I joined a Scrabble club a while back. I've been a fan of the game for most of my life, but all my Scrabble partners had died or moved off. So, hot diggety! I thought, when I read the news that a club was forming locally. At last! Somebody to play with!

Oh, what a surprise I had at that first meeting. These guys were serious players. They played competitively. Lackadaisical Lizzie was definitely not in their league--nor did I want to be. I just wanted to play for fun.

The irony of the moment did not escape me. As a genealogist, I've...

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