This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------26F88FB963BDA506FB0E93A3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just HAD to send this along to you guys!!!! You'll really appreciate it!!! Sarah - who's busily trying to find one guy born in a foreign country 100 years ago & track down his brother living descendants -- Sarah E. Hambrick [email protected] "There's enough youth, how about a fountain of smart?" - unknown --------------26F88FB963BDA506FB0E93A3 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from mail-gw1adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (mail-gw1adm.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.60.101]) by mail1.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA07080 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 13:48:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: from fp-1.rootsweb.com (fp-1.rootsweb.com [207.113.233.233]) by mail-gw1adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA11313 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 13:48:35 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from [email protected]) by fp-1.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA17781; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 11:44:10 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 11:44:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Beth Breisch" <[email protected]> Old-To: "Hale" <[email protected]>, "chastain list" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:59:18 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Subject: [HALE-L] "You Know You're Taking Genealogy Too Serious if .........." Resent-Message-ID: <"J667v.A.kVE.65pB2"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/636 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Thought you guys might enjoy this.... Beth -----Original Message----- >> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 19:31:33 EDT >> >> You Know You're Taking Genealogy Too Seriously If .. >> >> In order to put the "final touches" on your genealogical research, >> you've asked all of your closest relatives to provide DNA samples. >> >> You are the only person to show up at the cemetery research party >> with a shovel. >> >> You were instrumental in having "non-genealogical use of the genealogy >> room copy machine" classified as a federal hate crime. >> >> Your house leans slightly toward the side where your genealogical >> records are stored. >> >> You decided to take a two-week break from genealogy, and the U.S. Postal >> Office immediately laid off 1,500 employees. >> >> Out of respect for your best friend's unquestioned reputation for honesty >> and integrity, you are willing to turn off that noisy surveillance camera >> while she reviews your 57 genealogical research notebooks in your home. >> The armed security guard, however, will remain. >> >> You plod merrily along "refining" your recently published family history, >> blissfully unaware that the number of errata pages now far exceeds the >> number of pages in your original publication. >> >> During an ice storm and power outage, you ignore the pleas of your >> shivering spouse and place your last quilt around that 1886 photograph >> of dear Uncle George. >> >> The most recent document in your "Missing Ancestors" file is a 36-page >> contract between you and Johnson Billboard Advertising Company. >> >> Ed McMahon, several t.v. cameras and an envelope from Publishers >> Clearing House arrive at your front door on Super Bowl Sunday, and the >> first thing you say is, "Are you related to the McMahons of Ohio?". >> >> "A Loving Family" and "Financial Security" have moved up to second and >> third, respectively, on your list of life's goals, but still lag far >> behind "Owning My Own Microfilm Reader." >> >> A magical genie appears and agrees to grant your any one wish, and you >> ask that the 1890 census be restored. ==== HALE Mailing List ==== Get the most from your queries. Remember to include all known dates and place names. --------------26F88FB963BDA506FB0E93A3--