More serendipity: As co-managing editor of Minnesota Genealogist, I assign portions of the journal to each of four proof readers. One emailed me immediately to say the article I assigned to her was about someone in her own family and she had information that the author apparently lacked.  Elizabeth Williams GomollSt Paul MN From: "transitional-genealogists-forum-request@rootsweb.com" <transitional-genealogists-forum-request@rootsweb.com> To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2017 12:01 PM Subject: TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM Digest, Vol 11, Issue 49 Send TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM mailing list submissions to     transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit     http://lists2.rootsweb.ancestry.com/mailman/listinfo/transitional-genealogists-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to     transitional-genealogists-forum-request@rootsweb.com You can reach the person managing the list at     transitional-genealogists-forum-owner@rootsweb.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM digest..." Today's Topics:   1. Re:  serendipity squared ;-) (Harold Henderson)   2. Re:  serendipity squared ;-) (ccr)   3. Re:  serendipity squared ;-) (Harold Henderson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:30:35 -0500 From: Harold Henderson <librarytraveler@gmail.com> To: "Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL" <Elissa@powellgenealogy.com> Cc: Transitional Genealogists     <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [TGF] serendipity squared ;-) Message-ID:     <CABPpKTgy14YXpEu1-EGWFpG6XOb8qSYNGpMMzeGLN-PqSGY1Bw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I do recall your saying that more than a few times, Elissa! But then what am I to think about this fellow's sister-in-law. Does she still hate genealogists in the afterlife? Harold Henderson, Certified Genealogist ?  midwestroots.net Genealogical writing and editing Current research and writing: Mozley 1800-1950 England/PA/WI Lowe 1770-1950 England/NYC/IL Flint/Gedney 1800-1950 IL/MO Thrall 1792-1934 VT/OH/IL On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL < Elissa@powellgenealogy.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 09:43:26 -0700 From: ccr <ggfdcdf@gmail.com> To: Harold Henderson <librarytraveler@gmail.com> Cc: Transitional Genealogists     <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [TGF] serendipity squared ;-) Message-ID:     <CALw=in5wPSO6hru0tgwHjetRoGDhiZ9dbgW_+RNqVBruTgskTQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:58:55 -0500 From: Harold Henderson <librarytraveler@gmail.com> To: ccr <ggfdcdf@gmail.com> Cc: Transitional Genealogists     <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [TGF] serendipity squared ;-) Message-ID:     <CABPpKTg8=HNefThVffUJ_XROyYSQaN8Ghpsr8Bsx7X0-DG-6vw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Cyndy -- You're definitely adding fuel to Elissa's fire. That is remarkable! -- Harold Harold Henderson, Certified Genealogist ?  midwestroots.net Genealogical writing and editing Current research and writing: Mozley 1800-1950 England/PA/WI Lowe 1770-1950 England/NYC/IL Flint/Gedney 1800-1950 IL/MO Thrall 1792-1934 VT/OH/IL On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 11:43 AM, ccr <ggfdcdf@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer ------------------------------ End of TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM Digest, Vol 11, Issue 49 ***************************************************************