The ‘Vacationing with a Genealogist’ picture has been doing the rounds of social media sites for a while now,  and I have to say that it is one of my all-time favs, which is why I wanted to share it with you. I just wish I knew who created it so I could give them the credit.

Maybe part of the reason I love this pic so much is that I spent my childhood growing up next to a cemetery. And while I never saw that as scary a number of my friends did. I was the cemetery’s unoffical caretaker and was always putting flowers from mum’s garden in little vegemite jars on each of them. And it’s only since doing my family history that I found out I was related to half of them in the cemetery. 😉

Are you like me, and find that more often than not quotes or sayings in birthday/christmas/special occasion cards are nicer that what you can come up?  While you don’t generally find ‘family tree’ themed cards i the shops, there’s still a great bunch of quotes, and I wanted to share some of my favourite Family Tree Quotes  with you.

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family; whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one! – Jane Howard

Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards. – Unknown

I recently came across Michael John Neill’s post on 10 Signs You Have Genealogy OCD, and laughed so much, that after sharing it with my work buddies, I just have to share it with you too. And kudos to Michael for coming up with such a great list.

Please make note I have taken the liberty of non-US-fying it, but other than that, it is as Michael wrote, with a few additions of my own tacked on to the end.

1. You check FamilySearch at 8am, 12noon, 6pm, and 9pm every day for updated releases or databases.

Thought you knew what genealogy means? Well forget the dictionary definition, let me reveal the real truth behind what the word GENEALOGY means.

G – is for ‘gee that’s a great story’, which is the exact five words that get you started on your crazy trip into genealogy, and before long your are totally hooked, and can’t stop even if you tried.

E – is for taking every opportunity.  Once you’ve got the bug, you will (and I do mean WILL) take every opportunity to look online, or detour when visiting a cousin or friend, just so you can checkout the cemetery