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From: Jim Gallagher <>
Subject: [GALLAGHER] Genealogy Pox
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:27:19 -0500

I hope this is new to some of you.

As found in The Librarian's Genealogy Notebook by Dahrl
Elizabeth Moore
...

Warning -- Genealogy Pox
Very Contagious to Adults

Symptoms: Continual complaint as to need for names, dates,
and places.
Patient has 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
mail carrier when he or she doesn't leave mail. Frequents
strange places
such as cemeteries, ruins, and remote, desolate country
areas. Makes
secret night calls. Hides phone bills from spouse. Mumbles
to self. Has
strange, faraway look in eyes.

THERE IS 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 when he or she can be alone.

Remarks: The unusual nature of this disease is that the
sicker the
patient gets, the more he or she enjoys it.

By An Anonymous Author

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