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" Genealogists Disease "

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Poirot

Poirot Report 15 Jan 2008 14:31

Saw this some years back, you may recognize yourselves !
WARNING ! This condition is very contagious to adults.
SYMPTONS: 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 Record Offices. Has compulsion to write letters. Swears at the postman when he does't leave any mail. Frequents strange places such as cemeteries, ruins, and remote desolate country areas. Makes secret night calls, mumbles to self, Has strange far away look in eyes.
TREATMENT : Medication is useless, Disease is not fatal, but gets progressively worse, Patient should attend Family History workshops, subscribe to Genealogical Magazines and be given a quiet corner of the house where he, or she, can be alone.
The unusual nature of of the disease is .............
the sicker the patient gets, the more he, or she, enjoys it ......... H T Tucker,
Journal of the Devon Family Historian.

Krystyna♥

Krystyna♥ Report 15 Jan 2008 15:46

Great and very true!!! Have bookmarked this and will print it out to keep next to me.

Bill Cliffe Esq.

Bill Cliffe Esq. Report 15 Jan 2008 17:23

Poirot
I've been suffering for the last 5 years, but i love it......

Researching:
Cliffe famliy, Staffordshire and Cheshire.

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 15 Jan 2008 17:37

Add to Symptons...

Watching a history based television programme for an individual and immediately opening Ancestry to check out the census details for them :(

Having said that, my OH recognised an address mentioned in a documentary about Jack the Ripper and found his ancestor living next door to the sister of one of the main suspects!!!

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

Krystyna♥

Krystyna♥ Report 27 Feb 2008 14:16

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Bill Cliffe Esq.

Bill Cliffe Esq. Report 1 Mar 2008 13:41

HELP.........

Researching:
Cliffe famliy, Staffordshire and Cheshire.