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From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman <>
Subject: Ancestry Poem
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 15:33:23 -0400


Hi All,
Since this seemed to be a day of poetry on the mail group, I thought I
might
share this one with you all. For you genealogy addicts out there, I think
you
might relate to this:

FAMILY

I can't quite explain
what started me to look
for historical information
on our Family Cooke

But I asked many questions
of my dad, that very day
"Who are my relatives,
what's the Family Bible say?"

With eager pen and paper
I started to write down
All the names of ancestors
that we had just found.

So one hot day in August
I turned on my PC
to see what I could find
on this Carolina family.

Much to my surprise
I found alot of Cookes
all looking for their lineage
in web pages and in books

"Are you my cousin?
Will you exchange with me?
I think you are connected
to the same family tree!"

So I started posting
on newsgroups and email
and that is what lead me
to find my cousin Dale

Of all the things I've learned
of my Cooke family line
He is without a doubt
my most treasured find.

I never knew about him
or he about me
But now we search together
and trace our genealogy

We have found our ancestors
on records and in graves
And it makes us wonder
How their life was in those days

Their lives mean more to us
than just a record of names
Their memory is alive
Their blood is in our veins

We are happy to know them
in this strange and distant way
For without them ever living
we would not be here today.

by Roberta Cooke Schmidt

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it!

Roberta

Cooke Connections http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/4665/

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