Sometimes we have deep hopes that our instincts are true and then on the other shoulder wonder if we are just hopeful crazies. This is a sign of a true genealogist. By me! Cheryl! (2/5/2015)
“Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.” Gail Lumet Buckley
“If you don’t know your history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” ~ Michael Crichton
"No matter where life takes us, we all begin and end with family."
Our most treasured family heirlooms are our sweet family memories.
--Unknown
Our family is a circle of strength and love…
With every birth and every union the circle grows…
Every joy shared adds more love…
Every crisis faced together
Makes the circle grow stronger.
“The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad” George Orwell
A Genealogist Christmas Wish List
Dear Santa: Don't bring me new dishes,
I don't need a new kind of game.
Genealogists have peculiar wishes
For Christmas I just want a surname.
A new washing machine 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 a ring
That would put a real diamond to shame.
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 read leather suitcase,
Bring me a genealogist's toy;
a surname with dates and a place.
David Mills