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THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE: Genealogist's Pox
Journal by allycat

WARNING: Very contagious to adults.

SYMPTOMS: Continual complaint as to need for names, dates, and places. Patient has a 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 mailman when he doesn't leave mail. Frequents places such as cemeteries; ruins; and remote, desolate country areas. Makes secret night calls, hides phone bills from spouse, and mumbles to self. Has a strange, faraway look in eyes.

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 where he or she can be alone.

REMARKS: The unusual nature of this disease is -- the sicker the patient gets, the more he or she enjoys it!

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on 2006-05-19 09:29:30

Comments
by bcagle on 2006-06-16 08:02:59

Cute. Unfortunately you left out some symptoms, such as:

Insomnia - Patient cannot sleep due to building 'mental' trees and trying to 'dream up' ways to fill the branches with records of family.

Obsessive/Compulsive orginizing of papers, records and photos
just to name a couple of more. LOL
Barbara
by allycat on 2006-06-16 08:39:22

Hey there, I especially love the "swears at mailman when he doesn't leave mail" part. Sounds awfully familiar! Giggle.
by Summers76 on 2006-08-19 09:16:25

Magic....I can relate to all the symptoms above with a few more added in...ie; unexplained laughter and waving of arms above head.

Then on some occasions ; a long term of silence followed by,wave after wave of tears, and when anyone asks you cry more and say your so happy.

The only cure I know is for lots and lots of tender hugs,(from someone who loves you ...crazy or not..) with a cup of tea , just to keep you going. cheers Summer
by amacd on 2006-10-08 10:30:54

Funny, I have these very symptoms too - especially the one about the telephone account!!
I also do not want to cook lunch or supper or go shopping!! We are a very special breed don't you think?
Bye for now.
Agnes
by kpereira on 2007-01-09 20:58:30

You forgot the backaches from being at the computer and not wanting to stop, because your husband may want to surf the net and you would lose your place in the genealogy database you are looking at.
by sandyutesch on 2007-03-08 12:45:19

I have just began this madness and can relate to all. My husband is resentful of my computer time but is happy about my new found hobby. I am lacking in the organizational department- could have some advice on that. sandyutesch
by wifeofajerrell on 2007-05-14 00:39:29

The Cemetries is mine. Well other things too, but people couldn't understand why I wanted to go to them.

Organizational. Well I also do the flylady thing and it starts with 15 mins a day.

I dreamed about this last night actually.

Take a file box, They cost about 10 dollars. they have hang files, but I just get the manilla ones for my regular files.

Anyways. Take each one fill it with the name of the family. Like my husbands family. One for his brother, one for hubby,and so on. Any info you have for each family stick in their file folder. You can turn one folder up on end and divide the families. Say it is for Jerrell I would put one on end with husbands, fathers name on it or his. Ok haven't done it yet and it isn't sounding as great as it did it the dream. Heck it was all color coded and everything.

Now for the computer I have done that. I have Jerrell as a folder. Inside of it I have James Inside of his I have Charles. Insides Charles I have 3 folders for each of his 3 children. Which I need to add 1 more because we have heard he had a daughter named bennie sue. We don't know anything about her though. Inside Each of Charles kids I have one folder for each of their children. And down to our children. It seems like a pain, but I know were to find it. Unless I run into a problem and it all gets deleted. Anyways we each have a folder so when we have info on a person we can add it.

Then after all that you get family tree maker and make sure you copy it enough so you don't lose data, you keep all paper records and each person has their own folder.

I didn't put in all the comments their are many more . Go on Take a break !! have a read of this fab journal - Regards -edmondsallan