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From: "Bonita" <>
Subject: Re: [FTST] Genealogists/detectives
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 14:25:32 -0500
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My passion as a child was putting puzzles together. Mom would always buy a
new puzzle for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It was sort of a tradition to
put out the card table and the puzzle box. Next thing people were pulling
out the pieces and we had the frame together. It was a great way to sit and
talk about ANYTHING without fear of judgment or surprise as everyone was
really concentrating on the puzzle. I pretty much kept up the tradition but
when the kids left the tradition seemed to stop .. until Grammy came to
visit for the holidays. So, now the box of presents always includes a
puzzle. My son's children hardly knew how to begin (it was a 700 piece) and
they became very discouraged .. ages 10 and 14. So, I tried to set down and
explain that it was not a contest, it was just a fun activity and showed
them some strategies (colors, shapes, picture on each piece) to help find
the pieces.

Regarding police work .. both my first husband and my son were/are in police
work... and I went to genealogy and adoption hunting.

Bonita


----- Original Message -----
From: "Caroline Gurney" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 8:37 AM
Subject: [FTST] Genealogists/detectives


Seems logical. My great-grandfather was a detective (eventually Head of the
CID at Scotland Yard) and, in researching his career, it has often occurred
to me that the skills required in detection & genealogy are very similar.

Caroline Gurney
Portsmouth, UK


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bonita" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [FTST] Re: FTST-D Digest V01 #2

> According to an interview he did (in the archives of Ancestry.com) he was
in
> criminology/law enforcement .. crime analysis. He would probably be
> interested in an article in the Dallas Gen. Society newsletter this month
..
> a 70 year old crime was solved by a genealogist/detective.
>
> Bonita



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