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> Genealogy Humor
>
> 1.My family coat of arms ties at the back....is that normal?
> 2.My family tree is a few branches short! All help appreciated
> 3.My ancestors must be in a witness protection program!
> 4.Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!
> 5.My hobby is genealogy, I raise dust bunnies as pets.
> 6.How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE??
> 7.I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap..
> 8.I'm not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged
> 9.I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me ?
> 10.If only people came with pull-down menus and on-line help...
> 11.Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem, leads to two
> more!
> 12.It's 2000... Do you know where your-Great-G. Grandparents are?
> 13.A family reunion is an effective form of birth control
> 14.A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots
> 15.A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away
> 16.After 30 days, unclaimed ancestors will be adopted
> 17.Am I the only person up my tree... sure seems like it
> 18.Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few bad
> apples
> 19.Ever find an ancestor HANGING from the family tree?
> 20.FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records.
> 21.Gene-Allergy: It's a contagious disease, but I love it
> 22.Genealogists are time unravels
> 23.Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: They hide... I seek!
> 24.Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people
> 25."Crazy" is a relative term in my family
> 26.A pack rat is hard to live with, but makes a fine ancestor
> 27.I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand
> 28.I Should have asked them BEFORE they died!
> 29.I think my ancestors had several "Bad heir" days
> 30.I'm always late. My ancestors arrived on the JUNEflower
> 31.Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards, as progress
> 32.Share your knowledge, it is a way to achieve immortality
> 33.Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like
> fools!
> 34.It's an unusual family that hath neither a lady of the evening or a
> thief.
> 35.Many a family tree needs pruning
> 36.Shh! Be very, very quiet.... I'm hunting forebears.
> 37.Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors!
> 38.That's strange: half my ancestors are WOMEN!
> 39.I'm not sick, I've just got fading genes
> 40.Genealogists live in the past lane
> 41.Cousins marrying cousins: Very tangled roots!
> 42.Cousins marrying cousins: A non-branching family tree
> 43.Alright! Everybody out of the gene pool!
> 44.Always willing to share my ignorance....
> 45.Documentation...The hardest part of genealogy
> 46.Genealogy: Chasing your own tale!
> 47.Genealogy...will I ever find time to mow the lawn again?
> 48.That's the problem with the gene pool: NO Lifeguards
> 49.I researched my family tree... and apparently I don't exist!
> 50.SO MANY ANCESTORS...........................SO LITTLE TIME!
Folks, I have eight genealogy lists and two sharing lists and I received
this from someone that thought it should be passed on to everyone, and I
agree, so here it is.
Fred
THE DASH BETWEEN THE YEARS
I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
>From the beginning...to the end.
He noted that first came her date of birth
And spoke the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years. (1934 -1998)
For that dash represents all the time
That she spent alive on earth...
And now only those who loved her
Know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own;
The cars...the house...the cash,
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard...
Are there things you'd like to change?
For you never know how much time is left,
That can still be rearranged.
If we could just slow down enough
To consider what's true and real,
And always try to understand
The way other people feel.
And be less quick to anger,
And show appreciation more
And love the people in our lives
Like we've never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect,
And more often wear a smile..
Remembering that this special dash
Might only last a little while.
So, when your eulogy's being read
With your life's actions to rehash...
Would you be proud of the things they say
About how you spent your dash?
Author Unknown