In a message dated 09/16/2000 7:57:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dwiggins(a)qserve.net writes:
<< You got that right !!! But we don't have to research too many names that
way
!! :) >>
That is a positive Point! Check this out below and one will learn the
results of prying into the history of these early American lives. Betty
Genealogy Pox is VERY CONTAGIOUS
SYMPTOMS: Continual complaint as to need for names, dates and places.
Patient has a 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 a 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 and hides phone bill from spouse.
Mumbles to self. Has strange Faraway look in eyes.
NO KNOWN CURE TREATMENT: Medication is useless. This
disease is not fatal, but gets positively worse. Patient should attend
genealogy workshops, subscribe to genealogical magazines and be
given a quiet corner in the house where 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.
Author UNKNOWN