It happens to all of us at one time or another. Our genealogical research becomes so frustrating or confounding that we feel like throwing in the towel. At other times, we may feel overwhelmed with the other extreme of having acquired so much information about a person or family, some of it conflicting with no means to reconcile it, that we want to give up.

You are not alone! This is a syndrome I call "genealogy burnout" and it can be hard to get past it. I've been through it countless times in my 43 years of researching my lines. In "Along Those Lines . . ." this week, I'd like to share some tips I've developed to help avoid those feelings of genealogy burnout and get beyond them when they do creep up.

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