There are no limits to what you can accomplish in your genealogy research when you are supposed to be doing something else.ĥ6. I shook my family tree and a bunch of nuts fell out.ĥ5. My ancestors must be in a witness protection program.ĥ4. I collect dead relatives and sometimes a live cousin.ĥ3. It’s the quality of the nuts you find on there.ĥ2. Genealogy: It’s not the size of the tree that matters. Remember, it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking.ĥ1. Some family trees have beautiful leaves, and some have just a bunch of nuts. Whoever said “seek and ye shall find” was not a genealogist.ĥ0. It’s just a matter of time before they add “syndrome” after the word Genealogy.Ĥ9. When I die I give my friends to change my Facebook status to “Is visiting with ancestors”!Ĥ8. What was that one thing that always interferes with my genealogy obsession? Oh yeah … life!Ĥ7. You know you are addicted to genealogy when … you are more interested in what happened in 1813 than in 2013.Ĥ6. Doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts, but instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. To put flesh on their bones and make them alive again, to tell the family story and feel that somehow they know and approve. In each family, there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. ![]() Not only do we honor our ancestors but we live honorably because we are somebody’s future ancestors.Ĥ4. Divine genealogy is not limited to royal or priestly families but is extended to all who would come unto Christ.Ĥ3. Because they had a hand in shaping who you are.Ĥ2. Remember and honor the family who have come and gone before you. Like branches on a tree we all grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.Ĥ1. A link to the past and a bridge to our future.Ĥ0. The roots of a family tree begin with the love of two hearts.ģ9. Remember that when a family member passes away, they take a library of memories with them.ģ8. Look into it, and pretty soon, interesting faces appear.ģ6. Genealogists do not gather facts but breathe life into all who have gone before.ģ4. There is a fine line between a packrat and a serious family historian.ģ3. Knowing family history expands perspective.ģ2. Who will tell your story when you’re gone?ģ1. Respect your ancestors for you are the result of a thousand loves.ģ0. ![]() Your ancestors count on you to remember them.Ģ9. Every time an old person dies it is as if a library burns down.Ģ8. We are who we are because they were who they were.Ģ7. Their story will be told and I will remember them.Ģ6. I honor their history and I will cherish their lives. ![]() I am bound to them, though I cannot look into their eyes or hear their voices. Anybody can make history, only a great man can write it.Ģ5. I come from a long line of dead people.Ģ4. Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living.Ģ3. Friends come and go, but relatives tend to accumulate.Ģ2. Some Grandmas knit, real grandmas do genealogy.Ģ1. Extreme Genealogy: Leave no stone unturned unless it’s a tombstone.Ģ0. Genealogy: Proving once and for all, that insanity is hereditary.ġ9. I’m a genealogist: I run around in circles and chase my own tale.ġ7. Genealogist: Because freakin miracle worker is not an official job title.ġ1. Genealogify: To skillfully and imperceptibly turn a conversation to the topic of genealogy.ġ0. Only a genealogist thinks that a step backward is progress.ĩ. Genealogist: We do precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.Ĩ. Eventually all genealogists come to their census.ħ. ![]() Genealogy is not fatal but it is a grave disease.Ħ. Where there’s a will there’s a genealogist.ĥ. He who has no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning. To forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root. Express Your Thoughts Below! I would love to hear from you.ġ.
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