Genealogical Beatitudes

submitted by GFS Nance@aol.com

 

...Blessed are the great-grandfathers who saved embarkation and citizenship papers, For they tell when they came.

...Blessed are the great-grandmothers who hoarded newspaper clipping and old letters, For they tell the story of their time.

...Blessed are the grandfathers who filed every document, For this provided the proof.

...Blessed are the grand mothers who preserved family bibles and diaries, For theirs is our heritage.

...Blessed are the fathers who elect officials that answer letters of inquiry, For to some, they are the only link to the past.

...Blessed are the mothers who relate family 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 an family, whose members strive for the preservation of records, For theirs is a labor of love.