My 99 Things Genealogy Meme – Australian

This genealogy challenge was issued by Geniaus and the list should be annotated as follows:

Things you have already done or found – bold type
Things you would like to do or find – italics (colour optional)
Things you have not done or found and don’t care to – plain type

1. Belong to a genealogical society
2. Joined the Australian Genealogists group on Genealogy Wise
3. Transcribed records
4. Uploaded headstone pictures to Find-A-Grave or a similar site
5. Documented ancestors for four generations (self, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents)
6. Joined Facebook
7. Cleaned up a run-down cemetery
8. Joined the Genea-Bloggers Group
9. Attended a genealogy conference
10. Lectured at a genealogy conference
11. Spoke on a genealogy topic at a local genealogy society
12. Joined the Society of Australian Genealogists (member once, now  member of other State societies)
13. Contributed to a genealogy society publication
14. Served on the board or as an officer of a genealogy society
15. Got lost on the way to a cemetery
16. Talked to dead ancestors
17. Researched outside the state in which I live
18. Knocked on the door of an ancestral home and visited with the current  occupants
19. Cold called a distant relative
20. Posted messages on a surname message board
21. Uploaded a gedcom file to the internet
22. Googled my name
23. Performed a random act of genealogical kindness
24. Researched a non-related family, just for the fun of it
25. Have been paid to do genealogical research
26. Earn a living (majority of income) from genealogical research
27. Wrote a letter (or email) to a previously unknown relative
28. Contributed to one of the genealogy carnivals
29. Responded to messages on a message board
30. Was injured while on a genealogy excursion
31. Participated in a genealogy meme
32. Created family history gift items (calendars, cookbooks, etc.)
33. Performed a record lookup
34. Took a genealogy seminar cruise
35. Am convinced that a relative must have arrived here from outer space (or swam here)
36. Found a disturbing family secret
37. Told others about a disturbing family secret (our ancestors were human  & we need to understand context)
38. Combined genealogy with crafts (family picture quilt, scrapbooking)
39. Think genealogy is a passion not a hobby
40. Assisted finding next of kin for a deceased person
41. Taught someone else how to find their roots
42. Lost valuable genealogy data due to a computer crash or hard drive failure
43. Been overwhelmed by available genealogy technology (love it)
44. Know a cousin of the 4th degree or higher
45. Disproved a family myth through research
46. Got a family member to let you copy photos
47. Used a digital camera to “copy” photos or records
48. Translated a record from a foreign language
49. Found an immigrant ancestor’s passenger arrival record
50. Looked at census records on microfilm, not on the computer
51. Used microfiche
52. Visited the Family History Library in Salt Lake City
53. Used Google+ for genealogy
54. Visited a church or place of worship of one of your ancestors
55. Taught a class in genealogy
56. Traced ancestors back to the 18th Century
57. Traced ancestors back to the 17th Century
58. Traced ancestors back to the 16th Century
59. Can name all of your great-great-grandparents (except for 2 illegitimate  births, therefore don’t know fathers)
60. Found an ancestor on the Australian Electoral Rolls
61. Know how to determine a soundex code without the help of a computer
62. Have found relevant articles on Trove
63. Own a copy of Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills
64. Helped someone find an ancestor using records you had never used for  your own research
65. Visited the main National Archives building in Washington, DC
66. Visited the National Library of Australia
67. Have an ancestor who came to Australia as a ten pound pom
68. Have an ancestor who fought at Gallipoli
69. Taken a photograph of an ancestor’s tombstone
70. Can read a church record in Latin (with a dictionary beside me!)
71. Have an ancestor who changed his/her name
72. Joined a Rootsweb mailing list
73. Created a family website
74. Have a genealogy blog
75. Was overwhelmed by the amount of family information received from someone
76. Have broken through at least one brick wall
77. Done genealogy research at the War Memorial in Canberra
78. Borrowed microfilm from the Family History Library through a local Family  History Centre
79. Found an ancestor in the Ryerson index (and relatives)
80. Have visited the National Archives of Australia
81. Have an ancestor who served in the Boer War
82. Use maps in my genealogy research
83. Have a convict ancestor who was transported from the UK
84. Found a bigamist amongst the ancestors
85. Visited the National Archives in Kew
86. Visited St. Catherine’s House in London to find family records
87. Taken an online genealogy course
88. Consistently cite my sources (usually)
89. Visited a foreign country (i.e. one I don’t live in) in search of ancestors
90. Can locate any document in my research files within a few minutes (mostly)
91. Have an ancestor who was married four times (or more)
92. Made a rubbing of an ancestors gravestone
93. Followed genealogists on Twitter
94. Published a family history book (on one of my families)
95. Learned of the death of a fairly close relative through research
96. Offended a family member with my research (surprised a few)
97. Reunited someone with precious family photos or artifacts
98. Have a paid subscription to a genealogy database
99. Edited records on Trove