Climbing My Family Tree » Genea-Comics

Genea-Comics #3: The Courthouse Climb

Jenn — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:00:12 +0000

Here is the third in my series of genealogy related comics, drawn by my lovely 13 yr old daughter, Ellie.

We, as genealogists, sit on our rear ends way too much. This is just a humorous idea for how we could get some exercise…

Genea-Comics #2: The Brick Wall Buster

Jenn — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:00:01 +0000

Here is the second installment of Genea-Comics from my daughter, Ellie. I have come up with most of the ideas and she tweaks them and puts them to paper – because I draw stick people. I guess she’s lucky that she got her father’s artistic genes!

Yet another way that we genealogists can get some more exercise. (And we all know that we need it!)

I’d be running miles and miles to break through some of my brick walls!! I’d be a marathon-running fool if I knew that the names of John Robertson’s parents were waiting at the end of the race.

By the way, I think it’s so funny that Ellie has decided to dress her genealogist “Janet” in a robe and slippers. What does that say about what I look like while I’m doing research at home??

Introducing: Genea-Comics, #1 The Court Record Lift

Jenn — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:00:04 +0000

My daughter Ellie likes to draw, so I’ve commissioned her to start a series of genealogy related comics.

Genealogy is really such a sedentary hobby. Add blogging to the mix and some of us are spending way too many hours on our rear ends. Admit it!

We were thinking of some unique ways that genealogists could use their research time as valuable gym time also. So, the first series of comics will be about genea-exercises.

And here are her first two characters, Janet and Floyd….doing the Court Record Lift.