This week I saw a genealogy query that read like this (names, places
have been changed!)

 

"Samuel Jackson Smith is buried in Weeping Willow cemetery near
Anyplace, FL.   Can anyone tell me what church he and his wife attend?"

 

I felt like writing back, 'they don't, they're dead!'

 

And before there's a rush to sharpen your rulers (remember those raps
from Sr. Benedicta),

I know what the person meant (trying to find church records about an
ancestor) but thought

the comment rather humorous.

 

Dean

 

 

Dean DeBolt

University Librarian, Special Collections

John C. Pace Library, University of West Florida

11000 University Parkway

Pensacola, FL  32514-5750

850-474-2213

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