About
Paragenealogy is the study of documented history related to paranormal places and events.
This research can involve anything from the personal history of a ghost, to the Native American legends associated with Area 51.
Although psychic impressions and folklore provide clues, the focus of paragenealogy is documented history.
Paragenealogists use traditional genealogical resources including:
- census records
- deeds
- probate records
- vital records
- historic diaries
- vintage and antique photos
- local, documented folklore
- local histories
Paragenealogy: The How-To Guide is planned for publication in 2012. This illustrated book will be available through this website and at Amazon.com.
Fiona Broome is the world’s foremost paragenealogist, and the author of all articles at this website. (Ms. Broome is also the founder of Hollow Hill, one of the Internet’s oldest and largest ghost-related websites.)
She’s the author of a series of travel guides to haunted places, including The Ghosts of Austin, Texas, and how-to guides such as Ghost Hunting in Haunted Cemeteries and Is Your House Haunted?
Fiona also specializes in paranormal patterns such as her March 2009 discovery of the Judges Line of Salem, Massachusetts.
Paragenealogy is pronounced ‘PAR-uhh-jenn-ee-AHHL-oh-jee‘.
Ms. Broome has been a professional genealogist for over 30 years, specializing in difficult and “lost” genealogical records. Today, she integrates this expertise with her paranormal research, to identify ghosts and haunted places, and the stories behind them.