Dean Thanks for the submission of the Genealogy Taglines. I had to laugh out loud when I came to the definition listed for FLOOR---as I type this, the floor surrounding me is covered from wall to wall with genealogy research materials............... Alice King -----Original Message----- From: Dean Butler <edbutler@bellsouth.net> To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 9:39 AM Subject: [TNGIBSON] Genealogy Taglines >[posted on Bill's Punch Line, attributed to Leigh Ann Smith. ] > >Can a first cousin, once removed, return? > >Cemetery: (n) A marble orchard not to be taken for granite. > >Crazy.... is a relative term in MY family. > >Genealogy: It's all relative in the end anyway. > >Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people. > >I trace my family history so I will know who to blame. > >It's hard to be humble with ancestors like mine! > >Life takes it's toll. Have exact change ready! > >Searching for lost relatives? Win the Lottery! > >That's strange; half my ancestors are WOMEN! > >Do I even WANT ancestors? > >Some I found I wish I could lose. > >Every family tree has some sap in it. > >FLOOR: (n) The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. > >Friends come and go, but relatives tend to accumulate. > >Genealogists never die, they just lose their roots. > >Genealogy: A hay stack full of needles. It's the threads I need. > >Genealogy: Collecting dead relatives and sometimes a live cousin! > >Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living. > >Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like fools! > >I think my family tree is a few branches short of full bloom. > >Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards. > >My ancestors are hiding in a witness protection program. > >My family tree is a few branches short! > >Research: What I'm doing, when I don't know what I'm doing. > >Take nothing but ancestors, leave nothing but records. > >Theory of relativity: If you go back far enough, we're all related >