Dear Friends, I just had to forward this for our own personal introspection and a good laugh. It's just too true (well, in my case it gets pretty close...) Philip Sheppard Beaufort, South Carolina Listowner: NCMACON, NCTRANSY >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. > >