Greetings! These have special meaning for genealogists but others might also enjoy them! Have a Great Day! JLW GENEALOGY SAYINGS 1. My family coat of arms ties at the back... is that normal? 2. My family tree is a few branches short! All help appreciated. 3. My ancestors must be in a witness protection program! 4. Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! 5. My hobby is genealogy, I raise dust bunnies as pets. 6. How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE?? 7. I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap. 8. I'm not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged. 9. I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me? 10. If only people came with pull-down menus and on-line help... 11. Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem leads to two more! 12. It's 2001... Do you know where your -Gr-Gr-Grandparents are? 13. A family reunion is an effective form of birth control. 14. A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots. 15. A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away. 16. After 30 days, unclaimed ancestors will be adopted 17. Am I the only person up my tree... sure seems like it. 18. Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few bad apples. 19. Ever find an ancestor HANGING from the family tree? 20. FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. 21. Gene-Allergy: It's a contagious disease, but we love it. 22. Genealogists are time unravelers. 23. Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: They hide... we seek! 24. Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people. 25. "Crazy" is a relative term in my family. 26. A pack rat is hard to live with, but makes a fine ancestor. 27. I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand. 28. I Should have asked them BEFORE they died! 29. I think my ancestors had several "Bad heir" days. 30. I'm always late. My ancestors arrived on the JUNE flower. 31. Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress. 32. Share your knowledge; it is a way to achieve immortality. 33. Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like fools! 34. It's an unusual family that hath neither a lady of the evening or a thief 35. Many a family tree needs pruning. 36. Shh! Be very, very quiet.... I'm hunting forebears. 37. Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors! 38. That's strange: half my ancestors are WOMEN! 39. I'm not sick, I've just got fading genes. 40. Genealogists live in the past lane. 41. Cousins marrying cousins: Very tangled roots! 42. Cousins marrying cousins: A non-branching family tree. 43. All right! Everybody out of the gene pool! 44. Always willing to share my ignorance... 45. Documentation... The hardest part of genealogy. 46. Genealogy: Chasing your own tale! 47. Genealogy... will I ever find time to mow the lawn again? 48. That's the problem with the gene pool: NO Lifeguards. 49. I researched my family tree... and apparently I don't exist!

Hi, May I forward this to the lists I admin? It is great and thank you for sharing. Sincerely, Ramona Gayle Bayes Woods mailto:cherokee6@bright.net List Mom for: Bayes-Kidder-Stogsdill- Sturges-Sturgess-Sturgill-KYMORGAN-HISTORY-L ----- Original Message ----- From: J. L. WOOD <jwood1@mindspring.com> To: <WOODS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 9:29 AM Subject: [WOODS-L] Fwd: GENEALOGY SAYINGS | Greetings! | These have special meaning for genealogists but others might | also enjoy them! | Have a Great Day! | JLW | | GENEALOGY SAYINGS | | 1. My family coat of arms ties at the back... is that normal? | 2. My family tree is a few branches short! All help appreciated. | 3. My ancestors must be in a witness protection program! | 4. Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! | 5. My hobby is genealogy, I raise dust bunnies as pets. | 6. How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE?? | 7. I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap. | 8. I'm not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged. | 9. I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me? | 10. If only people came with pull-down menus and on-line help... | 11. Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem leads to two | more! | 12. It's 2001... Do you know where your -Gr-Gr-Grandparents are? | 13. A family reunion is an effective form of birth control. | 14. A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots. | 15. A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away. | 16. After 30 days, unclaimed ancestors will be adopted | 17. Am I the only person up my tree... sure seems like it. | 18. Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few | bad apples. | 19. Ever find an ancestor HANGING from the family tree? | 20. FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. | 21. Gene-Allergy: It's a contagious disease, but we love it. | 22. Genealogists are time unravelers. | 23. Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: They hide... we seek! | 24. Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people. | 25. "Crazy" is a relative term in my family. | 26. A pack rat is hard to live with, but makes a fine ancestor. | 27. I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand. | 28. I Should have asked them BEFORE they died! | 29. I think my ancestors had several "Bad heir" days. | 30. I'm always late. My ancestors arrived on the JUNE flower. | 31. Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress. | 32. Share your knowledge; it is a way to achieve immortality. | 33. Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like | fools! | 34. It's an unusual family that hath neither a lady of the evening | or a thief | 35. Many a family tree needs pruning. | 36. Shh! Be very, very quiet.... I'm hunting forebears. | 37. Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors! | 38. That's strange: half my ancestors are WOMEN! | 39. I'm not sick, I've just got fading genes. | 40. Genealogists live in the past lane. | 41. Cousins marrying cousins: Very tangled roots! | 42. Cousins marrying cousins: A non-branching family tree. | 43. All right! Everybody out of the gene pool! | 44. Always willing to share my ignorance... | 45. Documentation... The hardest part of genealogy. | 46. Genealogy: Chasing your own tale! | 47. Genealogy... will I ever find time to mow the lawn again? | 48. That's the problem with the gene pool: NO Lifeguards. | 49. I researched my family tree... and apparently I don't exist! | | | ==== WOODS Mailing List ==== | No part of these messages nor the archives file containing them may be published | or redistributed in any form by a "FOR PROFIT" or commercial organization. All | publication requires the permission of each message author. |