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<DIV> Richard,</DIV>
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<DIV>You are so much more diplomatic than I am! I am going to print and frame your poem! Then next time I will have it on hand.</DIV>
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<DIV>ViolaRae</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 05/16/04 09:30:43</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Cc:</B></I> <A href="mailto:slugs@gorge.net">Richard Smith</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> [or-roots] Consider this</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Whenever I get smug about finding information about one of my</DIV>
<DIV>ancestors I recall this little poem written by some unknown</DIV>
<DIV>genealogist.</DIV>
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<DIV> "IF"</DIV>
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<DIV>If you could see your ancestors,</DIV>
<DIV>all standing in a row.</DIV>
<DIV>Would you be proud of them,</DIV>
<DIV>or don't you really know?</DIV>
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<DIV>Some strange discoveries are made,</DIV>
<DIV>while climbing family trees.</DIV>
<DIV>And some of them you know,</DIV>
<DIV>do not particularly please.</DIV>
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<DIV>If you could see your ancestors,</DIV>
<DIV>all standing in a row.</DIV>
<DIV>There might be some of them perhaps,</DIV>
<DIV>you wouldn't care to know.</DIV>
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<DIV>But there's another question,</DIV>
<DIV>which requires another view.</DIV>
<DIV>If you could meet your ancestors,</DIV>
<DIV>would they be proud of YOU?</DIV>
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<DIV>Richard C. Smith</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:E-mailto:slugs@gorge.net">E-mailto:slugs@gorge.net</A></DIV>
<DIV>Home page: Http://<A href="http://www.angelfire.com/wa/family/">www.angelfire.com/wa/family/</A></DIV>
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