My sister doesn`t want me to do the family history.

[johngirl]

Hi Gerard A. Murphy,

I think it is the most family orientated one of the family that does the research. We are not the mad ones in the family.
I have also made hundreds of friends through my research while my sister sits at home twidling her thumbs.

   Johngirl

[Nick29]

My brother told me its usually the mad person in the family that does the family tree bit insulting indeed!

Well, my response to that would be "Well, you won't want to know what I find then ?"

You have to do what you want to do in this life, and as long as you don't intentionally hurt anyone else, then you're not doing anything wrong. 

[forthefamily]

I was talking to a friend of mine about privacy of information and I mentioned this thread. He didn't know what a family tree was so I was very kind to him and introduced him to Ancestry ........after our discussion he had decided that genealogical research was a government plot to create expert researchers  ........I said to what end  .......I'm still waiting for his answer

He did say that I was mad for looking for dead people but I didn't take any offense because it's hard to explain how interesting it is when you are doing the research and all the sidebars you take in the process.

I haven't heard from him for a week.....hmmmm

I have no intention of stopping my research and sometimes I do discover a secret. I now keep it all to myself as I think that's best because I have learned the hard way that an interesting fact to you is a horror to someone else 

mab

[johngirl]

Hi Mab,

So your friend thinks us family history researchers as recruits for being government expert researchers.
Well would be good if we all were. Its something a lot of us could  look foward to in our retirement as many of us are elderly. We wouldn`t ever get bored in our retirement or be short on money as I`m sure the government would pay us pretty well for this sort of job.

Your friend dosen`t know what he is missing out on searching for dead people. At least our long gone ancestors can`t moan at us about what we are doing.

Mab it is good that you have no intention of giving up with your research and don`t listen to the sceptics who have no idea what our research is all about. They are the ones that are missing out. Family research is fun and exciting especially when you knock down a very old brickwall.

   Johngirl

[MarieC]

Well, on here at least everybody is doing similar things and we all appreciate the importance of it!! 

I don't know about mad, but I have been accused of being eccentric a few times.  I just smile sweetly and say, "Oh, thanks for the compliment - I really appreciate it!"  There is silence.  They don't know what to say next!   

MarieC

[Zelley]

One of the many joys of all this family research is finding living kin.
In some cases it might be an unknown cousin or a distant cousin of
the sixth degree.

Each of us has so many intersting stories to tell.  Of course
due to privacy issues it is important not to reveal details of living
members of our trees.  But, to touch base on some of the others
is cool and refreshing, sometimes sad but still worth the effort.

[Lemon Nelly]

Maybe we tree builders are mad, but hey it keeps us quiet 

[forthefamily]

Very true   

Oh and by the way welcome to Rootschat.

mab

[mongoose2]

To add my twopennorth I had a similar problem with mum's sister many moons ago. One day I recieved an email from her objecting to her name being posted on GenesReunited. I tried to email her back asking why? only to find the email had been sent from an anonymous email addy. I did not have her contact details as mum and her havent spoken for years so I rang my cousin (aunt's daughter) and asked her to find out what was wrong. The reply eventually was she was worried about identity theft? (from information in the public domain!!). The only info on genes was her name.
My hobby has made me many friends and enabled me to meet many long lost cozzies in some far flung places so I have no plans to stop anytime soon.

Bazza