Do you have the genealogy bug?

Same here rosey..my husband and i both work a lot on ours.It is so rewarding just knowing where we came from and who our ancestors were.I can search records for hours and never get tired of looking.Thanks for sharing

I have researched my ancestors and over the years I have managed to get back to 1840 and my G/Grandfather but his father was a Mariner and now I am stumped and cannot for the life of me find where he (the mariner) was born or died. Most of my forebears were Cockneys (born within the sound of Bow Bells London) so was he a cockney also? I wonder, but I cannot find him.

I have been researching my ancestors for about two years now. I began doing it for info in a new book I'm writing. But I never realized how interesting it would be.
I didn't have too much trouble with my mother's side. Her mother was a writer and had done some research on the family tree herself. So I had that to start with. Then I was lucky enough to run into some one that was also researching my mothers family.
But my father's side is a different story. My father is a Martin. But his father was born a Montigny. And along the way some of the family changed their name to Martin. While others kept the Montigny name. Some times when doing the research I will find them under De Montigny.
And then my father's mother! I can't get any further back than my great-great-great grandfather. When I first began my research my father said it was passed down that he never spoke about his family. While doing the research I've ran into that was born in Amsterdam. He ran away from home at the age of 16 when his father remarried. He joined the Dutch Navy, but when he diserted his family disowned him. During the War of 1812 he fought for the British Navy. He moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Where he married and their children were born. Then the family moved to Massachusetts in the US. It is like a mystery trying to get any info on his parents.
Along the way I've found some real interesting facts about the family here and there.
And my father has really gotten into it with me.

I started my genealogical research about the same time.I have written a book about one side of the family.You do get addicted.Yet,it is a safe addiction unlike alcohol and drugs.

It is so much fun and yes it is rewarding as well.I do know many people that do not have the patience to do the research and they would call me for information about our family.That's why I wrote the book,so it would be there for them and for my kids as well.