Dan, I'm rather new to all of this and your list is very interesting, but your name even more. My Hogan relatives were from Kansas. Any relation? Sherry Sauder ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Hogan" <dhogan@porterville.k12.ca.us> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: [Irish-American] Fwd: [StL-Metro] Murphy's Law for Genealogists > > From another list. > Dan Hogan > Begin forwarded message: > > > > > > > 1) The public ceremony in which your distinguished ancestor > > participated and at which the platform collapsed under him turned out > > to be a hanging. > > 2) When at last after much hard work you have solved the mystery you > > have been working on for two years, your aunt says, "I could have told > > you that" > > > > 3) You grandmother's maiden name that you have searched for for four > > years was on a letter in a box in the attic all the time. > > > > 4) You never asked your father about his family when he was alive > > because you weren't interested in genealogy then. > > > > 5) The will you need is in the safe on board the Titanic. > > > > 6) Copies of old newspapers have holes occurring only on the > > surnames. > > > > 7) John, son of Thomas, the immigrant whom your relatives claim as > > the family progenitor, died on board ship at age 10. > > > > 8) Your great grandfather's newspaper obituary states that he died > > leaving no issue of record. > > > > 9) The keeper of the vital records you need has just been insulted > > by a another genealogist. > > > > 10) The relative who had all the family photographs gave them all to > > her daughter who has no interest in genealogy and no inclination to > > share. > > > > 11) The only record you find for your great grandfather is that his > > property was sold at a sheriff's sale for insolvency. > > > > 12) The one document that would supply the missing link in your > > dead-end line has been lost due to fire, flood or war. > > > > 13) The town clerk to whom you wrote for the information sends you a > > long handwritten letter which is totally illegible. > > > > 14) The spelling of your European ancestor's name bears no > > relationship to its current spelling or pronunciation. > > > > 15) None of the pictures in your recently deceased grandmother's > > photo album have names written on them. > > > > 16) No one in your family tree ever did anything noteworthy, owned > > property, was sued or was named in wills. > > > > 17) You learn that your great aunt's executor just sold her life's > > collection of family genealogical materials to a flea market dealer > > "somewhere in New York City." > > > > 18) Ink fades and paper deteriorates at a rate inversely > > proportional to the value of the data recorded. > > > > 19) The 37 volume, sixteen thousand page history of your county of > > origin isn't indexed. > > > > 20) You finally find your great grandparent's wedding records and > > discover that the brides' father was named John Smith. > > > > > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. >