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From: Doreen Jonas <>
Subject: [India-L] Am I still subscribed? Checking 1, 2, 3
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 20:07:00 +1000 (EST)

Ever wonder why you can't make heads or tails out of the census?...............

Ocupayshun, Cencus Taker

"I am a cencus takers for the city of
Bufflow. Our city has groan very fast in resent
yeers & now in 1865, it has become a hard & time
consuming job to count all the peephill. There
are not many that con do this werk, as it is
nesessarie to have a ejucashun, wich a lot of
pursons steal don not have. Anuther atribeart
needed for this job is god speling, for meny of
the peephill to be counted can hardle speek inglish, let alon spel there names!"



The Genealogist's Psalm

Genealogy is my pastime, I shall not stray;
It maketh me to lie down and examine half-buried tombstones.
It leadeth me into still Court Houses,
it restoreth my ancestral knowledge.
It leadeth me in paths of census records and ships'
passenger lists
for my surname's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the shadows of research
libraries and microfilm readers,
I shall fear no discouragement;
for a strong urge is within me;
the curiosity and motivation
they comfort me.

It demandeth preparation of storage space for the
acquisition of countless documents;
it anointest 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
for ever.

--Wildamae Brestal





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