Has anyone given up?

[angelfish58]

No, if I get stuck I move to another line or go sideways. There are so many lives to learn about and I only have the one to do it in 

[Nick29]

When I first started trying to do my tree about 6 years ago, I got nowhere and gave up.  Then about 2 years ago I found out that my sister in law was working on hers, and she gave me a nudge in the right direction.  Finding this forum was a great boon.

[earley-bird]

Has anyone given up and then gone back to family history?
If so how long was you away from it and what madeyou get back into it?

Hope you dont mind me asking.

K182

ha ha good question.

 yes I have. I started 5 years ago when I was incapacitated with a back problem and being housebound it was my saviour. It kept me sane and provided me with an exciting  challenge . After  4 months I was well enough to go back to work and shelved the project.

 Last month. my Father came  to stay with us and talking over his WWll naval exploits and looking through family photos and lettters has fired me up again so I've been recharged    made some real headway too with some very generous help from some Rootschat members

[Braindead]

I don't give up, but have long periods when I just don't have the time to get further.
I had a real productive time in the summer, but since September, hardly anything.

[Siamese Girl]

After 20 odd years I don't do so much on my and the OH's families now, most of what can be found has been found -  but the vacum has been filled by the research I do on the life of the C18th diarist Parson James Woodforde and all the people who came into his life and much of that is genealogical.

I also dabble in my cats' ancestry. I wanted to work out if they were related to the most famous Siamese cat ever - Jason of Blue Peter, and he is their many times gt. uncle .... but then basically nearly all Siamese cats are related to each other in some way. The gene pool isn't that big 

Carole