You know you're addicted to Genealogy when ....

[coombs]

And that pop in to the record office turns into 3 days of the holiday in the record office. My next holiday will be Oxford and Pittsburgh.

Also, making sure you check all opening hours of record offices and taking any ID in case you may need a readers card, ready for the trip. And on the trip you make sure your alarm is set for early in the morning to get down the RO as early as possible.

[giggsycat]

When talking about a holiday you took in 1998 you find yourself saying 1898!

[Countryquine]

You're the one telling your parents about their great grandparents.

Every place you visit, you have to walk through the local cemetery.

[jaybelnz]

You're the one telling your parents about their great grandparents.

Every place you visit, you have to walk through the local cemetery.

.....and take photos of every gravestone that shows ANY of your connected family surnames - just in case it turns out later to be one of yours.....  Then decide to create a "grave bank" album of your images - two folders - Known & Not yet!!

Jeanne

[coombs]

When you watch old episodes of soaps like Corrie, EastEnders or Home And Away and find characters with surnames that are of ancestors and even think in the fictional world they are distant relatives. Ie Alf Stewart of H&A may be a distant cousin of mine through my Stewarts of Scotland lol. Or the fact that the Branning family in EastEnders have a Suffolk surname.

You have a 5000 page portfolio of BMD certs, poor law records, parish records, census records and emigration records.

You spend hours looking through online poor law records on Ancestry in the hope you may find an entry for an ancestor.

[dowdstree]

Hi everyone,

When I am logged on to Ancestry my husband refuses to answer me when I speak unless I say his name because he says he is not sure if I am speaking to HIM, THE DOG OR THE ANCESTORS 

Well no prizes for guessing the answer to that one - I am an addict who talks out loud.

 A Holiday later on this year will be a week spent in a Scottish Coastal area where lots of my ancestors lived (we live in Scotland so no problem) and he will have the dog for company and
 they can go for long walks on the beach Hope its not raining or they will get very wet

Selfish? Who me 

Dorrie

P.S. Love them really

[jaybelnz]

Just read this on. my Heritage blog....

You know you've  been hit with the genealogy bug if…

When introducing someone you say, “this is my sister’s grandmother’s father’s son.”
You are more interested in what happened in 1815 than in 2015.
A perfect vacation includes trips to cemeteries, archives and libraries.
A family vacation is going to visit an ancestor’s hometown.
Your doctor asks about your family background and you reply, “how many generations back?”
Many family albums are filled with photos of ancestors.
You explore unusual, non-related family names for fun, as well as your own family names.
You know more about your ancestors than your oldest relatives who knew them.
You thrive on finding an old family heirloom and learning about its history.
If you could have any tech gadget, it would be a time machine to go back and meet your ancestors.
You’ve called in sick because you woke up late after a research all-nighter .
You filed your taxes in GEDCOM format.
You named your kids in alphabetical order to make indexing easier.
Do you have any others to add?

Tagged as: Family History, Genealogy, Genealogy Bug, You know you're a genealogist

Jeanne

Moderator Comment: topics merged

[DavidG02]

You refuse to accept that brickwall is indestructible
You take pictures of headstones...just in case and anyway someone may want a copy.
You cant walk past a Memorial or Plaque without going over the names for links

[lizdb]

You cant walk past a Memorial or Plaque without going over the names for links

That made me smile, because, yes, I do do that!!