Issue 31.12
A friend of mine sent me an email full of genealogy funnies that I thought our readers would enjoy. My family tree is a few branches short! All help appreciated. My family coat of arms ties at the back … is that normal? My ancestors must be in a witness protection program!
Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! My hobby is genealogy; I raise dust bunnies as pets. How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE?! I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap… I’m not stuck – I’m ancestrally challenged. I’m searching for myself; have you seen me?
If only people came with pull-down menus and on-line help. Isn’t genealogy fun? The answer to one question leads to two more! Its 2012 … do you know where your great-great grandparents are? A family tree can wither if no one tends its roots. A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away. After 30 days unclaimed ancestors will be adopted. Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts, and a few bad apples.
Ever find an ancestor HANGING from the family tree? Floor: The place for storing your priceless genealogical records. Gene-Allergy: It’s a contagious disease but I love it. Genealogists are time unravelers. Genealogy is like playing hide and seek, they hide…I seek. Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people. “Crazy” is a relative term in my family. A pack rat is hard to live with but makes a fine ancestor.
I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand. I should have asked them BEFORE they died! I think my ancestors had several “bad heir” days. I’m always late; my ancestors must have arrived on the June flower. Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as progress. Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like fools! It’s an unusual family that hath neither a lady of the evening nor a thief. Many a family tree needs pruning. Shh! be very, very quiet … I’m hunting forebears.
That’s strange, half my ancestors are WOMEN! Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors. I’m not sick; I’ve just got fading genes. Genealogists live in the past lane. All right, everybody out of the gene pool! Documentation: the hardest part of genealogy. Genealogy: Chasing your own tale! Genealogy … will I ever find time to mow the lawn again? I researched my family tree … and apparently I don’t exist.
For more information, contact: Shanna Jones shannasjones@msn.com (435) 628-4900.