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 return to Rachel's Daily Diary