2/1/2006
By Allison Stacy
Out with the old, in with the new.
Humans have been making—and breaking—New Year's resolutions since ancient times. So as we kick off another annual round of declarations to get skinnier, wealthier, happier and better organized, I got to wondering what kind of resolutions our ancestors made.
Based on my research, I know a few mine didn't make—but I wish they had. How differently my genealogical endeavors would be progressing had my progenitors dreamt up this list of objectives on a New Year's Day of yore …
Resolutions for the year of our Lord 1806