Spooky experiences while researching

[Tees]

Hi All,

I have followed this trend with much interest--decided to put my piece or two in.

About 10 years ago, I was in Brooklyn doing some paperwork at the governmental building. Up the street, there was a courthouse. Something drew me to it. I went across the crossing street to it and looked up the board where they listed all the departments and rooms and their locations. There it says Naturalisation and other Room. I remembered thinking to myself--"umm, perhaps I can find my Mum's grandad's papers there."

So off I to the room. I realised a mistake after seeing many ledgers on many shelves...thinking "uh, no....gee, it will be a bit difficult to do it." But something inside me prompted me to continue what I am coming for. I walked up to the gentleman behind the counter and told him that I would like to find my g grandad's papers. He asked what year. A year just popped in my head and said, "1917." Then he proceeded to ask me what name he was under. I gave him my g grandad's name.

He actually took the ledger off the shelf and brought it to the counter. He opened it and looked it up--there was my g grandad's petition for naturalisation. He showed it to me to make sure I had a right person--as I was reading it--my eyes were popping out because it was my very g grandad and his family (it even listed my grandmum)! I just knew I had a right person.

The gentleman was surprised and asked me if I am positively sure about it. I told him yes and explained that I know the details on his family. He smiled and he went to other shelf to take out a ledger without asking me anything. He proceeded to make photocopies. When he was done with it, he gave the photocopies to me. I asked him how much the photocopies cost. He said they are free because it was the first time he ever had a person coming in and finding an ancestor in the records on a flimsy guess! 

Some months later, my cousin who had the actual/real naturalisation certificate on my g grandad. It matched up nicely against my photocopy. I told him how I got it and all.

He was surprised as we both know one has to know when one was naturalised--I did not know at that the time!!

I guess I have someone guiding me,eh?

Regards,

Tees

[Tees]

Hi again

Another story may or not spook you--

when I was about 5 years old, I was sent to fetch my Grandmum by my Mum. We were living with my grandparents at that time. Mum told me not to woke my grandmum if she was napping with a stern face. I replied, "Yes, I won't do that." Off I to get her--I found her napping in the couch. I remembered my Mum's stern message.

I went downstairs and told her that Grandmum was sleeping. Some time later on the same day, my Grandad got home and went upstairs. He was screaming for my Mum. She rushed off and everything was in blur...remembered my Grandmum being carried out to the ambulance. Even saw her being electrically shocked to no avail. They quickly close the door and they went off...apparently, she had died in her sleep.

Some nights later--I woke up and felt a bit scared. I walked to my parents' bedroom and asked if I could sleep with them. They grumpily let me in...I slept well, more or less. Something kept "nagging" me to wake up. I wake up and saw a beautiful Easter basket from the mirror on the closet door. It was under the bed--I decided to look in the under--it was empty! Then my head moved up and saw even more beautiful Easter basket in the mirror--I turned my head to the under and the floor under the bed showed no sign of it. I turned my head up and still saw the basket, even more beautiful and bigger. I decided to get out of the bed and got on the floor. I remember my hands trying to grab it during I was looking at the mirror--no sign of it being materialised or actual physically being there. After trying to "get" it, the image disappearred from the mirror.

Well, when I was doing my family history--I was looking at the date of my grandmum's death-- and remembered my experience. I decided to look up old calendar from that year--it clitched it--my grandmum died some days before Easter!!

Was that the message she attempt to send me?? I often had wondered about it. I did tell my Mum about it--she simply put it down as a dream that I thought I was awakened and all. I am pretty certain I was fully conscious and all.

Spooky coincidence with the timing?

-Tees

[CarolBurns]

Tees

The first post about the naturalisation was fantastic. They often guide us like that.

The second post about your Gran was well spooky - I still have goosebumps on my arms (an no draughts here either!) No wonder you waited a while to post them - made to spook us in one go!

Carol

[Tees]

Hi Carol

Glad you enjoyed my postings! Yes, it still bothered me about my Granny's attempt to send me a message--I guess I would have to wait until I am Upstairs then I shall ask her about it!! 

Another freaky coincidence is I recently got my g granny's sister's birth cert. I was getting it for her descendant who remembered her from when he was a little lad living with her. Anyway, her birth date was nearly 100 years apart from mine--to be exact, 98 years!! We have same day and month for our birthdays!

I am a bit afraid to share this detail with my cousin because I do not want anyone to think I am daft and all!

Regards,

Tees

[Tees]

Hi again

I feel compelled to share this with you--

I had dreamt about the elderly couple in the photograph--it was shown to me by somebody. I just put it down as a loony dream and all. For I could not make of it.

It was not until I got the set of photographs from my other cousin in the post--you guess it right, one of them is the same elderly couple I saw in my dream of the photograph!!

This elderly couple was my ggg grandparents!! They lived to ripe old age and was fortunate to be photographed when it was affordable to do.

I told my cousin about it--she politely replied that I may have seen the photograph somewhere before. Honest to God, I never saw the photograph or the couple before with an exception for my dream. How can it be true, I often wondered!

I am pretty sure someone Upstairs is trying to send me the message...I am sure it was a friendly one. 

Regards

Tees

[CarolBurns]

My first post to start this thread was about a man ho kept showing up in dreams, I then drew him and a month later I am given a photo of a wedding and there he is stood in the back row - exactly as I drew him right down to the rounded collar

Even when I look at the photo now he seems to be grinning at me as though to say "Have you worked it out yet?"

Hopefully I will very soon

Carol

[Tees]

Hi Carol

Yes, I remembered that story.

My GGGgrandad had a scowl on his face in the photograph.

It looked like he was in his late 70s or early 80s around the early 20th century.

Your gentleman is preferred to mine! 

Hope you are able to crack the mystery of this unknown gentleman. I am currently waiting for few relatives to get back to me on three photos with unknown relatives as to whom they were and how they were related to us.

All the best

Tees

[kerryb]

Carol

I hope you work it out, wouldn't it be great to have a solution.

I just wish some of mine would give me a few clues sometimes!!!  I'm waiting, I'll listen!!!

Kerry 

[Gadget]

My first post to start this thread was about a man ho kept showing up in dreams, I then drew him and a month later I am given a photo of a wedding and there he is stood in the back row - exactly as I drew him right down to the rounded collar

Even when I look at the photo now he seems to be grinning at me as though to say "Have you worked it out yet?"

Hopefully I will very soon

Carol

Carol

Between you and me, we'll get there, cariad. I'm pondering your Price/Roberts dilemma as I write - any vibes coming through 

Gadget

PS have you still got the drawing and the photo - if so it would be worth putting them up