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Date Posted: 15:20:13 09/22/01 Sat
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Subject: Family Roots and seeing the dead

Dear ANN

WOW so true. I feel the same way. I really loved your email. I think others will too. I am going to keep what you have put down in words. Looking at your prospective, all researchers see dead people if they sink their hearts into what they find in their quest. Searching is like a treasure hunt peeking into what a person life may have been like>>>>>>>>>>>>

Even if we don't see them literally I believe we see them in our minds eye.
Sometimes when I have been researching a person in my back ground especially
a new relative. I start finding things about that person and who they
married and the children if any, and what work they did and an illness that
may have brought a death to the family such as when I see so many children
dying back then. maybe how the house caught on fire and how they survived.
How the community they lived in reacted either helping or not helping. If
they were married and loved for a long time or never married or were divorced
and went through some hard times, or worse lost their mates and had to
survive with 10 children to support and raise. Soon a picture begins in my
mind of who that person is. And what life has put on their shoulders. Or
perhaps they had joy, A long awaited baby may have brought happiness into
their lives. I almost feel like I could pick them out from among a group of
people. So in a way I too see dead people. I see such courage in some, such
sorrow in others and love in the hearts of the young lovers. To me, they are
alive again and I see the faces when I write down their names and then a
sadness when I write the day of their funeral. Because they were like me and
someday I will be like them. So, don't we all see dead people?

ANN

Subj: Re: Looking for the Dead
Date: 3/22/01 7:04:48 AM Pacific Standard Time

In a message dated 3/21/01 9:34:54 PM Pacific Standard Time,

> . Do you really see dead people, or am I
> > reading this wrong?
>
DEAR Shirley
My theory -- When I'm looking for someone, I really think they help me find
them sometimes. I believe they want to be found and remembered. How else
can the "fathers speak to the children and the children to the fathers."
Meaning the dead to the living and the living to the dead.

I know I have been lead to small town libraries and old court houses. I've
been so tired sometimes when I'm on the road traveling that something just
pulls into one of those places and if I answer the call, I usually find
something I was looking for, for quiet some time.

Because I usually camp when I'm on the road, I've had people leave me notes
and direct me to old churches and cemeteries where I have found names and
dates. I have found relatives living and dead just by attending a small
church tucked away on some dirt road that someone else sent me to. There
really is a great high people get when they find someone they have been
looking for -- I'm sure they (the dead) must have that same feeling.

Still hunting!

In a message dated 3/21/01 8:07:47 PM Pacific Standard Time,

> So in a way I too see dead people

I heard a speaker at a genealogy seminar speak about that very subject, he
also has a book out he wrote. Can anyone help me with the name of the book
and the author. Some of you on the list might like to read it. He was a
very interesting speaker. I have the book, but it packed away as I'm in the
process of redoing my computer room.

Can anyone help on this?

HI Shirley and Ann:
I head about that book. I would love to get my hands on that book. I don't recall the name or Arthur?

Date: 3/22/01 6:31:08 AM Pacific Standard Time

Dear Ann,
I LOVED your response. I've dwelled for so long on the men in the family
and recently began to wonder about the women -- were they slovenly or tidy,
loving or harsh, did their "wifely duty" dutifully or enjoyed the sexual
relationship w/their husband, were they personally clean or took the ritual
Saturday night bath, wanted to go to church to worship or only so they
could talk w/other women. I, too, see dead people and love dreaming what
it might be like to slip quietly into a day in their life w/o being seen.
Keep up the "seeing".

Looking for the Dead

My mother died a year ago and she was the genealogist in the family (I mainly
picked it up to help her out in her research. Now I carry it on because I think I
have picked up the bug.) I can't tell you the number of times when I have
mysteriously "stumbled" across something in the files that I wasn't looking for
but on someone who is definitely related... Or how about the times when after a
frustrating day of searching at the library for something, I think in my mind, Mom
- please help! The next thing I know I have turned the crank on the microfilm
reader and I am staring at a record on an ancestor of mine. I am CERTAIN that my
mother has helped me. There is no other explanation. I believe that the number
of connections that I have made since her death and knowledge gained on
generations that she did not know has been guided by her presence.

Just another thought.
SAMMIE

Subj: Re: Psychic Roots & More Psychic Roots written by Henry J. Jones

Hi -
Both of these books sound very interesting - will have to put them on
my "to do" list to read.
Last year Hank Jones spoke at the MGC Seminar in Traverse City, MI -
four of us went up for the week-end. His talk was on researching in New
York (most Michigan pioneers came from New York). For demonstration, he
used some of his own research talking about an ancestor which I can't
remember the name. Anyway, my friend Judy almost freaked out when she
heard the name - as it was one of her ancestors! They had a great time
comparing notes after the talk.

Here is the book:
http://shopaol.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?userid=6Z2UWUBGYD&mscssid=RQ2S66WH4JMC9LERUCAP3W7E04PJBEU0&sourceid=A000000126&author_last=Jones&author_first=Henry+Z%2E&match=exact&options=and

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> >Dear ANN > > WOW so true. I feel the same way. I really loved >your email. I think others will too. I am going to >keep what you have put down in words. Looking at your >prospective, all researchers see dead people if they >sink their hearts into what they find in their quest. >Searching is like a treasure hunt peeking into what a >person life may have been like>>>>>>>>>>>> > >Even if we don't see them literally I believe we see >them in our minds eye. >Sometimes when I have been researching a person in my >back ground especially >a new relative. I start finding things about that >person and who they >married and the children if any, and what work they >did and an illness that >may have brought a death to the family such as when I >see so many children >dying back then. maybe how the house caught on fire >and how they survived. >How the community they lived in reacted either helping >or not helping. If >they were married and loved for a long time or never >married or were divorced >and went through some hard times, or worse lost their >mates and had to >survive with 10 children to support and raise. Soon a >picture begins in my >mind of who that person is. And what life has put on >their shoulders. Or >perhaps they had joy, A long awaited baby may have >brought happiness into >their lives. I almost feel like I could pick them out >from among a group of >people. So in a way I too see dead people. I see such >courage in some, such >sorrow in others and love in the hearts of the young >lovers. To me, they are >alive again and I see the faces when I write down >their names and then a >sadness when I write the day of their funeral. Because >they were like me and >someday I will be like them. So, don't we all see dead >people? > > > >ANN > >Subj: Re: Looking for the Dead >Date: 3/22/01 7:04:48 AM Pacific Standard Time > > > > >In a message dated 3/21/01 9:34:54 PM Pacific Standard >Time, > > > >> . Do you really see dead people, or am I >> > reading this wrong? >> >DEAR Shirley >My theory -- When I'm looking for someone, I really >think they help me find >them sometimes. I believe they want to be found and >remembered. How else >can the "fathers speak to the children and the >children to the fathers." >Meaning the dead to the living and the living to the >dead. > >I know I have been lead to small town libraries and >old court houses. I've >been so tired sometimes when I'm on the road traveling >that something just >pulls into one of those places and if I answer the >call, I usually find >something I was looking for, for quiet some time. > >Because I usually camp when I'm on the road, I've had >people leave me notes >and direct me to old churches and cemeteries where I >have found names and >dates. I have found relatives living and dead just by >attending a small >church tucked away on some dirt road that someone else >sent me to. There >really is a great high people get when they find >someone they have been >looking for -- I'm sure they (the dead) must have that >same feeling. > >Still hunting! > > > > > >In a message dated 3/21/01 8:07:47 PM Pacific Standard >Time, > > > >> So in a way I too see dead people > >I heard a speaker at a genealogy seminar speak about >that very subject, he >also has a book out he wrote. Can anyone help me with >the name of the book >and the author. Some of you on the list might like to >read it. He was a >very interesting speaker. I have the book, but it >packed away as I'm in the >process of redoing my computer room. > >Can anyone help on this? > >HI Shirley and Ann: >I head about that book. I would love to get my hands >on that book. I don't recall the name or Arthur? > > >Date: 3/22/01 6:31:08 AM Pacific Standard Time > > > >Dear Ann, > I LOVED your response. I've dwelled for so long >on the men in the family >and recently began to wonder about the women -- were >they slovenly or tidy, >loving or harsh, did their "wifely duty" dutifully or >enjoyed the sexual >relationship w/their husband, were they personally >clean or took the ritual >Saturday night bath, wanted to go to church to worship >or only so they >could talk w/other women. I, too, see dead people and >love dreaming what >it might be like to slip quietly into a day in their >life w/o being seen. >Keep up the "seeing". > > >Looking for the Dead > >My mother died a year ago and she was the genealogist >in the family (I mainly >picked it up to help her out in her research. Now I >carry it on because I think I >have picked up the bug.) I can't tell you the number >of times when I have >mysteriously "stumbled" across something in the files >that I wasn't looking for >but on someone who is definitely related... Or how >about the times when after a >frustrating day of searching at the library for >something, I think in my mind, Mom >- please help! The next thing I know I have turned >the crank on the microfilm >reader and I am staring at a record on an ancestor of >mine. I am CERTAIN that my >mother has helped me. There is no other explanation. >I believe that the number >of connections that I have made since her death and >knowledge gained on >generations that she did not know has been guided by >her presence. > >Just another thought. >SAMMIE > > > >Subj: Re: Psychic Roots & More Psychic Roots written >by Henry J. Jones > > >Hi - > Both of these books sound very interesting - will >have to put them on >my "to do" list to read. > Last year Hank Jones spoke at the MGC Seminar in >Traverse City, MI - >four of us went up for the week-end. His talk was on >researching in New >York (most Michigan pioneers came from New York). For >demonstration, he >used some of his own research talking about an >ancestor which I can't >remember the name. Anyway, my friend Judy almost >freaked out when she >heard the name - as it was one of her ancestors! They >had a great time >comparing notes after the talk. > > > >Here is the book: >http://shopaol.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.as >p?userid=6Z2UWUBGYD&mscssid=RQ2S66WH4JMC9LERUCAP3W7E04P >JBEU0&sourceid=A000000126&author_last=Jones&author_firs >t=Henry+Z%2E&match=exact&options=and

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