Re: [ranchos] New Year's Resolution

[Joseph Puentes <makas@...>]

thanks Janet. This is fun. we should try to make the list 20-30 items 
long. I've added a few at the end.
joseph

Janet Valeria Iglesias wrote:

> 1. No man is truly well-educated unless he learns to spell his name 
> at least three different ways within the same document. I resolve to 
> give the appearance of being extremely well-educated in the coming 
> year.
> 2. I resolve to see to it that all of my children will have the same 
> names that my ancestors have used for six generations in a row.
> 3. My age is no one's business but my own. I hereby resolve to never 
> list the same age or birth year twice on any document.
> 4. I resolve to have each of my children baptized in a different 
> church -- either in a different faith or in a different parish. 
> Every third child will not be baptized at all or will be baptized by 
> an itinerant minister who keeps no records.
> 5. I resolve to move to a new town, new county, or new state at 
> least once every 10 years -- just before those pesky enumerators 
> come around asking silly questions.
> 6. I will make every attempt to reside in counties and towns where 
> no vital records are maintained or where the courthouse burns down 
> every few years.
> 7. I resolve to join an obscure religious cult that does not believe 
> in record keeping or in participating in military service.
> 8. When the tax collector comes to my door, I'll loan him my pen, 
> which has been dipped in rapidly fading blue ink.
> 9. I resolve that if my beloved wife Mary should die, I will marry 
> another Mary.
9a I promise to name every male child Jose __________ and every female 
child Maria _____________
> 10. I resolve not to make a will. Who needs to spend money on a 
> lawyer?
>  
11. I resolve to not write the names of anyone on the back of pictures, 
afterall everybody knows who they are.
12. I resolve to not write anything down about myself because I know 
everything and its just not interesting. Hey finding out about me is the 
work of someone 5 or 6 generations from now, why not lets make it a 
challenge for them.
13. I resolve to leave you clues if you're looking for auxillary line. 
If you find me you'll have to be dedicated and be looking for auxillary 
lines because I don't have any direct descendants. Hey if you're a good 
genealogist that's what your suppose to do anyway.  oh and by the way I 
resolve to love you with all my heart when and if you ever do find me.