Weeeeellllll. Family history is a different matter. While if Jeremiah Reidy should stop by some afternoon and fill me in on some of those unanswered questions that I have, I wouldn't object. But if all of a sudden a bunch of Sweeney ghosts were prowling around the back yard and premises, that might be a bit disconcerting. Or Amish ghosts full of "thee's" and "thou's" and "thine's." Maybe a good compromise might be the gift of "bi-location" for genealogists so that we could go back and chat with ancestors when they were still alive. After all, we know how doddering some geezers get towards the end of their days, so it'd be better if we could ask those questions when they were still in the prime of life and full of "vim (or something) and vinegar." Although I suppose they might be disconcerted by very specific questions about their families. We would have to rely on the old standby "I'm here from the government and I'm here to help you." Ray Still afraid of ghosts in MN -----Original Message----- From: John L. Sweeney [mailto:sweelab@enter.net] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:38 PM To: Ray Marshall; mldanahy@olemiss.edu; irl-kerry@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Cemetery Occupants! Hi Ray et al: Not sure about that, would certainly like to meet my great grandfather and his wife to find out just where they were born and who their parents were, and, where they hailed from etc., etc. back to when all the Sweeney's lived in Galway after they got thrown out of Scotland. Minnesota has an overabundance of Scandanavian folk and everybody knows how they feel about ghosts. However, most Kerryfolk are Irish who have a great deal of mutual love of "their" ghosts. It must be your Polish genes? Love, Jack Sweeney, in Palmer, Pennsylvania among the Amish ghosts who are a hoot.