*The Twelve Steps for Recovering Genealogists * * * 1. I admit that I am powerless over my gedcom and that my life has become unmanageable 2. I believe that there is a greater power other than genealogy and that it will restore sanity to my life. 3. I have made a decision to turn my life over to non-genealogists and hope that they will understand me. 4. I have admitted to myself and other genealogists that I am addicted to my obituary files. 5. I vow to no longer discuss "dead people" with my few remaining friends in hopes that they will remain my friends. 6. I promise to take photographs of things other than tombstones. 7. My only source of reading material will no longer be census, wills, death certificates and obituaries. 8. I will not spend family vacations in out-of-state libraries and courthouses. 9. Family picnics will no longer be held in cemeteries. 10. My family will no longer be referred to as "the live ones." 11. My time spent on the Internet will be limited to sites other than Rootsweb.com, Ancestry.com and MyGenealogy.com. 12. I will carry these messages to other genealogists and practice these principles every day.

Cute, Renee! Can this be attributed to anyone or is a free-to-use goodie? Linda ________________________________ From: Renee H. Bennett <listadministratorevans@earthlink.net> To: EVANS-richard@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, October 30, 2010 9:10:29 AM Subject: [EVANS-RICHARD] Ready for a little comic relief? *The Twelve Steps for Recovering Genealogists * * * 1. I admit that I am powerless over my gedcom and that my life has become unmanageable 2. I believe that there is a greater power other than genealogy and that it will restore sanity to my life. 3. I have made a decision to turn my life over to non-genealogists and hope that they will understand me. 4. I have admitted to myself and other genealogists that I am addicted to my obituary files. 5. I vow to no longer discuss "dead people" with my few remaining friends in hopes that they will remain my friends. 6. I promise to take photographs of things other than tombstones. 7. My only source of reading material will no longer be census, wills, death certificates and obituaries. 8. I will not spend family vacations in out-of-state libraries and courthouses. 9. Family picnics will no longer be held in cemeteries. 10. My family will no longer be referred to as "the live ones." 11. My time spent on the Internet will be limited to sites other than Rootsweb.com, Ancestry.com and MyGenealogy.com. 12. I will carry these messages to other genealogists and practice these principles every day. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to EVANS-RICHARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Linda, I posted that leaving town for the day. I just got home, saw your message and checked the journal. There is no name on the page [I was pretty sure that if there had been a name on it, I would have included it]. That being said, I can give you the journal information.... So, here it is. "The Twelve Steps For Recovering Genealogists" was found in Terrebonne Life Lines Vol 20 No 2 Summer 2001 page 163 R On 10/30/10Saturday 11:34 AM, Linda Wiley wrote: > Cute, Renee! Can this be attributed to anyone or is a free-to-use goodie? > Linda > >

Thanks! ________________________________ From: Evans-Richard List Administrator <listadministratorevans@earthlink.net> To: evans-richard@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, October 30, 2010 7:47:26 PM Subject: [EVANS-RICHARD] which issue? Hi Linda, I posted that leaving town for the day. I just got home, saw your message and checked the journal. There is no name on the page [I was pretty sure that if there had been a name on it, I would have included it]. That being said, I can give you the journal information.... So, here it is. "The Twelve Steps For Recovering Genealogists" was found in Terrebonne Life Lines Vol 20 No 2 Summer 2001 page 163 R On 10/30/10Saturday 11:34 AM, Linda Wiley wrote: > Cute, Renee! Can this be attributed to anyone or is a free-to-use goodie? > Linda > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to EVANS-RICHARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message