103 Genealogy Things
1. Belong to a genealogical
society – yes, 3
2. Joined a group on Genealogy
Wise – never heard of it
3. Transcribed records - yes
4. Uploaded headstone pictures
to Find-A-Grave or a similar site – many, I’m kind of a grave geek
5. Documented ancestors for
four generations (self, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents) – more than
4
6. Joined Facebook – yup
7. Cleaned up a run-down
cemetery – couple times
8. Joined the Genea-Bloggers
Group – ???
9. Attended a genealogy
conference – conference, no but did take a college class
10. Lectured at a genealogy
conference – gave a genealogy speech in college and helped others as a
volunteer at the FHC
11. Spoke on a genealogy topic
at a local genealogy society/local library’s family history group – no me, no
speeches except in college speech class
12. Joined the National
Genealogical Society – meant to do that
13. Contributed to a genealogy
society publication – couple times
14. Served on the board or as
an officer of a genealogy society - yes
15. Got lost on the way to a
cemetery – not since GPS
16. Talked to dead ancestors –
talk to them often, especially the brick walls
17. Researched outside the
state in which I live - yes
18. Knocked on the door of an
ancestral home and visited with the current occupants - no
19. Cold called a distant
relative – yes
20. Posted messages on a
surname message board – not in a while but used to do it often
21. Uploaded a gedcom file to
the internet – same answer as above
22. Googled my name (and those
of ancestors) – like everyday
23. Performed a random act of
genealogical kindness – have helped others
24. Researched a non-related
family, just for the fun of it – I’ll research anybody who shows up on my radar
but only for a couple hours since I have my own work to do!
25. Have been paid to do
genealogical research - no
26. Earn a living (majority of
income) from genealogical research – I wish
27. Wrote a letter (or email)
to a previously unknown relative - yes
28. Contributed to one of the
genealogy carnivals – a what?
29. Responded to messages on a
message board – yup, sometimes years after the original post
30. Was injured while on a
genealogy excursion – bug bites count?
31. Participated in a genealogy
meme – just this one so far
32. Created family history gift
items – yes but should do more
33. Performed a record lookup –
hundreds, maybe a thousand
34. Took a genealogy seminar
cruise – where do I sign up for that?!?!?!?
35. Am convinced that a
relative must have arrived here from outer space – or worse, had two wives each
in a different county of same state. Can’t think of any other answer for a
particular dilemma.
36. Found a disturbing family
secret – I am not easily disturbed. Found that others change “facts” so as not
to reveal a disturbing family secret.
37. Combined genealogy with
crafts (family picture quilt, scrapbooking) – a little.
38. Think genealogy is a
passion and/or obsession not a hobby – it’s not a hobby, it’s a pilgrimage
39. Assisted finding next of
kin for a deceased person – for work, not for genealogy.
40. Taught someone else how to
find their roots - yes
41. Lost valuable genealogy
data due to a computer crash or hard drive failure - yup
42. Been overwhelmed by
available genealogy technology - yes
43. Know a cousin of the 4th
degree or higher – my favorite is removed
44. Disproved a family myth
through research = oh yeah
45. Got a family member to let
you copy photos - yes
46. Used a digital camera to
“copy” photos or records – yes when desperate
47. Translated a record from a
foreign language – nope, my relatives
are dumped at the water, so to speak.
48. Found an immigrant ancestor’s
passenger arrival record – they pop up on ancestry but I haven’t used them much…I
only research the US
49. Looked at census records on
microfilm, not on the computer – in the olden days but those microfiche machine
make me seasick
50. Used microfiche – I still
own some ;)
51. Visited the Family History
Library in Salt Lake City
52. Used Google+ for genealogy –
don’t know what that is but I do Google ancestor names
53. Visited a church or place
of worship of one of your ancestors - no
54. Taught a class in genealogy
– not a class
55. Traced ancestors back to
the 18th Century – easy enough
56. Traced ancestors back to
the 17th Century - harder
57. Traced ancestors back to
the 16th Century – hooked into others research because I don’t research outside
the US
58. Can name all of your
great-great-grandparents – and where they were born and died and of what
59. Know how to determine a
soundex code without the help of a computer – nah, I need the computer for that
60. Have found many relevant
and unexpected articles on internet to “put flesh on the bones” – I’m a bones
girls, prefer dates and facts over stories
61. Own a copy of Evidence Explained
by Elizabeth Shown Mills – no, hummmm
62. Helped someone find an
ancestor using records you had never used for your own research - yes
63. Visited the main National
Archives building in Washington ,
DC
64. Have an ancestor who came
to America
65. Have an ancestor who fought
in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 or Civil War – yes to all, many in each
66. Taken a photograph of an
ancestor’s tombstone – who hasn’t?
67. Can “read” a church record
in Latin – no but I’ve learned early American writing (like F for double s’s)
68. Have an ancestor who
changed his/her name, just enough to be confusing – every other generation on
one line
69. Joined a Rootsweb mailing
list - several
70. Created a family website – yes
71. Have a genealogy blog – a brick
wall blog
72. Was overwhelmed by the
amount of family information received from someone – only for about 2 second
then dove right in
73. Have broken through at
least one brick wall – several, one somewhat recently
74. Done genealogy research at
a court house – via phone/mail to the court house
75. Borrowed microfilm from the
Family History Library - tons
76. Found an ancestor in an
online newspaper archive – don’t think so
77. Have visited a NARA
78. Have an ancestor who served
in WWI or WWII - yes
79. Use maps in my genealogy
research – can’t stand using them
80. Have a blacksheep ancestor –
think so
81. Found a bigamist amongst my
ancestors – no proof yet
82. Attended a genealogical
institute – I wish
83. Taken online genealogy (and
local history) courses – not online, at a college
84. Consistently (document) and
cite my sources – for my work but I do save others that I have not personally
documented
85. Visited a foreign country
(i.e. one I don’t live in) in search of ancestors – nope, I quit when I find a
ship
86. Can locate any document in
my research files within a few minutes - yes
87. Have an ancestor who was
married four times – don’t recall
88. Made a rubbing of an
ancestor’s gravestone – just photos
89. Followed genealogists on
Twitter – not fond of Twitter
90. Published a family history
book- I never feel “done enough” for that
91. Offended a family member with my research. – yes, I am quite insensitive about that
92. Reunited someone with
precious family photos or artifacts – via internet to distant relative
93. Have a paid subscription to
a genealogy database - several
94. Submitted articles for
FamilySearch Wiki – no, never “done enough”
95. Organized a family reunion –
gosh no
96. Converted someone new to
the love of all things genealogy – I’ve tried
97. Have done the genealogy
happy dance – yes and the song and the scream
98. Visited the DAR Library in Washington D.C.
99. Have done indexing for
Family Search Indexing or another genealogy project – I did something once a
long time ago, may have been that
100. Visited the Allen County
Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana – I wish, I have been
looking for a family in 1870 Indiana census for abt 20 years
101. Had an amazing
serendipitous find of the "Psychic Roots" variety – what?
102. Visited the Library of
Congress - no
103. Belong to a lineage society
– didn’t we start with that?
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