{"id":598,"date":"2012-07-08T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=598"},"modified":"2012-08-30T06:39:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T10:39:44","slug":"the-99-genealogy-things-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=598","title":{"rendered":"The 99+ Genealogy Things Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"
The 99+ Genealogy Things Meme <\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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The list should be annotated in the following manner:<\/span><\/div>\n
Things you have already done or found: bold face type<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Things you would like to do or find: italicize (color optional)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
Things you haven\u2019t done or found and don\u2019t care to: plain type<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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1. <\/span><\/span>Belong to a genealogical society. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
2. <\/span><\/span>Researched records onsite at a court house.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
3.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Transcribed records.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
4.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Uploaded tombstone pictures to Find-A-Grave.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
5.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Documented ancestors for four generations (self, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents).<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
6.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Joined Facebook. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Never!!!<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
7.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Helped to clean up a run-down cemetery.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
8.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Joined the Genea-Bloggers Group on Facebook.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
9.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Attended a genealogy conference.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
10.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Lectured at a genealogy conference.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
11.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Spoke on a genealogy topic at a local genealogy society.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
12.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Been the editor of a genealogy society newsletter.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
13.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Contributed to a genealogy society publication.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
14.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Served on the board or as an officer of a genealogy society.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
15.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Got lost on the way to a cemetery.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
16.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Talked to dead ancestors.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
17.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Researched outside the state in which I live.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
18.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Knocked on the door of an ancestral home and visited with the current occupants.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
19.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Cold called a distant relative. <\/span><\/span><\/em>Well, one called us, does that count lol<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
20.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Posted messages on a surname message board.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
21.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Uploaded a gedcom file to the internet.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
22.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Googled my name.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
23.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Performed a random act of genealogical kindness.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
24.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Researched a non-related family, just for the fun of it.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
25.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Have been paid to do genealogical research.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
26.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Earn a living (majority of income) from genealogical research.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
27.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Wrote a letter (or email) to a previously unknown relative.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
28.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Contributed to one of the genealogy carnivals.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
29.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Responded to messages on a message board or forum.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
30.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Was injured while on a genealogy excursion.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
31.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Participated in a genealogy meme.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
32.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Created family history gift items (calendars, cookbooks, etc.).<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
33.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Performed a record lookup for someone else.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
34.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Went on a genealogy seminar cruise.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
35.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Am convinced that a relative must have arrived here from outer space. <\/span><\/span><\/em>I was for awhile but now I have found records that say otherwise hahaha<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
36.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Found a disturbing family secret.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
37.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Told others about a disturbing family secret.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
38.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Combined genealogy with crafts (family picture quilt, scrapbooking).<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
39.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Think genealogy is a passion not a hobby.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
40.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Assisted finding next of kin for a deceased person (Unclaimed Persons).<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
41.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Taught someone else how to find their roots.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
42.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Lost valuable genealogy data due to a computer crash or hard drive failure.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
43.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Been overwhelmed by available genealogy technology.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
44.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Know a cousin of the 4th degree or higher. <\/span><\/span><\/em>Know of but I don’t know them personally<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
45.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Disproved a family myth through research.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
46.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Got a family member to let you copy photos.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
47.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Used a digital camera to \u201ccopy\u201d photos or records.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
48.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Translated a record from a foreign language. <\/span><\/span><\/em>Thankfully someone else had already done a lot of this for me x3<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
49.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Found an immigrant ancestor\u2019s passenger arrival record. <\/span><\/span><\/em>God I wish I could find their arriavl records!!!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
50.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Looked at census records on microfilm, not on the computer.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
51.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Used microfiche.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
52.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Visited the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
53.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Visited more than one LDS Family History Center.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
54.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Visited a church or place of worship of one of your ancestors.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
55.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Taught a class in genealogy.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
56.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Traced ancestors back to the 18th Century.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
57.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Traced ancestors back to the 17th Century.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
58.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Traced ancestors back to the 16th Century.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
59.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Can name all of your great-great-grandparents.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
60.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Found an ancestor\u2019s Social Security application.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
61.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Know how to determine a soundex code without the help of a computer.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
62.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Used Steve Morse\u2019s One-Step searches.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
63.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Own a copy of Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
64.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Helped someone find an ancestor using records you had never used for your own research.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
65.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Visited the main National Archives building in Washington, DC.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
66.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Visited the Library of Congress. <\/span><\/span><\/strong>I have but not for genealogy purposes \ud83d\ude1b<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
67.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Have an ancestor who came over on the Mayflower.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
68.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Have an ancestor who fought in the Civil War.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
69.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Taken a photograph of an ancestor\u2019s tombstone.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
70.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Became a member of the Association of Graveyard Rabbits.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
71.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Can read a church record in Latin.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
72.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Have an ancestor who changed their name.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
73.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Joined a Rootsweb mailing list.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
74.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Created a family website. <\/span><\/span><\/em>In the process…<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
75.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Have more than one “genealogy” blog.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
76.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Was overwhelmed by the amount of family information received from someone.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
77.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Have broken through at least one brick wall.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
78.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Visited the DAR Library in Washington D.C.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
79.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Borrowed a microfilm from the Family History Library through a local Family History Center.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
80.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Have done indexing for Family Search Indexing or another genealogy project.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
81.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Visited the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
82.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Had an amazing serendipitous find of the “Psychic Roots” variety.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
83.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Have an ancestor who was a Patriot in the American Revolutionary War.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
84.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Have an ancestor who was a Loyalist in the American Revolutionary War.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
85.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Have both Patriot & Loyalist ancestors.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
86.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Have used Border Crossing records to locate an ancestor.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
87.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Use maps in my genealogy research.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
88.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Have a convict ancestor who was transported from the UK.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
89.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Found a bigamist amongst the ancestors.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
90.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Visited the National Archives in Kew.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
91.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Visited St. Catherine’s House in London to find family records.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
92.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Found a cousin in Australia (or other foreign country).<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
93.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Consistently cite my sources.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
94.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Visited a foreign country (i.e. one I don’t live in) in search of ancestors.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
95.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Can locate any document in my research files within a few minutes.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
96.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Have an ancestor who was married four times (or more). <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Well two might be the same person but we’re not sure xD<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
97.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Made a rubbing of an ancestors gravestone. <\/span><\/span><\/em>Haven’t needed to yet but I know I will eventually<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
98.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Organized a family reunion.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
99.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Published a family history book (on one of my families).<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
100. <\/span><\/span>Learned of the death of a fairly close relative through research.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
101. <\/span><\/span>Have done the genealogy happy dance.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
102. <\/span><\/span>Sustained an injury doing the genealogy happy dance.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
103. <\/span><\/span>Offended a family member with my research. <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Well I think I did considering they haven’t answered any of my emails haha<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
104. <\/span><\/span>Reunited someone with precious family photos or artifacts.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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