Our staff here at the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center celebrate the winter holidays each year by exchanging cards,\u00a0going out to dinner,\u00a0mailing cards to our wonderful volunteers, and, in one unfortunate case, writing new lyrics to an old holiday song.<\/p>\n
Here is this season’s effort.\u00a0 Happy Holidays!<\/p>\n
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No Place Like SC<\/strong> Oh there’s no place like SC for Genealogy,<\/strong> We found a man who died in Tennessee, while he was headin’ for<\/strong> Oh there’s no place like SC for Genealogy,<\/strong> We found a lady once from Illinois and she was widowed twice<\/strong> Oh there’s no place like SC for Genealogy,<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n _______________________________<\/p>\n *Ancestor tables—we have those, too!<\/p>\n (posted—and written—by Sarah, who is very sorry and promises not to do it again until next year)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our staff here at the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center celebrate the winter holidays each year by exchanging cards,\u00a0going out to dinner,\u00a0mailing cards to our wonderful volunteers, and, in one unfortunate case, writing new lyrics to an old holiday song. Here … Continue reading
\n(with apologies to The Carpenters)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFor no matter how far your ancestors may dwell<\/strong>
\nWhen you long to fill that branch upon your family tree<\/strong>
\nYou can’t beat Special Collections at DPL.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPennsylvania and his wife and three kids there.<\/strong>
\nFrom Pennsylvania, his survivors traveled to our ‘sippi River shore<\/strong>
\nFrom Atlantic to Pacific<\/strong>
\nGee, our research is terrific!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nFor no matter how far your ancestors may dwell<\/strong>
\nWhen you long to fill that branch upon your family tree<\/strong>
\nYou can’t beat Special Collections at DPL.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDivorced once and engaged a time or two<\/strong>
\nWe found all her papers from each time they threw the rice<\/strong>
\nFrom birth to death to marriage<\/strong>
\nOur records you can’t disparage.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nFor no matter how far away your ancestors may be<\/strong>
\nIf you want to fill your ahentafels* with a million names<\/strong>
\nFor Genealogy, you can’t beat the staff in SC!<\/strong>
\nFor Genealogy, you can’t beat the staff in SC!<\/strong><\/p>\n