you hyperventilate at the sight of an old cemetery.
you'd rather browse in a cemetery than a shopping mall.
most of your vacation pictures were taken in a cemetery.
your only outdoors activity is traipsing through cemeteries.
you'd rather read census schedules than a good book.
your correspondence begins: Dear_____________, You don't know me but...
all your correspondence begins, "Dear Cousin,"
you know every town clerk in your home state by name.
town clerks lock the doors when they see you coming.
you go on vacation and you realize your scenic routes include every town's
courthouse and cemetery.
you're more interested in what happened in 1697 than 1997.
you think every home should have a microfilm reader.
your dining room table is stacked with piles of genealogical stuff which, of
course, you do not want anyone to touch.
you're of the firm opinion that 100 years from now, no one will ever know
that you didn't keep up with the laundry and bills.
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.
people start leaving the room as soon as you say "My great-great......."
you take a break long enough to go to the doctor, then you tell them you
were born in 1843.
you continually complain that you have a need for names, dates and places.
you get locked in a library overnight and you never even notice.
you've become the single highest source of income for the Mormons.
you have no taste for work of any kind, except feverishly looking through
records at libraries and courthouses.
you have a blank expression, sometimes deaf to spouse and children.
you can pinpoint Hornsea, Hull and Chelmsford on a map of England, but
can't locate Topeka, Kansas.
you can't vacation in Yellowstone because you don't have ancestors there.
you're actually happy to find out that you have the same great-great grandfather on BOTH sides of the family. The genetics may be bad, but it sure simplifies research.
your spouse wishes he/she had been born in the 1800s - that way you'd know
he/she was alive.
all these years..."
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