Jean, I just arrive home from the office. What a delight! I nearly fell off my chair when I read about the cemetery committee! Thanks a million, Linda Wood Eaton -----Original Message----- From: Jean Z Koehler <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 6:38 PM Subject: [ILEFFING-L] [Fwd: You know your taking Genealogy too seriously if. . .] >>From another list: > > >You Know You're Taking Genealogy Too Seriously If... > >*You are the only person to show up at the cemetery research party with >a >shovel. > >*To put the "final touches" on your genealogical research, you've asked >all >of your closest relatives to provide DNA samples. > >*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. > >