This book is an uproarious and irreverent romp through the field of
genealogy. In it you'll meet the people and encounter situations while tracing your
family's roots. Your meetings with The Bore, the Blueblood, the Old Master, the Briefcase
Magnet, and a clutch of dissembling officials, beginners, and tongue-clucking harridans
will drive you wild with laughter.
You'll learn about the latest techniques employed by county clerks in an effort to repel
genealogists. And you'll discover everything you ever wanted to know about projector
fatigue and acceptable behavior in graveyards! You'll read about the sins of the D.A.R.,
research trip survival tactics, learn of sadism practiced by officials in county
courthouses and the National Archives, explore the banality of workshops and seminars, be
schooled the proper etiquette for prying information out of reluctant relatives and much,
much more. Guaranteed to keep you sane and laughing.
"Outrageous! I love it!" says syndicated columnist Myra Vanderpool Gormley.
Laverne Galeener-Moore is a genealogist after my own heart - witty and irreverent -- with
family skeletons that can dance with mine."
155 pp., paperback, (1987), 7th printing, 1998, ISBN 0-8063-1181-9
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