I realize that this is not genealogy research, but it is genealogy thinking.
Bud Caudle
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.