A little genealogical humour

[Loakesy]

I received this by email yonks ago. I thought it was funny then, and some still make me smile today. I hope you enjoy them!

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 unravelers
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

[mallosa]

Loaksey, that is BRILLIANT! Thanks for sharing it with us

47. Genealogy...will I ever find time to mow the lawn again?

[Northern Lass]

That is so good I am going to use those on our web site when we havent got an announcement....brilliant!

[ellie]

no 49 is about right !

[dianel]

Great! No. 11 strikes a chord.

[FarSide]

# 20, that's me, I know where everything is - on the floor!!

[Loakesy]

I think my favourite is number 1! Describes me perfectly!

[Northern Lass]

No 4 is going on the connections tree homepage like now!!

[peterd]

mines no 3 espcially were george evans father is

[mike-g]

No 28 is oh so true. If only I had.

[linell]

Sorry to go against the grain, but I want to tell you all that I have finished my tree, yes really, well until the 1911 Census comes out and if anymore connections turn up, whoopee see it can be done, if anyone wants any help just give me a shout will be roaming now looking for something to do Happy hunting from linell.

[Northern Lass]

Well done you!
yes! we need you!

[peterd]

yes volenteers welcome or we been know to send out the press gang

[linell]

Hi NL and Peter, think I will start off my putting all my tree on BCC, that way we may find some more connections, some of it is already on there, once I have written my Christmas Cards (what a drag but has to be done) I will set about getting all my tree on connections. Catch u later linell.

[Northern Lass]

Excellent idea Linell!
Christmas cards ..wot are they!