I'll weigh in on this "psychic" genealogy issue. Whenever I'm stuck, I do some indexing for the FamilySeach.org and perform some random acts of genealogical kindness. When I return to my own research I am amazed at the things that I find. https://www.familysearch.org/volunteer/indexing -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kathy Cochran Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 7:01 PM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] If you need help... Late night findings Yes, I have found that it really helps to clearly articulate exactly what it is that you want to find. That way, someone may or will be able to answer you! Cheers, Kathy Cochran -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda Stokesbury Brennan Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 2:40 PM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] If you need help... Late night findings I've found that I have to put into words what it is I need -- and amazingly, occasionally I find what I'm looking for. My most wonderful example came when I was needing to find evidence that a family with a different spelling of the surname was actually part of my family. Many of my co-researchers disagreed, and said they thought it was too different to be the same family. At that point, I thought to myself, "I need to find a rosetta stone for this." It's hard to believe but within a couple of weeks, a new d-base was put online by the Library of Virginia--a listing of all the early chancery suits in Shenandoah County, VA. To my astonishment, I found a case which involved my ancestor, and it contained papers that spelled the surname in the exact two spellings I was trying to prove were the same family. It used the same two spellings to refer to my own ancestor. How cool is that? I really could never have imagined such a wonderful solution. I felt like I had won the lottery! So, from then on, I make it a point to define specifically what it is I need to obtain in my family history search. Kind Regards, Linda Linda Stokesbury Brennan, Lansing, MI & Natchitoches, LA Stokesbury DNA Project Administrator Researching: STOKESBURY (STUCHBURY), LAMARE, BABIN, DUNNING, OLINGER, ORR, PAINTER/BAINTER, BAUGHMAN, CLARK, HENINGER http://www.Stokesbury.org, http://www.artistsuccesskit.com http://www.familytreedna.com/public/stokesburyDNAproject ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2180 / Virus Database: 2437/5092 - Release Date: 06/25/12 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message