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- The public ceremony in which your distinguished ancestor participated and at which the platform collapsed under him turned out to be a hanging.
- At last, after much hard work, you have solved the mystery you have been working on for two years. You presented it to your Aunt, she said : "I could have told you that".
- You search ten years for your grandmother's maiden name to eventually find it on a letter in a box in your attic.
- You never asked your father about his family when he was alive, because you were not interested in Genealogy then.
- The Will you need was in the safe on the 'Titanic".
- Copies of old newspapers have holes punched in them only where the names are listed.
- John, son of Thomas, the immigrant whom your family claim as the family progenitor, died on board ship at the age of 10.
- Your Grandfather's newspaper obituary states that he died leaving no issue of record.
- Another Genealogist has just insulted the keeper of vital records that you need.
- The relative who had all the family photographs gave them all to her daughter who has no interest in genealogy and no inclination to share them.
- The only record you find for your great Grandfather is that his property was sold at a sheriff's sale of insolvency.
- The one document that would supply the missing link in your dead-end line has been lost due to fire, flood, or war.
- The town clerk to whom you wrote for information sends you a long handwritten letter which is totaly illegible.
- The spelling of your European ancestor's name bears no relationship to its current spelling or pronunciation.
- None of the pictures in your recently deceased grandmother's photo album have names on them.
- No one in your family tree ever did anything noteworthy, owned property, was sued or was named in a will.
- You learn that your great Aunt's will executor just sold her life's collection of family genealogy materials to a flea market dealer, "somewhere in New York City".
- Ink fades and paper deteriorates at a rate proportional to the value of the data recorded.
- The 37 volume, 1,600 page history of your county of origin isn't indexed.
- You finally find your grandparent's wedding record and discover that the bride's father was named John Smith.
- You inherit the old family photo albums, only to discover that all the pictures were glued in and cannot be removed to check for names on the backs.
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