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13 Ways to Know If You Really Are a Genealogist

5/28/2015

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You Have Been Hit With the Genealogy Bug If . . .

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  1. When introducing someone you say, “this is my sister’s grandmother’s father’s son.”
  2. You are more interested in what happened in 1815 than in 2015.
  3. A perfect vacation includes trips to cemeteries, archives and libraries.
  4. A family vacation is going to visit an ancestor’s hometown.
  5. Your doctor asks about your family background and you reply, “how many generations back?”
  6. Many family albums are filled with photos of ancestors

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7.  You explore unusual, non-related family names           for fun, as well as your own family names.
8.  You know more about your ancestors than your          oldest relatives who knew them.
9.   You thrive on finding an old family heirloom and        learning about its history.
10.  If you could have any tech gadget, it would be a          time machine to go back and meet your      
        ancestors.
11.  You’ve called in sick because you woke up late    
       after a research all-nighter.
12.  You filed your taxes in GEDCOM format.
13.  You named your kids in alphabetical order to    
       make indexing easier.

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