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From: "Mark & Carol" <>
Subject: Re: A little genalogy humor
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 06:08:36 -0700


Thanks, May, this is really great! And so true!
Carol Braly

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From: May Schulte <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 11:09 PM
Subject: A little genalogy humor


>- Can a first cousin, once removed, return?
>- Cemetery: (n) A marble orchard not to be taken for granite.
>- Crazy.... is a relative term in MY family.
>- Genealogy: It's all relative in the end anyway.
>- Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people.
>- I trace my family history so I will know who to blame.
>- It's hard to be humble with ancestors like mine!
>- Life takes it's toll. Have exact change ready!
>- Searching for lost relatives? Win the Lottery!
>- That's strange; half my ancestors are WOMEN!
>- Do I even WANT ancestors?
>- Some I found I wish I could lose.
>- Every family tree has some sap in it.
>- FLOOR: (n) The place for storing your priceless genealogy records.
>- Friends come and go, but relatives tend to accumulate.
>- Genealogists never die, they just lose their roots.
>- Genealogy: A hay stack full of needles. It's the threads I need.
>- Genealogy: Collecting dead relatives and sometimes a live cousin!
>- Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living.
>- Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like fools!
>- I think my family tree is a few branches short of full bloom.
>- Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.
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> My ancestors are hiding in a witness protection program.
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> My family tree is a few branches short!
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> Research: What I'm doing, when I don't know what I'm doing.
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> Take nothing but ancestors, leave nothing but records.
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>Theory of relativity: If you go back far enough, we're all related.
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