Paragenealogy

paranormal history & research

Paragenealogy: A How-To Guide is planned as a mid-to-late 2010 book by Fiona Broome, the founder of Hollow Hill and author of Ghost Hunting in Haunted Cemeteries: A How-To Guide.

It will include the basics of how to identify your ghost (or ghosts) and how to research his or her history.

The book will be about 160 pages long, and include step-by-step instructions, as well as true ghost stories to illustrate the art and science of paragenealogy.

It will be available through this website, and at Amazon.com.

Please leave comments, questions about paragenealogy, or suggestions about what you’d like to learn in this book.

Paragenealogy is the study of history related to paranormal places and events.

That history is important.

For example, without historical documentation, hauntings become mere “ghost stories.”

With documented history, we can understand haunted places, faerie lore and alien tales.  We can predict recurring manifestations and gain insights to residual and active hauntings.

This research involves traditional genealogical resources as well as input from psychics and folklore.

Paragenealogists start with a broad study of the location, events and personalities that may relate to the paranormal report.

Through trial and error, that focus narrows to isolate credible factors that fit the paranormal activity.

Paragenealogy is a precise study.  Accurate research and conclusions  require years of experience in both traditional genealogy and paranormal studies.

That said, anyone can begin this study.  If your home is haunted or you’d like to learn more about a paranormal location, you can use traditional genealogical resources.

For example, census records and deeds will tell you about the people who’ve lived in a particular home.  Vital records, where available, will fill in details about an individual.