23rd Psalm for Genealogists
- Genealogy is my pastime, I shall not stray
- It maketh me to lie down and examine tombstones
- It leadeth me into still courthouses
- It restoreth my Ancestral Knowledge
- It leadeth me in paths of census records and ships’ passenger lists for my surnames’ sake
- Yea, though I walk through the shadows of research libraries
- I shall fear no discouragement, for a strong urge is within me
- The curiosity and motivation, they comforteth me
- It demandeth preparation of storage space for the acquisition of countless documents
- It anointest my head with burning midnight oil
- My family group sheets runneth over
- Surely, birth, marriage, and death dates shall follow me all the days of my life
- And I shall dwell in the house of a family history-seeker forever.