I began leisurely to document and trace my tree
And pinpoint the forerunners before me.

All I had was my Great Grandfather Ernsts' name;
Knowing his wife and from where they came.

I traced them from Wisconsin to my Illinois state,
And recorded few pages with names and date.

The death records were really quite sad
of his illness; but surely more is to be had.

Upon putting it all together, I've become forlorn.
I desire his parents' names from whom he was born.

To the Ancestry.com subscribed I recently did
In hopes of finding Ernst Berhenke as a kid.

My hopes are fast growing dim.
Why aren't there more records of him?

I need more data and so I beg!
I wonder if he hatched from an egg?

So much  time I have been spent on this tree.
Will I ever his parents' names see?