"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten; Either write things worthy of reading, or do things worthy of writing." -- Benjamin Franklin, May 1738
My great grandfather's name was "Benjamin Franklin Barnebey" ... hmmm ...
These quotes come from the following website: www.familytreequotes.com
Genealogists never die, they just lose their roots.
Genealogy: A hay stack full of needles. It's the threads I need.
Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!
A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots.
Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few bad apples.
"Some family trees have beautiful leaves, and some have just a bunch of nuts. Remember, it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking." ~Author Unknown
"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." ~George Bernard Shaw