My head is battered with geneology

[Neilok64]

Bloody hell this is hard work I know detectives who don't put this much into a working week,no wonder a lot of people drift in and out of it ;-)

[Rena]

lol, this hobby certainly concentrates the mind far better than any teacher's "six of the best" did 

I don't know about you or other people, but although I knew most of my relatives I found it difficult to start collecting documentation for them.   As it became easier to track them further back through the ages, I often found I'd been so absorbed following the paper trail that I'd lost track of time and only knew that I'd missed out on a night's sleep by the sound of the dawn chorus penetrating my consciousness.   

Have a great day
Rena

[jaybelnz]

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Ditto Rena!  Right back at the start,  15 years or so ago - and it's still a happening thing! 

[cando]

Been addicted for many, many years   And yes I do tend to lose track of time .

Lots of stories about my journey and I won't bore you all with those however I often tell this one.  About 15 years ago I found I could purchase and download probated Wills from National Archives at Kew.  Lunchtime was looming and living on a fairly large farm in a fairly remote area, mealtimes are needed [expected ] to be on time.  Oh why did the internet choose to drop out and then go slow during the download.  I lost all track of time and eventually emerged from the farm office with the seven pages of illegible script to announce.   "I have a copy of my ggggrandfather Will" to which the response was "Can we eat it for lunch".  Probably not all that funny now but it was at the time.

These days I spend lots of time adding 'meat to the bones'...which I really enjoy.

Cheers
Cando

[StevieSteve]

We can take some comfort that doing mental puzzles every day staves off Alzheimer's.

So all those relatives driving us mad are actually doing us good!

[dowdstree]

I look on geneology as an amazing journey into the past - well I was pretty good at history in bygone days.

It does become addictive but keeps the brain cells going. I have been known to go to bed and then get up when my brain will not switch off and something in the back of my mind gives me a clue to something I was looking for. Time  what is that?

Long may the lost "rellies" keep me going.

Dorrie

[BattyB]

It certainly is a journey this ancestry hunting.  The trouble is I tend to get sidetracked when I spot a name which could belong to another of my trees.  Sometimes at the end of the day I find I have done nothing except look at something/someone I hadn't been looking for to start with !
Does that make sense ?

[rosie17]

It certainly is a journey this ancestry hunting.  The trouble is I tend to get sidetracked when I spot a name which could belong to another of my trees.  Sometimes at the end of the day I find I have done nothing except look at something/someone I hadn't been looking for to start with !
Does that make sense ?

Yes I know the feeling    ..never mind it keeps the brain active 

Rosie

[jaybelnz]

It does become addictive but keeps the brain cells going. I have been known to go to bed and then get up when my brain will not switch off and something in the back of my mind gives me a clue to something I was looking for. Time  what is that?

Me too Dorrie - that's why I keep a notebook and pen on my bedside cabinet!