OUR ANCESTORS

Beatitudes Of A Family Genealogist
Blessed are the great-grandmothers, who hoarded newspapers and old letters, for they tell the story of their time. Blessed are the great-grandfathers, who filed every legal document, for this provides proof. Blessed are the grandmothers who preserved family Bibles and diaries, for this is our Heritage. Blessed are the fathers who elect officials that answer letters of inquiry. For some they are the only link to the past. Blessed are the mothers who relate family history traditions and legends to the family, for one of her children will surely remember. Blessed are the relatives who fill in family sheets with extra data, for to them we owe the family history. Blessed is any family whose members strive for the preservation of records, for theirs is a labor of love. Blessed are the children who will never say, "Grandma, you have told us that old story twice today".
. . . . . . . . Genealogist climb trees