I can relate to every word of that, and doesn't it make life interesting. Regards from Nancy in Australia. -----Original Message----- From: BTsurudome@aol.com <BTsurudome@aol.com> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, October 01, 1999 7:25 AM Subject: GENEALOGY TRUTHS > > Your kids think picnics in cemeteries are > normal or that EVERYBODY does it. > > You're the only person in the bridge/poker > club who knows what a Soundex is. > > "It is only a few miles down the road" means > at least 50. > > Some of your best friends live over 200 miles > away. > > You have more pictures of tombstones than of > the kids. > > "I need to spend just a little more time at > the courthouse" means forget the cleaning, > washing, dinner, chores; the day is shot. > > The mailman can't believe that you got this > much mail from someone you don't even know. > > You explain to mother why you can't go 25 > miles for Sunday dinner, but can go 100 > miles to check out another cemetery. > > "As soon as I check out this census record, > I'll fix dinner" means "call the local pizza parlor." > > Your neighbors think you are crazy, your > friends wonder, and YOU know you are. > > You can't drive past a cemetery without > wondering if your ancestors are buried there. > > You have to watch the credits of a movie to > see if any of the surnames are ones you are > researching. > > You ask all the people you meet, what their > grandparents surnames are. > > You move to a new town and the first thing > you look for is a historical or genealogical > society in the area. > > You go on vacation and beg your hubby to > please drive 80 miles out of the way so > that you can try and find your granddaddy's > grave in 100 degree heat. > > Youthful fantasies of traveling to exotic > places are replaced with plans to get to > those little towns with graveyards, or > larger towns with Archives! > > Your fear of snakes and bugs is > overshadowed by the need to get > through those brambles to that > old gravestone. > > Old friends who knew you before you were > into genealogy begin sending clippings > about dead or live people with your > surnames (and you know you have been > talking about genealogy too much!) > > You worry about the roof's leaking only > if the drips threaten your genealogy section. > > When you can recite all the counties of a > State you've researched but where you've > never lived. > > When you find your ancestor's execution by > hanging or burning at the stake, far more > interesting than the mass-murder that just > took place next door. > > You're not invited to family functions > because your relatives are tired of filling > out family group sheets. > > When you read the New Testament in > Sunday School and find yourself > comparing the pedigrees in Matthew > and Luke. > >> > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >Hundreds of Scot Urls....... > http://celt.net/og/angscot3.htm > http://celt.net/og/angscot2.htm > http://celt.net/og/angscot.htm > >============================== >Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! > >