My wife asked me today "what do you want for Christmas, dear?"
My response was noncommittal, since I knew she wouldn't understand...
"Dear Santa:
"Don't bring me new tools, or shirts and ties.
Genealogists have peculiar wishes.
For Christmas I just want a surname.
A new sweatshirt 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 an iPod
or a large screen LCD TV.
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."
(found in Illinois State Genealogical Society newsletter 1984, modified a bit by myself)
I've already given myself some Christmas gifts - a laptop computer (it's officially "ours"), a wireless router and a year's Ancestry subscription. I couldn't wait - I've even opened them and used them!
What about you - what gift do you want from the Genealogy Santa for Christmas?
Welcome to my genealogy blog. Genea-Musings features genealogy research tips and techniques, genealogy news items and commentary, genealogy humor, San Diego genealogy society news, family history research and some family history stories from the keyboard of Randy Seaver (of Chula Vista CA), who thinks that Genealogy Research Is really FUN! Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2006-2023.
1 comment:
The patience to keep searching
Rita
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