I had to pass this one one. We had a nice visit to 3 pioneer cemeteries
yesterday and we were all pumped up afterwards. It is a wonderful feeling
to find the pioneer stones still standing.
L.A.
Tippecanoe Co. Cemetery Restoration Committee Coordinator
See our details for April 28th:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/TippecanoeWorkshop.html
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GENEALOGIST'S POX
Warning: Very contagious to adults.
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 though records at
libraries and courthouses. Has compulsion to write letters. Swears at
mail carrier when no mail is left. Frequents places such as cemeteries,
ruins and remote desolate country areas. Makes secret night calls, hides
phone bills from spouse, and mumbles to self. Never puts email messages in
trash in case of finding some connection later. Has a strange, faraway
look in eyes and piles and piles of notebooks, file folders and portable
plastic file boxes. Truck of car filled with buckets, brushes, water
bottles, maps, and plastic cake cutters. Swears by something called
photoflood. Swears at anyone who uses shaving cream.
No known cure.
Treatment: Medication is useless. Disease is not fatal, but gets
progressively 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.