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		<title>99 Genealogy things</title>
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<p>Here&#8217;s another one of these list things I found from another Australian blogger <a href="http://geniaus.blogspot.com/2009/01/99-genealogy-things-meme.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>The list should be annotated in the following manner:<br />
Things you have already done or found:<strong> bold</strong><br />
Things you would like to do or find: <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>red</strong></span><br />
Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type</p>
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<li style="font-weight: bold;">Belong to a genealogical society.</li>
<li>Researched records onsite at a court house. (Australian courthouses don&#8217;t have records)</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Transcribed records.</li>
<li>Uploaded tombstone pictures to Find-A-Grave.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Documented ancestors for four generations (self, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents)</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Joined Facebook.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Cleaned up a run-down cemetery.</strong></li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Joined the Genea-Bloggers Group.</li>
<li><strong>Attended a genealogy conference. </strong>[another one in 2 weeks]</li>
<li>Lectured at a genealogy conference.</li>
<li><strong>Spoke on a genealogy topic at a local genealogy society.</strong></li>
<li>Been the editor of a genealogy society newsletter.</li>
<li><strong>Contributed to a genealogy society publication.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Served on the board or as an officer of a genealogy society.</strong></li>
<li>Got lost on the way to a cemetery</li>
<li>Talked to dead ancestors.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Researched outside the state in which I live.</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Knocked on the door of an ancestral home and visited with the current occupants.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Cold called a distant relative.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Posted messages on a surname message board.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Uploaded a gedcom file to the internet.</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Googled my name.</span> (and those of ancestors and distant cousins)</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Performed a random act of genealogical kindness.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Researched a non-related family, just for the fun of it.</li>
<li><strong>Have been paid to do genealogical research.</strong></li>
<li>Earn a living (majority of income) from genealogical research.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Wrote a letter (or email) to a previously unknown relative.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Contributed to one of the genealogy carnivals.</li>
<li><strong>Responded to messages on a message board.</strong></li>
<li>Was injured while on a genealogy excursion.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Participated in a genealogy meme.</li>
<li><strong>Created family history gift items (calendars, cookbooks, etc.).</strong></li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Performed a record lookup.</li>
<li>Took a genealogy seminar cruise.</li>
<li>Am convinced that a relative must have arrived here from outer space.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Found a disturbing family secret.</li>
<li><strong>Told others about a disturbing family secret.</strong></li>
<li>Combined genealogy with crafts (family picture quilt, scrapbooking).</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Think genealogy is a passion not a hobby.</li>
<li><strong>Assisted finding next of kin for a deceased person (Unclaimed Persons).</strong></li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Taught someone else how to find their roots.</li>
<li>Lost valuable genealogy data due to a computer crash or hard drive failure</li>
<li>Been overwhelmed by available genealogy technology.</li>
<li>Know a cousin of the 4th degree or higher.</li>
<li><strong>Disproved a family myth through research.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Got a family member to let you copy photos.</strong></li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Used a digital camera to “copy” photos or records.</li>
<li><strong>Translated a record from a foreign language.</strong></li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Found an immigrant ancestor’s passenger arrival record.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Looked at census records on microfilm, not on the computer.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Used microfiche.</li>
<li><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Visited the Family History Library in Salt Lake City</strong></span></li>
<li>Visited more than one LDS Family History Center.</li>
<li><strong>Visited a church or place of worship of one of your ancestors.</strong></li>
<li>Taught a class in genealogy. [I've taught genealogy software workshops]</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Traced ancestors back to the 18th Century.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Traced ancestors back to the 17th Century.</li>
<li>Traced ancestors back to the 16th Century.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Can name all of your great-great-grandparents.</li>
<li>Found an ancestor’s Social Security application.</li>
<li>Know how to determine a soundex code without the help of a computer.</li>
<li>Used Steve Morse’s One-Step searches.</li>
<li><strong>Own a copy of Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills.</strong></li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Helped someone find an ancestor using records you had never used for your own research.</li>
<li>Visited the main National Archives building in Washington, DC.</li>
<li>Visited the Library of Congress.</li>
<li>Have an ancestor who came over on the Mayflower.</li>
<li>Have an ancestor who fought in the Civil War.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Taken a photograph of an ancestor’s tombstone.</li>
<li>Became a member of the Association of Graveyard Rabbits.</li>
<li>Can read a church record in Latin.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Have an ancestor who changed their name.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Joined a Rootsweb mailing list.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Created a family website.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Have more than one &#8220;genealogy&#8221; blog.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Was overwhelmed by the amount of family information received from someone.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Have broken through at least one brick wall.</li>
<li>Visited the DAR Library in Washington D.C.</li>
<li><strong>Borrowed microfilm from the Family History Library through a local Family History Center.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Have done indexing for Family Search Indexing or another genealogy project.</strong></li>
<li>Visited the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.</li>
<li>Had an amazing serendipitous find of the &#8220;Psychic Roots&#8221; variety.</li>
<li>Have an ancestor who was a Patriot in the American Revolutionary War.</li>
<li>Have an ancestor who was a Loyalist in the American Revolutionary War.</li>
<li>Have both Patriot &amp; Loyalist ancestors.</li>
<li>Have used Border Crossing records to locate an ancestor.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Use maps in my genealogy research.</li>
<li>Have a convict ancestor who was transported from the UK.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Found a bigamist amongst the ancestors.</li>
<li><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Visited the National Archives in Kew.</strong></span></li>
<li>Visited St. Catherine&#8217;s House in London to find family records.</li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Found a cousin in Australia (or other foreign country).</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Consistently cite my sources.</span></strong></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Visited a foreign country (i.e. one I don&#8217;t live in) in search of ancestors</span>.</li>
<li><strong>Can locate any document in my research files within a few minutes</strong>.</li>
<li>Have an ancestor who was married four times (or more).</li>
<li>Made a rubbing of an ancestors gravestone.</li>
<li>Organized a family reunion.</li>
<li><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Published a family history book (on one of my families).</strong></span></li>
<li>Learned of the death of a fairly close relative through research.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Have done the genealogy happy dance.</span></strong></li>
<li>Sustained an injury doing the genealogy happy dance.</li>
<li>Offended a family member with my research.</li>
<li>Reunited someone with precious family photos or artefacts.</li>
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<p>Well, I didn&#8217;t enjoy this one as much, and I can&#8217;t see that future generations will get much out of it.</p>
<ul class="related_post"><li><a href="http://caroleriley.id.au/99-things-about-me/" title="99 things about me">99 things about me</a><br /><small>This has been borrowed from another genealogy blog by Sheri, who got it from someone else...

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		<title>99 things about me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carole</dc:creator>
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<p>This has been borrowed from another genealogy blog by <a href="http://sherifenley.blogspot.com/2009/01/99-things-about-me-on-wall-99-things.html" target="_blank">Sheri</a>, who got it from <a href="http://genblogjulie.blogspot.com/2009/01/99-things-meme.html" target="_blank">someone else</a>&#8230;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to play, but I&#8217;m going to change some of the more USA-centric items.</p>
<p>Things you’ve already done: <strong>bold</strong><br />
Things you want to do: <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">red</span><br />
</strong> Things you haven’t done and don’t want to &#8211; leave in plain font</p>
<p>1. <strong>Started your own blog. </strong><br />
2. <strong>Slept under the stars.</strong> [In Antarctica, no less!]<br />
3. Played in a band. [No, but I was asked to join one as a backup singer until the singer's girlfriend stepped in]<br />
4. Visited <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Hawaii</span></strong>. [or <strong>Fiji</strong> or <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Tahiti</span></strong>]<br />
5. Watched a meteor shower.<br />
6. <strong>Given more than you can afford to charity. </strong><br />
7. Been to Disneyland/world.<br />
8. <strong>Climbed a mountain</strong>. [Koscuiszko, no great achievement]<br />
9. <strong>Held a praying mantis</strong>.<br />
10. <strong>Sang a solo</strong>.<br />
11. Bungee jumped.<br />
12. <strong>Visited Paris</strong>.<br />
13. <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Watched a lightning storm at sea</span></strong>.<br />
14. <strong>Taught yourself an art from scratch</strong>.<br />
15. Adopted a child.<br />
16. <strong>Had food poisoning</strong>.<br />
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty. <em>(</em>how about just <strong>visit the Statue of Liberty</strong><em>)</em><br />
18. <strong>Grown your own vegetables</strong>. [can't beat home-grown tomatoes]<br />
19. <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Seen the Mona Lisa in France</span></strong>. [The Louvre was closed on Wednesdays when we were there]<br />
20. <strong>Slept on an overnight train</strong>.<br />
21. <strong>Had a pillow fight</strong>.<br />
22. <strong>Hitch hiked</strong>.<br />
23. <strong>Taken a sick day when you’re not ill</strong>.<br />
24. Built a snow fort.<br />
25. <strong>Held a lamb</strong>.<br />
26. <strong>Gone skinny dipping</strong>.<br />
27. Run a marathon.<br />
28. Ridden a gondola in Venice. [No, but I watched one being ridden in]<br />
29. <strong>Seen a total eclipse</strong>.<br />
30. <strong>Watched a sunrise or sunset</strong>. [Is there really anyone who hasn't done this?]<br />
31. Hit a home run.<br />
32. <strong>Been on a cruise</strong>.<br />
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person. [No, but I've seen <strong>Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe/Zambia</strong> and <strong>Iguassu Falls in Brasil/Argentina</strong>]<br />
34. <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.</span></strong> [Some, working on some others]<br />
35. Seen an Amish community.<br />
36. Taught yourself a new language.<br />
37. <strong>Had enough money to be truly satisfied</strong>.<br />
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.<br />
39. Gone rock climbing.<br />
40. Seen Michelangelo&#8217;s David in person. [I remember the queue outside but I don't remember if we went in. How sad is that!]<br />
41. <strong>Sung Karaoke</strong>.<br />
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.<br />
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant.<br />
44. <strong>Visited Africa</strong>.<br />
45. <strong>Walked on a beach by moonlight</strong>.<br />
46. <strong>Been transported in an ambulance</strong>.<br />
47. Had your portrait painted.<br />
48. <strong>Gone deep sea fishing</strong>.<br />
49. <strong>Seen the Sistine chapel in person</strong>.<br />
50. <strong>Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris</strong>.<br />
51. <strong>Gone scuba diving or snorkelling</strong>.<br />
52. <strong>Kissed in the rain</strong>.<br />
53. <strong>Played in the mud</strong>.<br />
54. <strong>Gone to a drive-in theatre</strong>.<br />
55. Been in a movie.<br />
56. <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Visited the Great Wall of China</strong></span>.<br />
57. <strong>Started a business</strong>.<br />
58. Taken a martial arts class<br />
59. <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Visited Russia</span></strong>.<br />
60. <strong>Served at a soup kitchen</strong>.<br />
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies.<br />
62. <strong>Gone whale watching</strong>.<br />
63. <strong>Gotten flowers for no reason</strong>.<br />
64. <strong>Donated blood</strong>.<br />
65. Gone sky diving.<br />
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp.<br />
67. <strong>Bounced a cheque</strong>.<br />
68. <strong>Flown in a helicopter</strong>.<br />
69. <strong>Saved a favorite childhood toy</strong>. [Actually it was a book - Blinky Bill]<br />
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.<br />
71. <strong>Eaten Caviar</strong>. [Horrible stuff]<br />
72. Pieced a quilt.<br />
73. <strong>Stood in Times Square</strong>.<br />
74. Toured the Everglades.<br />
75. <strong>Been fired from a job</strong>. [I was 14, it was heartbreaking]<br />
76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London.<br />
77. Broken a bone.<br />
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.<br />
79. <strong>Seen the Grand Canyon in person</strong>.<br />
80. <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Published a book.</span></strong><br />
81. <strong>Visited the Vatican</strong>.<br />
82. Bought a brand new car.<br />
83. Walked in Jerusalem.<br />
84. <strong>Had your picture in the newspaper</strong>.<br />
85. Read the entire Bible.<br />
86. <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Visited the White House.</span></strong> [No, but I've been to Parliament House in Canberra, does that count?]<br />
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.<br />
88. <strong>Had chickenpox</strong>.<br />
89. Saved someone’s life. [No, but I rang for the ambulance.]<br />
90. <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Sat on a jury.</span></strong> [Called many times, never been empanelled]<br />
91. Met someone famous.<br />
92. Joined a book club.<br />
93. Lost a loved one.<br />
94. Had a baby.<br />
95. Seen the Alamo in person. [No, but I've seen Waterloo, will that do?]<br />
96. Swum in the Great Salt Lake.<br />
97. Been involved in a law suit.<br />
98. <strong>Owned a cell phone.</strong><br />
99. <strong>Been stung by a bee</strong>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure whether the next generations will learn anything about me from reading these answers, but they were fun to write!</p>
<ul class="related_post"><li><a href="http://caroleriley.id.au/99-genealogy-things/" title="99 Genealogy things">99 Genealogy things</a><br /><small>Here's another one of these list things I found from another Australian blogger here.

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Things you ...</small></li></ul>]]></content:encoded>
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