Sometimes I click more than I should. Jill Ball over at Geniaus wrote up the 99 Things Genealogy Meme – Australia Style. Having gotten the idea from Kinexxions, which originally did a non-genealogy 99 Things, from a Blogchain, etc., yes, I kept clicking through, but got stopped when it came from two sources.

Since I live in the US, I’m going with the original version. There are 104 in the Kinexxions list, I have made a few adjustments for Jewish genealogy (no Civil War or Revolutionary War, Mayflower, etc., for most of us), and it came to 99 by chance.

The list should be annotated in the following manner:
Things you have already done or found: bold face type.
Things you would like to do or find: italicize (color optional).
Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type.

1. Belong to a genealogical society.
2. Researched records onsite at a court house.
3. Transcribed records.
4. Uploaded tombstone pictures to Find-A-Grave.
5. Documented ancestors for four generations (self, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents) .
6. Joined Facebook.
7. Helped to clean up a run-down cemetery.
   I would love to do this in Europe more than anywhere.
8. Joined the GeneaBloggers Group on Facebook.
9. Attended a genealogy conference.
10. Lectured at a genealogy conference.
11. Attended SIG/BOF meetings at a genealogy conference.
    
12. Spoke on a genealogy topic at a local genealogy society.
13. Been the editor of a genealogy society newsletter.
14. Contributed to a genealogy society publication.
15. Served on the board or as an officer of a genealogy society.
16. Got lost on the way to a cemetery.
    Well, I went to the wrong cemetery once because there were two with the same name. Does that count?
17. Talked to dead ancestors.
18. Researched outside the state in which I live.
19. Knocked on the door of an ancestral home and visited with the current occupants.
    I really have no desire to do this in North America, but I understand the family house in Ukraine is still standing and is a business now. I want to go see it.
20. Cold called a distant relative.
21. Posted messages on a surname message board.
22. Uploaded a GEDCOM file to the internet.
    Just did this on MyHeritage. I’ve had my entire database online for years.
23. Googled my name.
24. Performed a random act of genealogical kindness.
    For friends count, right? I’ve done a few others too.
25. Researched a non-related family, just for the fun of it.
26. Have been paid to do genealogical research.
27. Earn a living (majority of income) from genealogical research.
28. Wrote a letter (or email) to a previously unknown relative.
29. Responded to messages on a message board or forum.
30. Was injured while on a genealogy excursion.
    I’m claiming this for my car, Sammy Jo. I was in a car accident.
31. Participated in a genealogy meme.
32. Created family history gift items (calendars, cookbooks, etc.).
33. Performed a record look-up for someone else.
34. Went on a genealogy seminar cruise.
35. Am convinced that a relative must have arrived here from outer space.
36. Found a disturbing family secret.
37. Told others about a disturbing family secret.
38. Combined genealogy with crafts (family picture quilt, scrapbooking).
39. Think genealogy is a passion not a hobby.
40. Assisted finding next of kin for a deceased person (Unclaimed Persons).
41. Taught someone else how to find their roots.
42. Lost valuable genealogy data due to a computer crash or hard drive failure.
    Who wants to do that? I’ve lost work, but never data; I just had to do all the organizing and whatnot all over again.
43. Been overwhelmed by available genealogy technology.
44. Know a cousin of the 4th degree or higher.
45. Disproved a family myth through research.
46. Got a family member to let you copy photos.
47. Used a digital camera to “copy” photos or records.
48. Translated a record from a foreign language.
49. Found an immigrant ancestor’s passenger arrival record.
50. Looked at census records on microfilm, not on the computer.
51. Used microfiche.
52. Visited the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
53. Visited more than one LDS Family History Center.
    Do I need to? I live at the Family History Library. If that counts, I’ve been to two.
54. Visited a church or place of worship of one of your ancestors.
55. Taught a class in genealogy.
    Is this different than lecturing at a conference or a society? Nope, haven’t done that.
56. Traced ancestors back to the 18th Century.
    Removed 17th and 16th Centuries for the Jewish version. Ashkenazi Jews are not likely to go beyond the 18th. There just aren’t records for us.
57. Can name all of your great-great-grandparents.
    I think I can, but can’t get records to prove it yet.
58. Found an ancestor’s Social Security application.
59. Know how to determine a soundex code without the help of a computer.
60. Used Steve Morse’s One-Step searches.
61. Own a copy of Where Once We Walked.
    Well, sort of. There’s a copy in my house. Does that count?
62. Helped someone find an ancestor using records you had never used for your own research.
63. Visited the main National Archives building in Washington, DC.
64. Visited the Library of Congress.
65. Found at least two ancestors who came over on the same ship on different journeys.
66. Have an ancestor who fought in World War I.
67. Have an ancestor who fought in World War II.
68. Taken a photograph of an ancestor’s tombstone.
69. Became a member of the Association of Graveyard Rabbits.
70. Can read a metrical record in Polish, Russian, and/or German.
71. Have an ancestor who changed their name.
72. Joined a Rootsweb mailing list.
73. Created a family web site.
74. Have more than one “genealogy” blog.
75. Was overwhelmed by the amount of family information received from someone.
76. Have broken through at least one brick wall.
77. Borrowed a microfilm from the Family History Library through a local Family History Center.
78. Have done indexing for Family Search Indexing or another genealogy project.
79. Visited the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
80. Had an amazing serendipitous find of the “Psychic Roots” variety.
81. Have used Border Crossing records to locate an ancestor.
82. Use maps in my genealogy research.
83. Have a convict ancestor who was transported from the UK.
84. Found a bigamist amongst the ancestors.
    I’ve got something questionable that looks like he had two wives at once, since the first died right before the marriage to the third. But I still can’t prove it’s the same person.
85. Ordered records from the Polish State Archives, Ukraine, or German archives.
86. Visited an ancestral village in Eastern Europe and did genealogy research.
    Desperately want to do this.
87. Found a cousin in a foreign country (besides Canada).
88. Consistently cite my sources.
    I was working on this, to get them all the same, but got interrupted by ancestors wanting to see more photos. I have to get back to it and finish.
89. Visited a foreign country (i.e. one I don’t live in) in search of ancestors.
90. Can locate any document in my research files within a few minutes.
91. Have an ancestor who was married four times (or more).
92. Made a rubbing of an ancestors gravestone.
93. Organized a family reunion.
94. Published a family history book (on one of my families).
95. Learned of the death of a fairly close relative through research.
96. Have done the genealogy happy dance.
97. Sustained an injury doing the genealogy happy dance.
98. Offended a family member with my research.
99. Reunited someone with precious family photos or artifacts.

Cool. I think that could use a little more tweaking for Jewish research.