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Genealogy Pox

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 29 Jul 2015 03:58

:-D :-D :-D

love it!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 Jul 2015 22:03

Genealogy research is certainly an addiction, even if not a disease!

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Gee

Gee Report 28 Jul 2015 18:59

AG, you saying I have 'the pox' ?

I think you might be right!

Researching:

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 28 Jul 2015 17:15

Coughs .....it has been known ;-)

Researching:
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Flip

Flip Report 28 Jul 2015 17:00

I loved it, and have had to hide it from OH......he'd have me committed ;-)

Oh Det, do you hide yours too!

Researching:
Anything & everything!

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 28 Jul 2015 15:46

OH found it funny - he laughed his head off! One thing, in his opinion, should be added
"Hides Bank Statements" :-D

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ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 Jul 2015 11:56

Came across this today -

GENEALOGY POX

WARNING: Genealogy Pox is very contagious to adults. Symptoms: continual complaint as to need for names, dates, 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 mailman when he 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, far away look in eyes.

NO KNOWN CURE

TREATMENT: Medication is useless. Disease is not fatal, but gets progressively worse. Patient should attend genealogy workshops, subscribe to genealogy magazines and be given a quiet corner in the house where he can be alone.

REMARKS:

The unusual disease is-the sicker the patient gets, the more he enjoys it!


(from this link: http://www.sadiesparks.com/index.htm )

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.