Have been interested in my family genealogy since a third grade class project...have been bursts of energy from time to time working on it. The Internet brought connections with distant cousins and lots of information sharing. No one in my immediate family cared. Some knowing of my interest would send me bits and pieces. My little brother gave me an old Family Tree Maker software that he got somewhere.

What I chose to do was use that to at least fill out all the branches of the family tree that I knew. Then I printed up about 30 some copies of it and mailed it off to every relative - mostly cousins. But now, all that information was so widely spread that some of it should survive for another generation's genealogy addict to find.

So, that's an option for you. Centralize the information you have so far then print it up and distribute it - regardless of your father's opinion.

Most folks think we genealogy addicts are a bit "off." Just the way it is.

Ron