The client now says that the scuttlebutt in the neighborhood is that a girl fell down the well and drowned a gazillion years ago. She says that they think it is the little girl's ghost. She said that when they moved on the property in 1991 they filled the well in. This might prove to be very interesting. If a girl really fell down the well and drowned it will be in the paper. You know I am going to have to tell her that I will take her on as a client even though I am swamped right now :) :) Michele -----Original Message----- From: Marian Pierre-Louis [mailto:marianpl@fieldstonehistoricresearch.com] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 8:17 PM To: 'Michele Lewis'; 'TGF Mailing List' Subject: RE: [TGF] The weirdest request ever Not a weird request at all for a house historian! I think a healthy skeptical approach is the way to go. Do the research and present what you find. Unless they know the name of the ghost or unless you find out about some tragedy that occurred in the house it will be an interesting exercise but little else (except that all house history research is intriguing). But it certainly does provide a whole lot of fun! I would accept the job on the condition that you can't guarantee anything except an accurate accounting of archival documentation. Marian Pierre-Louis Fieldstone Historic Research http://www.FieldstoneHistoricResearch.com http://www.ResearchNewEngland.com -----Original Message----- From: transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michele Lewis Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 5:26 PM To: TGF Mailing List Subject: [TGF] The weirdest request ever I was contacted today by a potential client. She wants me to research her house. She and her children (ages 19 and 22) think that there are ghosts in the house. The kids says that they have always heard noises in the house since they were very little and neither one of them will stay in the house alone even though they are now adults. They want to know about the previous owners and if any crimes were committed in the house. Okay, even though this is a bit weird it is timely. I have been wanting to do a little house history genealogy. I have only done the history of one house. We lived in an 1830 house in Maine and I just had to know the history of the house so I researched that one. I have been reading some of Marian Pierre-Louis' stuff as well as the books she recommends. I recently wrote a blog post on this subject and then this client shows up today so I am thinking this is a sign for me to do another house ☺ Maybe the ghosts are reaching out to me ☺ ☺ ☺ Michele The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- 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
Yes, but you don't know WHEN she fell in the well (or do you?). We have a really great index for deaths at our library for the Springfield, Missouri, newspapers. But we'd still need to go back year by year in the city directories or by deeds to find who lived there. Then check those names against those in our newspaper index. Can't imagine how difficult that would be if you didn't have an obit index that you could match with names of residents. Or maybe there's an index for all those who died in the year which we also could do with missouri death certificates ... as long as it wasn't before 1910. On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Michele Lewis <ancestoring@gmail.com>wrote: > The client now says that the scuttlebutt in the neighborhood is that a > girl fell down the well and drowned a gazillion years ago. She says that > they think it is the little girl's ghost. She said that when they moved on > the property in 1991 they filled the well in. This might prove to be very > interesting. If a girl really fell down the well and drowned it will be in > the paper. You know I am going to have to tell her that I will take her on > as a client even though I am swamped right now :) :) > > Michele > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marian Pierre-Louis [mailto:marianpl@fieldstonehistoricresearch.com] > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 8:17 PM > To: 'Michele Lewis'; 'TGF Mailing List' > Subject: RE: [TGF] The weirdest request ever > > Not a weird request at all for a house historian! I think a healthy > skeptical approach is the way to go. Do the research and present what you > find. Unless they know the name of the ghost or unless you find out about > some tragedy that occurred in the house it will be an interesting exercise > but little else (except that all house history research is intriguing). But > it certainly does provide a whole lot of fun! > > I would accept the job on the condition that you can't guarantee anything > except an accurate accounting of archival documentation. > > Marian Pierre-Louis > Fieldstone Historic Research > http://www.FieldstoneHistoricResearch.com > http://www.ResearchNewEngland.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto: > transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Michele Lewis > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 5:26 PM > To: TGF Mailing List > Subject: [TGF] The weirdest request ever > > I was contacted today by a potential client. She wants me to research her > house. She and her children (ages 19 and 22) think that there are ghosts > in the house. The kids says that they have always heard noises in the > house since they were very little and neither one of them will stay in the > house alone even though they are now adults. They want to know about the > previous owners and if any crimes were committed in the house. > > Okay, even though this is a bit weird it is timely. I have been wanting > to do a little house history genealogy. I have only done the history of > one house. We lived in an 1830 house in Maine and I just had to know the > history of the house so I researched that one. I have been reading some of > Marian Pierre-Louis' stuff as well as the books she recommends. I recently > wrote a blog post on this subject and then this client shows up today so I > am thinking this is a sign for me to do another house ☺ Maybe the ghosts > are reaching out to me ☺ ☺ ☺ > > Michele > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > 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 >
Michele now you're going to have to share the results of your research with this group as well as the client! You have us all hooked on the story of the "ghost of the girl in the well -- truth or fact? Tune in tomorrow to find out what happens next...." Erica On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Michele Lewis <ancestoring@gmail.com>wrote: > The client now says that the scuttlebutt in the neighborhood is that a > girl fell down the well and drowned a gazillion years ago. She says that > they think it is the little girl's ghost. She said that when they moved on > the property in 1991 they filled the well in. This might prove to be very > interesting. If a girl really fell down the well and drowned it will be in > the paper. You know I am going to have to tell her that I will take her on > as a client even though I am swamped right now :) :) > > Michele > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marian Pierre-Louis [mailto:marianpl@fieldstonehistoricresearch.com] > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 8:17 PM > To: 'Michele Lewis'; 'TGF Mailing List' > Subject: RE: [TGF] The weirdest request ever > > Not a weird request at all for a house historian! I think a healthy > skeptical approach is the way to go. Do the research and present what you > find. Unless they know the name of the ghost or unless you find out about > some tragedy that occurred in the house it will be an interesting exercise > but little else (except that all house history research is intriguing). But > it certainly does provide a whole lot of fun! > > I would accept the job on the condition that you can't guarantee anything > except an accurate accounting of archival documentation. > > Marian Pierre-Louis > Fieldstone Historic Research > http://www.FieldstoneHistoricResearch.com > http://www.ResearchNewEngland.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto: > transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Michele Lewis > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 5:26 PM > To: TGF Mailing List > Subject: [TGF] The weirdest request ever > > I was contacted today by a potential client. She wants me to research her > house. She and her children (ages 19 and 22) think that there are ghosts > in the house. The kids says that they have always heard noises in the > house since they were very little and neither one of them will stay in the > house alone even though they are now adults. They want to know about the > previous owners and if any crimes were committed in the house. > > Okay, even though this is a bit weird it is timely. I have been wanting > to do a little house history genealogy. I have only done the history of > one house. We lived in an 1830 house in Maine and I just had to know the > history of the house so I researched that one. I have been reading some of > Marian Pierre-Louis' stuff as well as the books she recommends. I recently > wrote a blog post on this subject and then this client shows up today so I > am thinking this is a sign for me to do another house ☺ Maybe the ghosts > are reaching out to me ☺ ☺ ☺ > > Michele > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Erica Dakin Voolich •Genealogist, check out my genealogy blogs http://genea-adventures.blogspot.com http://ursulawright.blogspot.com •President The Somerville Mathematics Fund, an Affiliate of Dollars for Scholars Chapter, Winner of the 2011, New England Chapter of the Year Award Chapter, Winner of the 2003-2004 *Golden Tassel* Service Award We celebrate and encourage mathematics achievement in Somerville MA! http://www.somervillemathematicsfund.org Become a fan on our Facebook page: Facebook | Somerville Mathematics Fund Check out my blog: http://somervillemathematics.blogspot.com/