I have been researching both my family and my wife's family for over 20 years. I enjoy genealogy immensely and have put together a family history of our combined families. The book is titled "Footprints Across the South" and can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
I have found so many relatives, both close and distant, that I have personally contacted, and I keep in touch with many of them.
Genealogy is a never ending hobby, because as soon as you find one ancestor, you have two more to start looking for. Besides, I love it.
I am getting on up in age now, so I can't get out and do as much searching as I have done in the past, but I find that I can do a great deal online with the help of such services as Ancestry.com, Rootsweb.com, Findagrave.com and Familysearch.com. I hope what little I have contributed to findagrave.com will prove helpful to someone.
Phillip Jacob Karns