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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - "You Might Be a Genealogist If..."

Calling all Genea-Musing Fans

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!



1)  Make up your own "You Might be a Genealogist if..." sayings. One or more.  Lots.  The more the merrier.  

2)  Put it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook post.  Please leave a link in a comment to this post.


*  You might be a genealogist if ... you are the caretaker of your family photos.

* You might be a genealogist if ... you attend genealogy conferences, workshops, webinars, etc. 

* You might be a genealogist if ... you have a collection of genealogy-related books.

* You might be a genealogist if ... you buy DNA tests for everyone in your family.

* You might be a genealogist if ... most of your travel plans are visits to the archives, courthouses, etc.

 * You might be a genealogist... if you stayed up until 5:00 in the morning to find that one record, person, or answer to your question. 

* You might be a genealogist... if you have a mug or t-shirt saying, “I seek dead people.” 

* You might be a genealogist... if you missed breakfast, lunch, and or dinner in order to find that darn record.

 *You might be a genealogist... if have a researched a favorite line or ancestor more than the others. 

*You might be a genealogist... if the many items (house decor, jewelry, plates) in which you own have something to do with family history.

*You might be a genealogist ... if you plan the family gatherings and reunions.

*You might be a genealogist... if you accounts to Ancestry.com, MyHeritage, FamilySearch.org, and FindMyPast.

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  1. Seeds to TreeJanuary 24, 2021 at 12:44 PM

    I enjoyed these. Laughed outloud at having a mug or tshirt - I have plenty of both!

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  2. M. Diane RogersJanuary 24, 2021 at 11:56 PM

    All good answers! Even the very chair I am sitting in was someone's long ago. NOT the computer though. :-)

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