Genealogy Chat

Ooh good I'm not alone! I spend all evening with laptop on, browsing and putting random words into search engines in the hope of finding a new website with some snippet of useful genealogical info. Husband has given up in disgust and got himself his own laptop........he now e-mails me from across the room! :) Sue

Hi Last year in my EYFHS members book, the following poem was published: The Genealogists Disease Warning: This condition is 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 through records at libraries and record offices Has compulsion to write letters Swears at the postman when he doesn’t leave mail Frequents strange places such as cemeteries, ruins and remote, desolate country areas Makes secret night calls and long internet sessions Hides away phone bills from spouse Mumbles to self Has a strange faraway look in their eyes Treatment: Medication is useless, the disease is not fatal but gets progressively worse. Patient should attend family history workshops, subscribe to genealogical magazines and be given a quiet corner in the house where he or she can be alone The unusual nature of this disease is, the sicker the patient gets, the more he or she enjoys it! I found it quite amusing Leanne

o im not the only one then, i have been off work for 6months and have spent most of it on this site and every one thinks im mad, i thought it rather boring, at first then info start coming in, and you cant stop, looking for more! lol ;o) melanie......

Doesn't it feel good when you know that you belong,that you're not the only one who suffers from the genealogy addiction.....Luckily my hubby is useless with computers but boy does he moan about the time I spend on the computer.So when I'm home (I do wish I didn't have to work) in between research I rush around doing wifely things and because the other week he was going to cite the computer as the cause of a possible divorce.....I leave a piece of paper with one of his ancestors names on it casually lying around and when he's about to moan again I casually add that I could go and do a bit of research for him,it 's worked everytime so far!!!!!!.Luckily his ancestors are so easy to unearth ,unlike mine.. Devious I know but it works for me. It's my day off so inbetween a bit of housework I'll be doing a lot of searching. Elaine

Dea, god your in real trouble, youve become addicted to the GN drug, theres no hope for you im afraid except 'COLD TURKEY' being kept tied to a bed with chains, in a room where you can get at at pc. when the headaches start you will have to stop pulling your hair out, dont peek out of the window at the pc in the house on the other side of the road. but dont worry time will heal all things and you will slowly get better, but REMEMBER 'dont ever go bck to GC' you will always sbe in denial, and eventually it will be necessary for you to join 'GC ANNONAMOUS' dont worry. TED.

Thanks Julie, You have made me feel a 'bit' better but we can only wait and see. He is famous for doing those little 'two-minute' jobs which usually manage to take him several days !! Dea x.

No it should be alright both ours are linked and we now even got a wireless thingy for the laptop. (too fiddly for me) Unfortunately it still hasn't alleviated the problem of everyone wanting the same computer. All my links are on the best computer and it goes faster (due to being a better computer not connection problems) has a flat screen and its also best for the games graphics etc. so there's still a conflict of interests.

Julie, My husband has now got himself a second computer and has put it in our office next to mine - That is ok but he hasn't got an internet connection on his. Trouble is, he has just sent for some sort of lead 'thingy' (I'm not very technical) and when it arrives he is going to link up the 2 so he can use the internet at the same time ???????????? Is this something simple to do, as he also is not a Computer Whizz ?? I have the terrible feeling that he is going to blow everything up and I will lose all my research. What do you think - should I stop panicking ?? Dea. x

We have 2 computers side by side in the dining area - but everyone wants the best one. There's a queue system - after you says one - no I'm next another and there's a fight to get on. (big household). When hubby comes past he looks at screen and its either genealogy or football on there. However when I'm alone I'm on for hours (doing hubby's line as can't get past first base with mine). Sometimes into the small hours. Yes last summer went up to Scotland and tried to visit as many places on his tree as possible - unfortunately graveyards didn't have any stones (too poor). Does anyone have the problem of too much information in their head and not knowing where to go with it? Anyway this link may cheer someone up. http://www.riversongs(.)com/Flas/today.swf

Jen, Red, Purple, 3D, Green, Whatever! _ I am still here !! Dea. x

Hi Dea, Yes, hubby and kitchen won and i had to get dressed boo hoo. Mind you the kitchen is beginning to take shape now so worth gettin out of me jim-jams for. i'm gonna do some research now so am very happy. Lozie :~)))

Hurrah! I have found my people, lol. My name is Jen and I am a skeletives addict. Dea, you still here? Just after our last thread (3D!) my partner came home from work ill, aargh, had to be nice, this is my first post for over 2 days. Phew, nice to be back. Jen

Hi All I've no husband to worry about & now I've got Broadband the kids can contact me but I've just realised that after three days off I'm back to work tomorrow & I haven't washed the work gear. I'm off to put the wash machine on but I don't think I will be away long. As someone else said I was quite 'normal' till I found this site. Vivienne

Lozie, Just wondered if you were still in your jimmi-jams or has hubby and the new kitchen won? Dea.

Well here I am back form work, day off tomorrow so guess where I'll be!!!! (had to work part of easter) hubby will be at work and I had a cert in post this morning so will be busy, found a marriage this morning so back another generation. :-))))) Josephine

Hi fellow Genie addicts anonymous, I am sittin here in my jim-jams as usual. Have just read all the threads since last night and both hubby and teenage daughter are shaking their heads in disbelief at me. They both know that I am comletely certifiable now and are wondering if I'll ever be back to 'normal'., but i've told them i am now completely beyond help. LOL Unfortunately i am gonna hav to go 'cold turkey' for the rest of the day coz i'v got to help with the fitting of our new kitchen.LOL When it's finished hubby will have to use the pc in the bedroom coz there will be no room for it in the kitchen coz i'v nicked his 'Harry Potter cupboard' where his pc used to be, so that i can stick the washing machine and tumble dryer in there. He says its always 'YOU YOU YOU'. LOL well better go get dressed and help with the kitchen sob sob sob. Lozie :~)

My husband is only concerned that a) he might not get his shirts washed, never mind ironed and b) he can't get on the computer I have told him how the washing machine works and also that we could get a new computer (or laptop) but he hasn't taken the hint. My children think family trees are really boring, but they understand the joy of interacting with a screen as they would be on their playstation all day if I didn't make them go out and get some fresh air & exercise. Trouble with that is they return covered in grass and mud and somehow I don't seem to have much time for housework these days.... When I do see how much the house needs cleaning, I'd rather come and escape from it in the office which is the tidiest room in the house. nell

One more for the addicts club. Am I the only one delighted that the Easter holidays are over. He has gone back to work, so I can be on here all day without him knowing. Except that I must do that big pile of ironing or he will have no shirts. Yes I know he could do his own, but even I can't justify that. Lovely man works to support me after I gave up full time teaching - thirty years was enough for me. Linda

Thankfully Dea my husband works in the IT world and knows how addictive these pooters are. I have been addicted since my son was born ( nearly NINE years ago - long before broad band and only PAY AS YOU GO - I still feel ill at the though of my Phone Bill back then) Re assure him that at least you've not taken up with another fella or girlie LOL!! So it keeps you outta trouble!! Much happiness Debi

You are quite normal. Unfortunately I no longer have a husband but my kids are the ones that are worried. They dragged me out bowling yesterday because they thought I needed a break. As soon as we got back I turned the computer on to check my emails and things, I think they now give up with me. Best wishes Maria