It is truly an obsession... and I have found many cousins who I never knew existed.

"Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family."

-- Anthony Brandt (b. 1936), Amerian writer, author

Here are the tree entries, subtitled how I went from 217 relatives to 1716 relatives.

 

the family tree entries:

2002

2001
18 Dec. 2001 - Henry
04 Dec. 2001 - 733 paternal [488 maternal]
07 Nov. 2001 - new cousin; 707 paternal
31 Aug. 2001 - Ellis Island
26 June 2001 - do me a favor?
06 Apr. 2001 - helping others
05 Apr. 2001 - family tree finds
28 Mar. 2001 - helping others
25 Mar. 2001 - obsessively immersed again
10 Mar. 2001 - Cossacks on the tree
06 Mar. 2001 - more contact
09 Feb. 2001 - permits to hunt prairie chickens in 1899
06 Feb. 2001 - "Ten days."
31 Jan. 2001 - US immigration

2000
09 Nov. 2000 - 608 paternal; 464 maternal; another long lost cousin
02 Nov. 2000 - my grandma Ruth
01 Oct. 2000 - reading online
08 Sep. 2000 - renewed interest
26 Mar. 2000 - cemetary visit III
19 Mar. 2000 - printed copies
03 Feb. 2000 - info to add
28 Jan. 2000 - swept up
23 Jan. 2000 - locating my great-aunt
20 Jan. 2000 - tree images

1999
04 Nov. 1999 - the Holocaust
30 Sep. 1999 - attempt to print
28 Sep. 1999 - 528 paternal & invitations
09 Sep. 1999 - I'd like to
31 Aug. 1999 - sketch books
30 Aug. 1999 - poster size and todo
19 Aug. 1999 - cemetary visit II
18 Aug. 1999 - cemetary visit I
24 June 1999 - obsession
15 June 1999 - my newest found cousin
12 June 1999 - interest
09 May 1999 - family tree movie
24 Apr. 1999 - branches
16 Apr. 1999 - wanted to mail
11 Apr. 1999 - printing copies
08 Apr. 1999 - reuniting cousins & movie about
07 Apr. 1999 - waiting for info
04 Apr. 1999 - research plans
29 Mar. 1999 - publishing books
02 Feb. 1999 - obituaries
21 Jan. 1999 - making trees
09 Jan. 1999 - genealogy binge
07 Jan. 1999 - new branch
04 Jan. 1999 - making websites
01 Jan. 1999 - research querries

1998
21 Dec. 1998 - info refusal
14 Dec. 1998 - crooks and prostitutes
10 Dec. 1998 - 400 people & a new relative
09 Dec. 1998 - doing research
31 Nov. 1998 - an article
26 Nov. 1998 - preoccupied
19 Nov. 1998 - gubernias
18 Nov. 1998 - 334 people
14 Nov. 1998 - 329 people
09 Nov. 1998 - 279 people & locating my fourth cousin twice removed
07 Nov. 1998 - 277 people
04 Nov. 1998 - 244 people
02 Nov. 1998 - 217 people
01 Nov. 1998 - engrossed
31 Oct. 1998 - first mention

 

more evolving entries
created Monday, 6 November 2000
updated Wednesday, 5 December 2001
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