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Do You Ever Really 'Finish' Your Family Tree?

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Why is it that people think that you can  finish  your family tree? What does a finished family tree look like? Do you want to publish a book?  Do you just write it up on a chart?  Does it get put away, never to be looked at again? Do you find as many people as you can on Ancestry.com in 12 months & then call it quits? Do you fill in as many 'blanks' in a software program? I've gotten back to my 3xGreat-grandfather, so I'm finished? Well, I've got to tell you something...I'm not finished.  Now into my 46th year of research, I don't even feel like I've scratched the surface.  I've got lots of names, dates, pictures, newspaper articles and other details & information - but I don't feel like I'm anywhere near finished.  Just ask hubby, he's waiting for his family history (in a written form) & feels "jibbed" that he hasn't seen anything yet.  Yet, I've discussed his family many, many times over...