Climbing Family Trees: Top 10 Indicators You're Spending Too Much Time Doing Genealogy

Climbing Family Trees

More great stories, poems, and helpful hints about genealogy and searching for your family's roots from the twin authors of "Climbing Family Trees: Whispers In The Leaves"

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Top 10 Indicators You're Spending Too Much Time Doing Genealogy

TOP TEN INDICATORS THAT
YOU’RE SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME DOING GENEALOGY
10. Your favorite film of all time is the 1850 census index.
9. You hyperventilate at the sight of an old cemetery.
8. When all of your correspondence begins “You don’t know me, but I think we might be
related.”
7. You have more photographs of dead people than living ones.
6. You ask your relatives to bring DNA samples to your family reunion.
5. You’ve traced every one of your ancestral lines back to Adam and Even and still don’t
want to quit.
4. You marry the County Clerk so you’ll have access to more records around the clock.
3. You asked Santa to bring your very own microfilm reader for Christmas.
2. You get locked in a library overnight and you never even notice.
1. You’re pretty sure your ancestor has been spotted in several places with Elvis!

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