I found this great list on a blog I have added to it so its more then 99.
see how much you have done and still want to do or now you have a new idea cause of this list.
to see original : http://www.toniasroots.net/2011/09/09/99-genealogy-things
A Genealogy Have you done theses
Things List:
Belong to a genealogical society
Joined a group on Genealogy Wise.
Transcribed records.
Uploaded headstone pictures to
Find-A-Grave or a similar site.
Documented ancestors for four
generations (self, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents)
Joined Facebook.
Joined Twitter
Cleaned up a run-down cemetery.
Joined the Genea-Bloggers Group.
Attended a genealogy conference.
Lectured at a genealogy conference.
Spoke on a genealogy topic at a local genealogy society/local library’s family history group. Not
Joined the National Genealogical Society.
Contributed to a genealogy society
publication.
Served on the board or as an officer
of a genealogy society.
Got lost on the way to a cemetery.
Talked to dead ancestors.
Researched outside the state in
which I live.
Knocked on the door of an ancestral
home and visited with the current occupants.
Have you received a Cold Call from a
relative, relating to to your post from your Blog or ebsite?
Cold called a distant relative.
Posted messages on a surname message
board.
Uploaded a gedcom file to the
internet.
Googled my name (and those of
ancestors – it turns up great info sometimes)
Performed a random act of
genealogical kindness.
Researched a non-related family,
just for the fun of it.
Have been paid to do genealogical
research.
Earn a living (majority of income)
from genealogical research.
Wrote a letter (or email) to a
previously unknown relative.
Contributed to one of the genealogy
carnivals.
Responded to messages on a message
board.
Was injured while on a genealogy
excursion.
Participated in a genealogy meme.
Created family history gift items.
Performed a record lookup.
Took a genealogy seminar cruise.
Am convinced that a relative must
have arrived here from outer space.
Found a disturbing family secret.
Told others about a disturbing
family secret (but not all of the secrets).
Combined genealogy with crafts
(family picture quilt, scrapbooking).
Think genealogy is a passion and/or
obsession not a hobby.
Assisted finding next of kin for a
deceased person.
Taught someone else how to find their
roots.
Lost valuable genealogy data due to
a computer crash or hard drive failure.
Been overwhelmed by available
genealogy technology.
Know a cousin of the 4th degree or
higher.
Disproved a family myth through
research.
Got a family member to let you copy
photos.
Used a digital camera to “copy”
photos or records.
Translated a record from a foreign
language.
Found an immigrant ancestor’s
passenger arrival record.
Looked at census records on
microfilm, not on the computer.
Used microfiche.
Visited the Family History Library in
Salt Lake City.
Used Google+ for genealogy.
Visited a church or place of worship
of one of your ancestors.
Taught a class in genealogy.
Traced ancestors back to the 18th
Century.
Traced ancestors back to the 17th
Century.
Traced ancestors back to the 16th
Century.
Can name all of your
great-great-grandparents.
Know how to determine a soundex code
without the help of a computer.
Have found many relevant and unexpected
articles on internet to “put flesh on the bones”.
Own a copy of Evidence Explained by Elizabeth
Shown Mills.
Helped someone find an ancestor
using records you had never used for your own research.
Visited the main National Archives
building in Washington, DC.
Have an ancestor who came to America as an indentured servant. –
Have an ancestor who fought in the
Revolutionary War, War of 1812 or Civil War.
Taken a photograph of an ancestor’s
tombstone.
Can “read” a church record in Latin.
Have an ancestor who changed his/her
name, just enough to be confusing.
Joined a Rootsweb e-mail list.
Created a family website.
Was overwhelmed by the amount of
family information received from someone.
Have broken through at least one
brick wall.
Done genealogy research at a court
house.
Borrowed microfilm from the Family
History Library through a local Family History Center(s).
Found an ancestor in an online
newspaper archive.
Have visited a "DAR/SAR" branch.
Visited a "Loyalist" Branch.
Have an ancestor who served in WWI
or WWII.
Use maps in my genealogy research.
Blog to help find leads in A Brick
Wall
Have a blacksheep ancestor.
Found a bigamist amongst my
ancestors.
Attended a genealogical institute.
Taken online genealogy (and local
history) courses.
Consistently (document) and cite my
sources.
Blogged about your genealogy
experiences.
Can locate any document in my research files
within a few minutes.
Have an ancestor who was married four times.
Made a rubbing of an ancestor’s
gravestone.
(not recommended in some old cemeteries)
(not recommended in some old cemeteries)
Followed genealogists on Twitter.
Published a family history book. –
Learned of a death of a fairly close family relative through research.
Offended a family member with my research.
Reunited someone with precious family photos or artifacts.
Have a paid subscription to a genealogy database.
Organized a family reunion..
Help someone else create a Family
Blog.
Used Archives in countries where my ancestors originated.
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