WARNING!

Genealogy Pox is very contagious to adults!

SYMPTOMS

Continual complaint as to need for names, dates, and places

Patient has a blank expression and is sometimes deaf

to spouse and children

Has no taste for work of any kind except feverishly

looking through records at the library and courthouse

Has compulsion to write letters

Swears at the mail carrier when he does not leave mail

Frequents strange places, such as cemeteries, ruins,

and remote desolate country areas

Makes secret calls at night

Hides telephone bills from spouse

The patient mumbles to himself and has a strange

faraway look in his eyes

TREATMENT

Medication is useless.

Disease is not fatal but grows progressively worse

Patient should attend genealogy workshops, subscribe to

genealogy magazines, and be given a quiet corner in the

house where he or she can work alone.

REMARKS

The unusual nature of this disease is the sicker the patient gets,

the more he or she enjoys it.

THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE!