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If there's a skeleton
in your family's closet...
...you may as well
make him dance!
You know your addicted
to genealogy when...
- Your idea of a fun vacation includes a library,
courthouse and a couple of cemeteries.
- Your dream vacation is to spend a week
at the LDS Library, in Salt Lake City.
- You can answer all of the queries on Genforum.
- You receive 100 e-mails a day and 99 of
them are from Roots-L mailing lists.
- You have your own set of keys to the local family
history center and the employees think you work there.
- There's not one person on your X-mas card
list that you have actually met, although
they all have the same last name.
- You know the mailman's schedule better
than he does, and if he's late you drive
around looking for him.
- You've read the entire Root-L archives twice.
- You introduce your children as your descendants.
- You begin referring to cemeteries as ancestor
farms and headstones as concrete evidence.
Top Ten "One Liners"...
- Everybody's ancestor could not have
fit on Columbus' ship!
- Genealogy Lotto: xxxxx
Scratch here to reveal ancestor.
- Sure a real job would be nice,
but it would interfere with my genealogy.
- After 30 days, unclaimed ancestors will be adopted.
- History is written by the winners.
- Never take to sawin' on the branch that's
supportin' you, unless you're bein' hung from it.
- He who dies with the most ancestors wins!
Town & County Trivia
Towns with Unusual Names
Alabama
Burnt Corn, Intercourse, Muck City
Alaska
Chicken, Deadhorse, Unalaska
Arizona
Boneyard, Carefree, Goobertown, Nothing, Why
Arkansas
Experiment, Okay, Toad Suck
California
Cool, Dunmovin, Frying Pan, Hells Kitchen, Secret Town
Colorado
Last Chance, No Name, Tin Cup
Georgia
Between, Hopeulikit, Jinks
Kentucky
Bug, Busy, Monkey's Eyebrow, Oddville, Ordinary
Missouri
Enough, Fairdealing, Tightwad, Useful
North Carolina
Lizard Lick, Speed, Tick Bite, Whynot
Oklahoma
Happy Land, Nowhere, Okay
Oregon
Boring, Half.com, Idiotville, Zig Zag
Pennsylvania
Corner Store, Fear Not, Panic
Tennessee
Defeated, Difficult, Life, Nameless, Only
Texas
Black Jack, Cut n' Shoot, Ding Dong, Hoop and Holler
County names most commonly used:
- Washington County - 31 states
- Jefferson County - 26 states
- Franklin County - 25 states
- Jackson County - 24 states
- Lincoln County - 24 states
States with the most counties:
- Texas - 254 counties
- Georgia - 159 counties
- Kentucky - 120 counties
- North Carolina - 100 counties
- Virginia - 95 counties
States with the least counties:
- Delaware - 3 counties
- Hawaii - 5 counties
- Rhode Island - 5 counties
- Connecticut - 8 counties
- New Hampshire - 10 counties
Who Is Jack Schitt?
The lineage revealed. Many people are at a
loss for a response when someone says, "You
don't know Jack Schitt." Now you can handle
the situation.
Jack is the only son of O. Schitt and Awe
Schitt. O. Schitt, the fertilizer magnate,
married Awe Schitt, the owner of Kneedeep
N. Schitt, Inc. In turn, Jack Schitt married
Noe Schitt, and the deeply religious couple
produced six children: Holie Schitt, Fulla
Schitt, Giva Schitt, Bull Schitt and the
twins: Deap Schitt and Dip Schitt.
After being married 15 years, Jack and
Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later
married Mr. Sherlock, and because her
kids were living with them, she wanted
to keep her previous name. She was then
known as Noe Schitt-Sherlock.
Against her parents' objections, Deap Schitt
married Dumb Schitt, a high school drop out.
Dip Schitt married Loada Schitt and they
produced a nervous son, Chicken Schitt.
Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to
tour the world. He recently returned from
Italy with his new bride, Pisa Schitt.
Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt were inseparable
throughout childhood and subsequently
married the Happens brothers in a dual
ceremony. The wedding was announced
in the newspapers as the Schitt-Happens
wedding. The Schitt-Happens children were
Dawg, Byrd, and Hoarse.
So now when someone says, "You don't know
Jack Schitt" you can correct them.
Author Unknown
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