You know you are addicted to family history when you take half a day holiday from work and spend £11.90 on a train ticket, to visit London so you can check two baptism records!
I’m sure there have been many posts like this on genealogy blogs the world over, but I think it is time to admit that I have a problem, I am addicted to genealogy.
The aim of my trip was to try and find out if my 3x great grandfather Thomas KINGHORN was baptised in Carlisle, Cumberland, England (yes, I still hadn’t found the answer to that one). I knew the records were at the London Family History Centre, and I had some other stuff to check if I had time or if my first search was negative, so it wouldn’t be a complete waste of time.
So, it wouldn’t be a waste of time, but even to me in retrospect it seemed a little extreme or extravagant. This is why I think I am addicted, the need to be researching my family history is so strong now that I cannot last a week without visiting a record office!
I don’t think there is any way I can cure my addiction to family history, but I may be able to cut back on my consumption. So I am going to make a promise to myself and the blogosphere, that starting in April I will restrict myself to one record office/archive visit a month. There is plenty of research I can do without setting foot inside a record office, and it will give me an excuse to catch up with lots of sorting out I should be doing.
Besides, there are still five days before the start of April!
That’s a brave resolution – fortunately (or unfortunately) the first batch of LMA records have popped up on Ancestry today, so I’m not sure about your chances of catching up with the sorting!
Yes I saw those last night, I couldn’t resist having a quick search, unfortunately my old subscription doesn’t cover the new records, and I have four months left before it is due for renewal. I have asked Ancestry what happens to those outstanding months if I upgrade, so until I have an answer I will keep out, otherwise I will end up spending a fortune on PPV credits!