Trouble over Family History !!!

[GRACELAND]

Now maybe this sound silly but how much stick do you get when you tell people your into family history ,or you like looking at interesting grave stone 
 Are you regarded as strange same as trainspotters ?
 Or do you keep it quiet ?
 ie ..  pretend to walk the dog passed thoses interesting gravestones ? or carry a bunch of flowers around the cem 
 Do most of your freind know ? Do mum and dad know !
Do they join in ??  or is it a family thing you all go walking in the cem 
             Come on tell us all  

[Lloydy]

Hiya Graceland

I have been very lucky with people's reaction when I tell them that I'm doing my family tree - they think it's wonderful!  My best mate is thinking of starting hers so she wants me to help start her off - her starting point will be registering herself on RootsChat of course!!!!

My Dad is fascinated with what I've found about his family - he often calls round just to see my latest discoveries.

My Mum's reaction hasn't been that good - in fact she has no interest in her own family history whatsoever - perhaps she's hiding some dark secret - I can't wait to discover that one.

Lastly, my husband, he's not interested either  .  He's got his sporting interests and hobbies so at least when he's doing his own thing I can have the PC all to myself    That's how I like it LOL LOL

Jan 

[Lloydy]

I forgot to mention:

My Mum thinks I'm weird going round churchyards taking photos (bless her  ).  I love doing it.

Quite recently I was happily snapping away in the Cemetery in Newtown, Powys and got really excited when I found my GG Grandparents gravestone   I got a bit carried away and started cheering to myself and got some interesting looks from the people at the next grave who were busy arranging flowers LOL

 

[Bee]

Most of the family are quite interested in whatever I 'dig up',  I just have to remember not to get too carried away once I start.  (We have a family reunion once a year because we are all a bit spread out)

I do get some rather strange looks when my daughter and I go rambling round graveyards with note book and pen in hand taking details off the headstones, we usually have 2 lists, one of definites and another of possibles.

[GRACELAND]

   Good for you Bee you don't have to carry flowwers all the time then ! 

[Ticker]

Most people fall asleep when I tell them I'm an accountant.  Any who remain conscious are usually finished off when I mention my family tree!  But every so often someone shows an interest and then I'm in heaven!

[Clincher]

I know a very nice woman (in her 40s probably - I'm too polite to ask!) who told me one day when we were chatting about my family searches that she would never search her roots because she was a foundling. She was found in London's Soho and she suspected that her mother was a prostitute. Also she had no children herself and never intended having any.
I can entirely understand her attitude. For me, the saddest aspect of a very sad story is that the genes/DNA etc of one of the nicest people I have ever known will not be passed on...

[GRACELAND]

c   clincher  i agree ...

[Annahannah]

My mother's response to most of my genealogical finds is, "You need to get a REAL hobby!"

The only exception was when I found her GG grandparents, followed down, and she discovered that the little boy she had loathed in school was her 2nd cousin!  Her response?  "Oh! Well, he was a rotter!"

Anna