When do you find time to work on your family history?

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Louise Cooke on July 24, 2009 at 11:05pm

Daphne, I remember those days several years ago! But it's sure nice to have something fun you can sneak in here and there. Love your honesty :-)

Permalink Reply by Lynn Palermo on July 29, 2009 at 10:40pm

Most evenings, I have replaced watching TV with research. My kids are teens so once they are done their activites for the day the evenings are usually mine.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Louise Cooke on July 29, 2009 at 10:43pm

Lynn - And genealogy is so much better for your brain than TV :-) When my kids hit their teens my research definitely benefited.

And Daphne, you have that to look forward to!

Permalink Reply by Jenna on August 4, 2009 at 8:29pm

Evenings and weekends I can usually squeeze in some time. My son starts college in 25 days so I am expecting to have more time to devote to this time-consuming hobby!

Permalink Reply by Lisa Louise Cooke on August 4, 2009 at 8:34pm

Jenna, my middle and youngest daughters are both heading off to college in 2 weeks - maybe we'll both get a little more done soon! It's nice to have something fun to do with an empty nest looming.

Permalink Reply by Robert Callahan on August 8, 2009 at 10:56pm

I work at day and have some free time at night. I guess I have the best of both worlds at night and can watch/listen to something on TV and work on my family stuff on my laptop. So I guess that means I probably do some work almost every night.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Louise Cooke on August 19, 2009 at 8:59pm

I totally agree with you Victor - one of genealogy's strength is that you really can't run out of things to do! You sound pretty organized with your to-do list.

Permalink Reply by Eric Gomes on October 25, 2009 at 10:43pm

Honestly, my genealogy gets done whenever I find time... I too work full time, have a one-year-old at home and have an extended family that always needs something done... Usually, my genealogy research gets done late at night (if I don't fall asleep on the keyboard). =)

p.s., in the June Podcast when you responded to listener email, your daughter did in fact pronounce my last name correct. Thanks... =)

Eric Gomes

Permalink Reply by Heather Isbell Kramer on February 10, 2010 at 1:07pm

Research has taken a backseat in the past few years. However, I do get some time in the evening after my son has gone to bed. And I have been trying to incorporate some family history into family activities, such as cemetery walking. Last summer my husband and took my son and step son on a trip to Crawford County, Indiana where we walked to cemeteries. We played "who can find the oldest tombstone game"! They were both really impressed with some of the stone carvings and the fact that they were related to half of the cemetery! Make it fun and the kids will follow.

Permalink Reply by Bob Hoy on December 21, 2010 at 12:45pm

I don't have much time for genealogy, except for winter time, right after football. That's when I sign up for ancestry and another site and hit it hard for about 2 months.