{"id":285,"date":"2015-06-22T17:01:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T17:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=285"},"modified":"2015-06-22T22:53:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T22:53:14","slug":"habits-and-haunts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=285","title":{"rendered":"“Habits and Haunts…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Evidence Explained<\/a><\/em>, Elizabeth Shown Mills discusses “The Name’s the Same” Rule (page 28–3rd edition).<\/p>\n

She discusses and mentions a variety of non-name factors that one must consider in determining whether two individuals with the same name really are in fact the same person. One of those considerations she mentions is “haunts.”<\/p>\n

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Eternal neighbors John M., Franciska, Sophia, and Anna Trautvetter. Bethany United Church of Christ Cemetery, Tioga, Hancock County, Illinois; digital photograph taken by Michael John Neill, 2004.<\/p><\/div>\n

I think she means\u00a0“haunts” in the sense of those locations that a person tends to frequent. After all, some records do provide evidence about places a person regularly appears. \u00a0I learned a long time ago never to assume what an author means to say “between the lines.”<\/p>\n

As I read further I realized there was another way one could interpret “haunts.” But I am fairly certain the use of the word “haunt” in Evidence Explained<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>had nothing to do with ghosts and zombies.<\/p>\n

But it could easily reference cemeteries. The burial location of an ancestor is certainly her “final haunt” and who is in that neighborhood with them is a clue to many things. Your ancestor’s permanent neighbors can provide evidence of family connections, church affiliation, final residence and more. Of course burial in a church cemetery is not proof of church attendance and burial location is not to be equated with death location. But they are still clues.<\/p>\n

Haunting, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

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