----- Original Message ----- From: Family Tree Finders <soda-send@gt.sodamail.com> To: <ladyd@dnaco.net> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 2:03 PM Subject: Family Tree Finders Thursday January 13, 2000 > > > FAMILY TREE FINDERS > Thursday - 13 January 2000 > > It Feels Right > > Genealogists often rely on hunches when trying to track down > their family history. Despite what the records say, or don't > say, some researchers will go off on a tangent that turns out to > be reveal the lineage of the very individual they were seeking. > Sometimes these hunches are based on experience, and other > times they are based on feelings. The comment "It just feels > right." Has some merit to it. > > In fact, there are two books about this very phenomenon. > Both compiled by Henry "Hank" Jones, Jr., a fellow of the > American Society of Genealogists, these books look at the > coincidences and serendipity that genealogists have > experienced when researching their family tree. > > Of late we have heard a lot about 6th sense. Doesn't it seem > plausible that you could very well have a 6th sense about your > very own ancestors? While this subject used to be taboo, at > least from a publishing standpoint, Jones' books have brought > this subject out into the open. His recounting of his own > experiences along with those of other well-respected > professional genealogists, gives a glimpse into incidents that > you may have also experienced. > > Psychic genealogy is a matter of being in tune to where you > are in your research. If you have become familiar with the > family you are researching, who's to say that they can't guide > you a little. Goodness knows there are ancestors that we wish > could come down and show us just where they can be found. > > Psychic genealogy can also be what you may have tossed off > as just plain dumb luck. While scanning the bookshelves for a > particular book, one researcher lost her balance and found > herself sitting on the floor, with a journal in her lap, opened to > an article about a weekly newspaper that was published in the > last 1800s. When contacting the historical society about this, > she was able to get the newspaper issues on microfilm. And > through them was able to get about forty years of history on > her families that lived in that area. > > This is just one of the stories from the first volume. And > while you may be scoffing at this idea, you may want to take > the time to read these two books. I guarantee you that the > hairs will be standing up on the back of your neck when you > are finished. And somehow that dumb luck you had last week > will take on a slightly different meaning. > > These books may be available in your local library. You can > also check the publisher's web site, Genealogical Publishing > Company, at http://www.genealogybookshop.com > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Remember wishing you could record onto CDs? Well now you > can! Read, Write and ReWrite! Store your photos on a CD for > a lifetime of well-preserved memories, and record and > re-write your own music CDs! With JVC 4x2x24x CDRW. Burn > baby, burn. Starting @ $1. > > http://fc4e.com/server/ecl//y4AAPa9AACfRQAADVQAAAAAAAACAA== > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Rhonda R. McClure > rhondam@sodamail.com > > If you know someone who is interested in genealogy, > please forward this entire message to them! > _________________________________________________ > To subscribe to Family Tree Finders, send a blank e-mail message to: > join-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com > > At the site you can change your address, cancel or join: > http://207.153.204.247/cgi-bin/gt/login.html > > To cancel your free subscription don't hit reply,send a blank email from > your subscription address: ladyd@dnaco.net > > To: > leave-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com > ________________________________________________ > Copyright 1999 by SodaMail. All rights reserved. > http://www.sodamail.com > > > > >