Genealogy Chat

So glad I am not alone here lol, my kids think ive gone weird, as I do nothing but talk about some ancient relly I found, and theyre so not interested! Although today I did drag my eldest daughter (15) to the library and she has come back home so full of steam to go back and find more.....1 by 1 I am getting them into it 0)

Yes same here! Yes same here! Yes same here! Yes same here! Yes same here! Yes same here! Yes same here! to all the same as everyone else that have posted on this thread. Mine and your rellies have been brough back to life with this infuriating hobby and I LOVE it! I just wish I could find a living rellie that will want to carry on after me and treasure all my findings....and of course........ REMEMBER ME!!!! Gerri the unforgetable lol

I think reseaching years gone by makes us realize how lucky we are ,to have such a comfortable life .I also love wandering through cemeterys and reading inscriptions and feel for all the young people who could have lived longer in this day and age . June

I don't think it has changed my out look on life, but it has certainly made me a bit laa laa I talk about my ancestors to ANYONE who will listen, and get cross with OH when he can't remember who I mean when I refer to rellies by their first names. I have dreams about searching censuses for the elusive rellies I can't find, and nightmares where the ones I have found don't match up! And it has definately made me a lot poorer, don't want to even count how many certs I have already bought in the 3 months I have been doing my tree and the flowers and pots I HAD to put on rellies graves I have found without any stone. Oh and being awake at 1.33 am, adding my rellies to yet ANOTHER site that might just get me a link to someone. Linda

I think I have seen this before on here but I think rather than history been taught at school geneology should be, I'm sure the kids would be more interested. I'm addicted at the moment. Trying hard to get my kids involved but they can't see why i'm interested in the dead! I'm sure one day they will be happy with all my resarch and the hard work (that includes all the people on this site who have helped) Tracy x

I am also spending an unhealthy amount of time in graveyards lol, its fascinating!!!

Wait till you get to my stage & enjoy a day walking round grave yards looking at old inscriptions!!! Sad or what. Georgina.

Yes! I date all photos, but this began when I had my children and started albums for them and recording their first smiles, words etc. I've always been interested in history, but if I read about a date I immediately think 'Oh, great x3 grandfather was in his 40s then' or 'that's just after great-aunt died' etc. Ditto with geography - I've discovered several villages I've never heard of and got very familiar with the surrounding areas! nell

I have been doing this just under 3 weeks now, and I feel I have changed in many ways. When I see an old person in the street, I put a birth date to them and think of all the hard times they have been through instead of the old me wondering why the slow old bat infront wont move faster!! I spend an unhealthy amount of time on the history channel now, hearing about the wars, the politics and problems my ancestors endured, and kind of thank them in my head for doing that so the rest of us had a better life. Before history to me was just that, and why worry about something I cant change. I watch movies such as Titanic, Catherine Cooksons, just so I can see clothing that used to be worn and different classes of people and wonder where my family would have ranked, if they were on the titanic they would have been in steerage! I have also gone through every photo album I have and added names and rough dates on the back of them, and made the rest of my family do the same! Am I a minority or has this hobby changed any one else?