He alone deserves to be remembered by his children who treasures up and preserves the memory of his fathers.— Edmund Burke, 1729-1797
Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.— Ambrose Bierce
Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to people better than you are.— John Garland Pollard
I don't know who my grandfather was, I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.— Abraham Lincoln
All Hobbits were, in any case, clannish and reckoned up their relationships with great care. They drew long and elaborate family-trees with innumerable branches. In dealing with Hobbits it is important to remember who is related to whom, and in what degree...The genealogical trees at the end of the Red Book of Westmarch are a small book in themselves, and all but Hobbits would find them exceedingly dull. Hobbits delighted in such things...— J R R Tolkien
Some family trees have beautiful leaves, but some just have a bunch of nuts. Remember it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking.— Unknown
I trace my family history so I will know who to blame.— Unknown
Every family tree has some sap in it.— Unknown
Friends come and go, but relatives tend to accumulate.— Unknown
Genealogists never die, they just loose their roots.— Unknown
Genealogy: A hay stack full of needles. It's the threads I need.— Unknown
Genealogy: Collecting dead relatives and sometimes a live cousin!— Unknown
Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living.— Unknown
I think my family tree is a few branches short of full bloom.— Unknown
Take nothing but ancestors, leave nothing but records.— Unknown
When we die we become 'stories' in the minds of other people.— Unknown
Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!— Unknown
A family tree can wither if nobody tends its roots.— Unknown
A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away.— Unknown
Am I the only person up my tree... sure seems like it.— Unknown
Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few bad apples.— Unknown
Trees without roots fall over.— Unknown
Kinship: it`s all relative!— Unknown
When you search for ancestors, you find great friends!— Unknown
Still trying to decorate my family tree.— Unknown
It's hard to be humble with ancestors like mine!— Unknown
This packrat has learned that what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales of how we loved. In the end, it's the family stories that are worth the storage.— Ellen Goodman, The Boston Globe
I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap.— Fred Allen
A man who thinks too much about his ancestors is like a potato-the best part of him is underground.— Henry S F Cooper
We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business.— Jimmy Carter
Families are like fudge... mostly sweet with a few nuts— Unknown
A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.— George Ade
Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
I think that I shall never see a completed genealogy.— Unknown
Every family tree has some sap in it.— Unknown
Genealogists live in the past lane.— Unknown
Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress.— Unknown
If a man cares not for his roots, how then can he care for his branches.— Dolye M. Davis
I guess it's hard not to agree, You say it all depends on money, And who is in your family tree.— Supertramp
It is indeed desirable to be well descended but the glory belongs to the ancestors.— Plutarch
We are all omnibuses in which our ancestors ride, and every now and then one of them sticks his head out and embarrasses us.— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
My ancestors must be in a witness protection program!— Unknown
How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE??— Unknown
I'm not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged.— Unknown
I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me?— Unknown
If only people came with pull-down menus and on-line help...— Unknown
Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem leads to two more!— Unknown
It's 2007... Do you know where your Gr-Gr-Grandparents are?— Unknown
After 30 days, unclaimed ancestors will be adopted.— Unknown
Ever find an ancestor HANGING from the family tree?— Unknown
Gene-Allergy: It's a contagious disease, but we love it.— Unknown
Genealogists are time unravellers— Unknown
Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: They hide... we seek!— Unknown
"Crazy" is a relative term in my family.— Unknown
A pack rat is hard to live with, but makes a fine ancestor.— Unknown
I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand.— Unknown
I should have asked them BEFORE they died!— Unknown
My ancestors are giving me "Bad heir" days.— Unknown
Share your knowledge; it is a way to achieve immortality.— Unknown
Many a family tree needs pruning.— Unknown
Shh! Be very, very quiet.... I'm hunting forebears.— Unknown
Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors!— Unknown
That's strange: half my ancestors are WOMEN!— Unknown
I'm not sick, I've just got fading genes.— Unknown
Cousins marrying cousins: Very tangled roots!— Unknown
Cousins marrying cousins: A non-branching family tree.— Unknown
All right! Everybody out of the gene pool!— Unknown
Always willing to share my ignorance...— Unknown
Documentation... The hardest part of genealogy.— Unknown
Genealogy: Chasing your own tale!— Unknown
Genealogy...will I ever find time to mow the lawn again?— Unknown
I researched my family tree...and apparently I don't exist.— Unknown