This morning I worked a while on an old Chicago family (Lowe), one line of which ended up in East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana, one of whose members died in Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana. I discovered this about half an hour before we had to run errands in La Porte, where I obtained a copy of the obituary. If only every relative and quasi-relative worked that well! (I decided not to post this on Facebook and put it here where at least those who see it will appreciate the improbabilities.) Harold Harold Henderson, Certified Genealogist ® midwestroots.net Genealogical writing and editing Current research: Boren 1750-1840 PA, Flint/Gedney 1800-1950 IL/MO, Thrall 1792-1934 VT/OH/IL

I love serendipity! And I hope that was one, long, information-rich obituary you found this morning. :) Years ago, I happened to be at the local FHC when someone stopped by to search for death information for a woman with an unknown married name. In the course of our conversation, I learned the woman had been buried in a particular section of Waldheim (Chicago) and I just happened to have a scanned list of burials for that section stored in the cloud--exactly what we needed to solve the mystery. What were the chances? And yet, it happened! "Serendipity squared!" Cyndy Richardson Orange County, California

I have always said, "They want to be found." Elissa Elissa Scalise Powell, CG , CGL www.PowellGenealogy.com www.GRIPitt.org 25-30 June 2017 and 16-21 July 2017 in Pittsburgh, PA CG, CGL, and Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations. Certified Genealogist and the board name are trademarks registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. -----Original Message----- From: TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM [mailto:transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harold Henderson Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2017 11:41 AM To: Transitional Genealogists <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> Subject: [TGF] serendipity squared ;-) This morning I worked a while on an old Chicago family (Lowe), one line of which ended up in East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana, one of whose members died in Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana. I discovered this about half an hour before we had to run errands in La Porte, where I obtained a copy of the obituary. If only every relative and quasi-relative worked that well! (I decided not to post this on Facebook and put it here where at least those who see it will appreciate the improbabilities.) Harold Harold Henderson, Certified Genealogist ® midwestroots.net Genealogical writing and editing Current research: Boren 1750-1840 PA, Flint/Gedney 1800-1950 IL/MO, Thrall 1792-1934 VT/OH/IL ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message