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Paragenealogy Handout – Free Download

Fiona Broome — Fri, 21 May 2010 11:30:15 +0000

During the weekend of 14 – 16 May 2010, I spoke at the G.H.O.S.T.S. conference in Ontario, Canada.

On Sunday, I presented a paragenealogy workshop and provided a very basic overview of the process and most popular resources.

My handout from that workshop is available as a free download in PDF format. (You can read it with any PDF reader, including free Adobe Reader.)

Paragenealogy Notes by Fiona Broome

Those notes are an outline of the information in my upcoming book. I’m dictating the rest of the book right now, and it should be available at Amazon.com around late June 2010.

Paragenealogy: A How-To Guide – the book

Fiona Broome — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:12:25 +0000

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.

Paranormal History

Fiona Broome — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:07:21 +0000

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.