1. You get locked in a library overnight and you never even notice.
2. You hyperventilate at the sight of an old cemetery.
3. You'd rather browse in a cemetery than a shopping mall.
4. You think every home should have a microfilm reader.
5. You'd rather read census schedules than a good book.
6. You know every town clerk in your state by name.
7. Town clerks lock the doors when they see you coming.
8. You are more interested in what happened in 1695 than 1995.
9. You store your clothes under the bed and your closet is carefully stacked with notebooks and journals.
10. Savage, Torrey, and Pope are household names, but you can't remember what you call your dog.
11. You can pinpoint Harrietsham, Hawkhurst, Kent on a map of England, but can't locate Topeka, Kansas.
12. All of your correspondence begins "Dear Cousin."
13. You've traced every one of your ancestral lines back to Adam and Eve, have it fully documented, and still don't want to quit.
(I found this at ScotGen. Thanks!)
Ancestry & Genealogy of Alfred Leslie Worland, Rosella Johnston and Allied Colonial Families.
This is funny
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