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

[Guy Etchells]

Well put Guy, now if we can just convince the non-genealogists

On the other hand like all true addicts I may be in denial as I do of course ingest (absorb the information).
Only recovering addicts would actually admit their addiction.

Cheers
Guy

[3sillydogs]

This on my FB page the other day... Think it applies to most of us on here....

[aghadowey]

You know you're addicted to Genealogy when .... you type the letters F-U-N into Google and the first site to come up is one for funeral notices that you check daily 

[coombs]

You check Anc, FamilySearch and FreeReg almost daily for new records. And always get excited about FindMyPast Fridays.

You find a new surname in your direct line family tree and think "That makes me a Kemp" or "That makes me a Smith".

[pharmaT]

Thought I would add a few more symptoms of "Genealogyitus".

You see a surname of a news reporter on TV or someone being interviewed and the surname sounds like a surname you are researching and think "You have just given me another spelling variant I had not though of before".

On trips out when doing the travelling you think "What registration district am I in now"?

At a RO you make the archivist break out in a sweat with endless requests for original documents.

You research the dead, and forget the living. And get demands from family saying "Where is my cup of tea"? You feel like jokingly saying "I have ancestors to research".

I only scored 3 on original list (although photos on my phone may cover the wallet one), would e an extra one but don't get a lunch break. But yes, yes, yes and yes to your list.  I also work with the public and when I see names I'm either "oh I wonder if they're related" or "oh wonder where that name comes from".  Internally in my head, I don't pester them or ever say out loud.

[coombs]

I always have internal thoughts about the surnames of friends and work colleagues and where the surname originates.

[pharmaT]

I always have internal thoughts about the surnames of friends and work colleagues and where the surname originates.

Glad it's not just me.

[coombs]

On a day trip to London you take about the 1000th photograph of the area your ancestors lived in from a coach or a car. Such as the church or street on the route you are going.

[pharmaT]

On a day trip to London you take about the 1000th photograph of the area your ancestors lived in from a coach or a car. Such as the church or street on the route you are going.

OH yes, I'm the driver I'm regularly asking hubby to photograph places.