Good for a laugh... In a message dated 07/25/2000 7:29:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, centans@tampabay.rr.com writes: << As found in The Librarian's Genealogy Notebook by Dahrl Elizabeth Moore ... Warning -- Genealogy Pox Very Contagious to Adults Symptoms: Continual complaint as to need for names, dates, and places. Patient has blank expression, sometimes deaf to spouse and children. Has no taste for work of any kind, except feverishly looking through records at libraries and courthouses. Has compulsion to write letters. Swears at mail carrier when he or she doesn't leave mail. Frequents strange places such as cemeteries, ruins, and remote, desolate country areas. Makes secret night calls. Hides phone bills from spouse. Mumbles to self. Has strange, faraway look in eyes. THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE! Treatment: Medication is useless. Disease is not fatal but gets progressively worse. Patient should attend genealogy workshops, subscribe to genealogical magazines, and be given a quiet corner in the house when he or she can be alone. Remarks: The unusual nature of this disease is that the sicker the patient gets, the more he or she enjoys it. By An Anonymous Author >>