.


When August sun's beat down on me,
I rested 'neath her shade;
And warmed myself in winter
With the firewood she gave.


Played beneath the shelter
Of her strong and sturdy limbs;
Swung from her branches happily
With all my childhood friends.


In her bark, I carve initials
Of those sweethearts long forgot;
From her branches, hang my medals,
And hide my secrets in her knots.


From her seeds, I grew an orchard,.
In her leaves I made a bed;
And when I thought to give up...
Her trunk spoke, "forge ahead!"


I gaze now through her branches,
Far past where eyes can see;
And every bough uncovered,
Tells that much more of ME!


And I proudly bear the markings
Of her awesome history;
Oh, she started but a seedling ...
And became my family tree.

"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,
Tthis 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 ?

Isn't it just!

Love the Genealogy one............so true! lol

Hypochondriac's Grace

Dear Lord, we ask you if you will,
put your blessing on this meal.
We ask you Father, if it pleases,
protect us from these new diseases.

Please bless the spinach, and the romaine.
And cleanse it of some lurking ptomaine.
God, bless our ice cream and our cola.
Pray it's not teaming with ebola.

And pray the deli didn't sell us
coleslaw ripe with salmonellus.
We also ask a special blessing;
no botulism in the dressing.

While we regard your higher power,
make sure the deviled eggs aren't sour.
And please Lord, bless our sirloin tip,
and purge it of E. Coli's grip.

A special blessing on the sherry,
oh Lord, we need no dysentery,
so it not poisons, nor impacts,
or liquefies our lower tracts.

And Lord, make sure no one is able
to get sick and die upon this table.
So bless, Lord, all this food we share.
Insure no deadly virus there.

And once we're full and satiated,
we pray we aren't all contaminated,
and wind up just another toll,
for the Center for Disease Control.

One last thing Lord, if it's OK,
Please hold this blessing that we pray.
For all this fear, and all this fright,
has made us lose our appetite.

Genealogy is my Pastime ...
I shall not stray,

It maketh me to lie down
and examine half-buried Tombstones;

It leadeth me into still Courthouses.
It restoreth my Ancestral Knowledge;

It leadeth me into the Paths of Census Records
and Ships Passenger Lists for my Surnames' sake;

Yes, though I wait through the Shadows
of Research Libraries and Microfilm Readers,

I shall fear no Discouragment,
for a Strong Urge is with me.

The curiosity and Motivation,
they Comfort me;

It demandeth preparation of Storage Space
for the Aquisition of Countless Documents;

It anointeth my Head with burning Midnight Oil,
My Family Group Sheets runneth over.

Surely Birth,Marriage and Death dates
shall follow me all the Days of my Life,

And I shall dwell in the House
of a Family History Seeker Forever.