QUOTES - Funny These may be funny, but there is plenty of truth in them too.
AIN'T THIS THE TRUTH - anon     I started out calmly, tracing my tree,  To find if I could find the makings of me.  And all that I had was Great-grandfather's name,  Not knowing his wife or from where he came.     I checked him in Europe and then to the States,  And came up with pages and pages of dates.  When all put together, it made me forlorn,  I think I proved Great-grandpa had never been born.     One day I was sure the truth I had found,  My brain was just going around and around.  I looked up the record of that Son-of-a-Gun,  Then I found the old man was not the right one..     Then when my hopes were fast growing dim,  I came across records that must have been him.  The facts I collected made me quite sad,  Dear old Great grandpa was never a Dad.     I think that someone's been pulling my leg,  I am not at all sure I wasn't hatched from an egg.  After hundreds of dollars I've spent on my tree,  I can't help but wonder, "Am I really me!"..
Elusive Ancestor - anon I went looking for an ancestor I cannot find him still. He moved around from place to place and did not leave a will. He married where a courthouse burned.  He mended all his fences. He avoided any man who came to take the US census. He always kept his luggage packed, this man who had no fame. And every 20 years, this rascal changed his name. His parents came from Europe, they could be on some list. Of passengers to the USA, but somehow he got missed. And no one else anywhere is searching for this man. So I play genea-solitaire to find him if I can. I'm told he/s buried in a plot, with tombstone he was blessed. But the weather took the engraving and some vandal took the rest. He died before the county clerks decided to keep records. No family Bible has emerged in spite of all my efforts. To top it off this ancestor, who has caused me many groans, Just to give me one more pain, betrothed a girl named JONES!
Genealogy is my pastime, - anon I shall not stray; It maketh me to lie down and examine half-buried tombstones, It leadeth me into still court houses; It restoreth my ancestral knowledge. It leadeth me in paths of census records and ship's passenger lists for my surname's sake. Yea, though I walk through the shadows of research libraries and microfilm readers, I shall fear no discouragement, For a strong urge is within me; The curiosity and motivation they comforteth me. It demandeth preparation of storage space for the acquisition of countless documents; It anointest my head with burning midnight oil, My family group sheets runneth over. Surely, birth, marriage and death dates shall follow me all the days of my life; and, I shall dwell in the house of a family-history seeker forever.
The Top Ten Indicators That You've Become A Gene-Aholic 10.  You introduce your daughter as your descendent. 9.    You've never met any of the people you send e-mail to, even though you're related. 8.    You can recite your lineage back 8 generations, but can't remember your nephew's name. 7.    You have more photographs of dead people than living ones. 6.    You've ever taken a tape recorder and/or notebook to a family reunion. 5.    You've not only read the latest GEDCOM standard, you understand it! 4.    The local genealogy society borrows books from you! 3.    The only film you've seen in the last year was the 1880 census index. 2.    More than half of your CD collection is made up of marriage records or pedigrees. 1.    Your elusive ancestor has been spotted in more different places than Elvis!
Heavenly Father is planning a great Family Reunion ... and we're helping with the invitations!
What this world needs is Family Trees that produce more lumber and fewer NUTS !
Genealogy without sources is nothing more than just Mythology
Before most folks start boasting about their Family Tree, they usuallly do a good PRUNING JOB!
Genealogy First a commandment, Then a curiosity, Then an interest, Then an addition.
“Cats are the crabgrass in the lawn of life.” (as stated by Snoopy in a “Peanuts” cartoon).
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. " - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. " - Henry Ford (1863-1947)
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'. " - Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
"While we are postponing, life speeds by." - Seneca (3BC - 65AD)
"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. " - Gail Godwin
"Opportunities multiply as they are seized. " - Sun Tzu
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. " - Edmund Burke (1729-1797)