Contagious!

I agree, genealogy can be very contagious! I caught it from my first cousin who wanted to update what she knew about my family. She caught the bug from a third cousin who was working on a DAR application. Through that cousin, we learned that we had a cousin in another branch of the tree who was a family historian and who maintained an excellent website about our family.

Ailene, if your budget allows for it, be sure to sign up for the MyHeritage data package. You will get links to census reports, social security death index and much more, as well links to MyHeritage trees that contain your family members.

With your husband's interest in military records, be sure to check out www.fold3.com. Some of the collections on this site are free but the majority of the data is available by subscription. I myself have found Civil War pension information for my second great grandfather. As information is released for public search, Fold3 adds it. There is much on WWII and a growing amount on the Korean War and the Viet Nam War.

So glad you are a part of Geni!

Thanks for the tips!

I heard about fold3.com ...possibly in future. It's that budget thingy :)

(I have multiple subscriptions already )

I know all about budgets. I have two hobbies, this and knitting. Do I want to knit something other than acrylic or do I want to have that subscription?

This year cashmere and silk seem to be winning the battle. Next year, who knows?

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ofcourse Cashmere & SILK are the best to stay warm & cool, I would advice not to use to many fabrics made out of petrols, for our best origine of life is nature, pure nature and about knitting, etc. ... you are my mate, for I was brought up with a mother who first told her daughters to knit and sew and then there came times for writing & reading, you see? groeten van Jeannette uit Olland, Europe.

You know it's time to join a twelve step program for Genealogists Anonymous when:

You can't find your furniture because your papers cover every surface area in your home.

You have more 'distant cousins' than the Osmonds.

Your vacation centers around gen conferences or going to old family towns and digging through records.

You know every person at the local LDS library on a first name basis.

You talk about your ancestors in the first person-as if they are still alive

You use the genealogy lingo-soundex, SSDI, etc. in everyday conversations

You get that wild manic look in your eyes when talking about your genealogy.

You fail to see the warning signs from others that they could care less
about who you are related to.

Your social life isn't as interesting as finding out clues to your past
ancestor.

You start calling up strange people who have the same name you are looking for-and ask them-'Are you related to...'

You want to take out insurance on your genealogical finds.

You are willing to get a second mortgage on your home to pay for
professional researchers.

You are willing to drive far distances to stare at a grave of someone who
died when Lincoln was president.

You send disposable cameras to cemeteries and ask them to take pictures of your ancestors graves

You send letters to everyone in the phone book with the same surname-even if they are in other countries-you assume they will be happy to find a 'new' relative.

You start acting as if you are a 'certified' genealogist

You know more about the Soundex system than the man who invented it.

Every person you speak to you have to start talking about your quest for the 'truth'

Everything else in life takes second place to your search(as if there is
anything wrong with that?)

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