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February 14, 2012
A Ghost at Stallion’s Gate, Top-Selling Kindle book for Write Words, Inc
A Ghost at Stallion’s Gate,
Top-Selling Kindle book for Write Words, IncBook publisher Write Words Inc. reports Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's novel A Ghost at Stallion's Gate is top seller from December's 2011 Kindle list.
WireService.ca Press Release - Feb 13, 2012
Arline Chase of Write Words, Inc, book publisher, reported this past week that the latest Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery novel, book 4 in the series: A Ghost at Stallion’s Gate by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox was the best-selling Amazon "Kindle" book at her publishing house during the highly competitive December 2011 season. In addition, books 1 through 3 in this series followed closely in sales reports.
Book 4: A Ghost at Stallion’s Gate, which begins a new chapter in the life of lead character, Shannon Delaney, just barely made the release for December 2011’s e-book list of new titles. The paperback version was released in January 2012.
Write Words Inc., and its imprints, Cambridge Books and E Books on the Net, publish Eagan-Cox’s Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series novels in over a dozen different e-book versions, of which the Amazon "Kindle" and the Barnes and Nobel "Nook" are the most popular, in addition to a trade-size paperback edition. Write Words Inc. has over 450 books on the current retail list of sales reported nationally and internationally. Elizabeth Eagan-Cox’s Shannon Delaney series of paranormal mystery novels are available at book retailers across the globe.
More information on the author’s Website: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net -
Top-Selling Kindle book for Write Words, IncBook publisher Write Words Inc. reports Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's novel A Ghost at Stallion's Gate is top seller from December's 2011 Kindle list.
WireService.ca Press Release - Feb 13, 2012
Arline Chase of Write Words, Inc, book publisher, reported this past week that the latest Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery novel, book 4 in the series: A Ghost at Stallion’s Gate by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox was the best-selling Amazon "Kindle" book at her publishing house during the highly competitive December 2011 season. In addition, books 1 through 3 in this series followed closely in sales reports.
Book 4: A Ghost at Stallion’s Gate, which begins a new chapter in the life of lead character, Shannon Delaney, just barely made the release for December 2011’s e-book list of new titles. The paperback version was released in January 2012.
Write Words Inc., and its imprints, Cambridge Books and E Books on the Net, publish Eagan-Cox’s Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series novels in over a dozen different e-book versions, of which the Amazon "Kindle" and the Barnes and Nobel "Nook" are the most popular, in addition to a trade-size paperback edition. Write Words Inc. has over 450 books on the current retail list of sales reported nationally and internationally. Elizabeth Eagan-Cox’s Shannon Delaney series of paranormal mystery novels are available at book retailers across the globe.
More information on the author’s Website: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net -
A Ghost at Stallion's Gate, Top-Selling Kindle book for Write Words, Inc
A Ghost at Stallion's Gate,
Top-Selling Kindle book for Write Words, IncBook publisher Write Words Inc. reports Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's novel A Ghost at Stallion's Gate is top seller from December's 2011 Kindle list.
WireService.ca Press Release - Feb 13, 2012
Arline Chase of Write Words, Inc, book publisher, reported this past week that the latest Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery novel, book 4 in the series: A Ghost at Stallion's Gate by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox was the best-selling Amazon "Kindle" book at her publishing house during the highly competitive December 2011 season. In addition, books 1 through 3 in this series followed closely in sales reports.
Book 4: A Ghost at Stallion's Gate, which begins a new chapter in the life of lead character, Shannon Delaney, just barely made the release for December 2011's e-book list of new titles. The paperback version was released in January 2012.
Write Words Inc., and its imprints, Cambridge Books and E Books on the Net, publish Eagan-Cox's Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series novels in over a dozen different e-book versions, of which the Amazon "Kindle" and the Barnes and Nobel "Nook" are the most popular, in addition to a trade-size paperback edition. Write Words Inc. has over 450 books on the current retail list of sales reported nationally and internationally. Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's Shannon Delaney series of paranormal mystery novels are available at book retailers across the globe.
More information on the author's Website: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net -
Top-Selling Kindle book for Write Words, IncBook publisher Write Words Inc. reports Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's novel A Ghost at Stallion's Gate is top seller from December's 2011 Kindle list.
WireService.ca Press Release - Feb 13, 2012
Arline Chase of Write Words, Inc, book publisher, reported this past week that the latest Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery novel, book 4 in the series: A Ghost at Stallion's Gate by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox was the best-selling Amazon "Kindle" book at her publishing house during the highly competitive December 2011 season. In addition, books 1 through 3 in this series followed closely in sales reports.
Book 4: A Ghost at Stallion's Gate, which begins a new chapter in the life of lead character, Shannon Delaney, just barely made the release for December 2011's e-book list of new titles. The paperback version was released in January 2012.
Write Words Inc., and its imprints, Cambridge Books and E Books on the Net, publish Eagan-Cox's Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series novels in over a dozen different e-book versions, of which the Amazon "Kindle" and the Barnes and Nobel "Nook" are the most popular, in addition to a trade-size paperback edition. Write Words Inc. has over 450 books on the current retail list of sales reported nationally and internationally. Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's Shannon Delaney series of paranormal mystery novels are available at book retailers across the globe.
More information on the author's Website: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net -
October 17, 2011
Dear Mary R. (or Getting Slammed).
I've been slammed... Uh? You've never heard that? Well, let me explain. Slamming an author is akin to leaving poor reviews of a product or service under the sneaky guise of an anonymous name with no profile links. In other words, it's rather like junk mail or those annoying phone calls that leave no call-back number (and they cannot be traced, either!)
There's a very industrious slammer out in Cyber world who seems to have made it her (?) mission to leave negative and snarky comments about me and my books. So far, I know she goes by the names of Mary R. and Exotic-TeaLady. Of course, while I, and millions of other people, will leave a legitimate review or comment about a product or service under a real identity (adds so much more integrity), Mary R. hides from public view. (Hmm, maybe she is covertly working a publicity scam for a desperate author whose books compete for the same genre of readership. I have heard of this type of scam).
So, after going to the Barnes & Noble Internet site and seeing that as "Exotic-TeaLady" Mary R. left a negative review in which she left a "NOTE TO AUTHOR," (That is me, by the way) and I have no way on B&N to reply to her note to me, I choose to reply here.
Dear Mary R., (AKA Exotic-TeaLady); I see that you have left similar reviews at the Good Reads and Barnes & Noble Nook sites. With the exception that you left a "note to author" comment at B&N.I am the author. Notice that I sign my real name, not an anonymous name such as "Mary R." or a fantasy name such as "Exotic-TeaLady." Also, I am easy to find. I have my own Internet site. Every day people find me simply by Googling my name. In the future, you need not leave notes to me elsewhere, at least not if you care to effectively communicate.
To reply to your Note to Author: the book you commented on, and all the other books in my Shannon Delaney series, are published in over 14 different format/editions... most of which are in some type of digital technology. To the best of my knowledge, not a single edition ever reflects the master file (the final copy of the manuscript). From a technological point of view, especially in regard to digital editions (such as for Nook or Kindle) it would be impossible for every edition to accurately reflect the master file of the book's manuscript because every brand name e-book reader has its own manuscript format Technology. In other words, the technology for formatting a book into a digital edition is not standardized, and chances are the e-book and digital technology never will be standardized due to brand name competition.
Note to Mary R. (AKA Exotic-TeaLady, as you represent yourself at the Nook site), in my master file of the manuscript, "rattlesnake" is one word. E-book technology often separates a compound word into two words (such as "rattle snake") simply because the manuscript layout technology is not designed to recognize/translate otherwise. I recently noticed this same type of glitch in reading a Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe novel… there were several glitches of this nature that were formatted into my E-Bookwise edition.
As to my own novels, I noticed that in one version (digital/e-book) that the very common word of "cafe" (which is essentially a French word) was formatted as "cafee" simply because a particular e-book technology does not accurately translate American words of French origin. Yes, I know, cafe is common in American culture, but evidently some e-book technology just does not see it as so.
This seems to be the case with punctuation, too. The quirky things that happen to punctuation's marks... I've lost count of the switcheroos of when one common punctuation mark was exchanged for another, simply because the e-book technology interpreted the text as dramatic, and thus substituted a calm period for a more exciting exclamation point. Oh... dear Mary R.... lest I forget the switcheroos that happen with homonyms... Butt (but), eyed(I'd) best leave that topic alone four(for) now. ;-)
Signed by the real me,
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox
There's a very industrious slammer out in Cyber world who seems to have made it her (?) mission to leave negative and snarky comments about me and my books. So far, I know she goes by the names of Mary R. and Exotic-TeaLady. Of course, while I, and millions of other people, will leave a legitimate review or comment about a product or service under a real identity (adds so much more integrity), Mary R. hides from public view. (Hmm, maybe she is covertly working a publicity scam for a desperate author whose books compete for the same genre of readership. I have heard of this type of scam).
So, after going to the Barnes & Noble Internet site and seeing that as "Exotic-TeaLady" Mary R. left a negative review in which she left a "NOTE TO AUTHOR," (That is me, by the way) and I have no way on B&N to reply to her note to me, I choose to reply here.
Dear Mary R., (AKA Exotic-TeaLady); I see that you have left similar reviews at the Good Reads and Barnes & Noble Nook sites. With the exception that you left a "note to author" comment at B&N.I am the author. Notice that I sign my real name, not an anonymous name such as "Mary R." or a fantasy name such as "Exotic-TeaLady." Also, I am easy to find. I have my own Internet site. Every day people find me simply by Googling my name. In the future, you need not leave notes to me elsewhere, at least not if you care to effectively communicate.
To reply to your Note to Author: the book you commented on, and all the other books in my Shannon Delaney series, are published in over 14 different format/editions... most of which are in some type of digital technology. To the best of my knowledge, not a single edition ever reflects the master file (the final copy of the manuscript). From a technological point of view, especially in regard to digital editions (such as for Nook or Kindle) it would be impossible for every edition to accurately reflect the master file of the book's manuscript because every brand name e-book reader has its own manuscript format Technology. In other words, the technology for formatting a book into a digital edition is not standardized, and chances are the e-book and digital technology never will be standardized due to brand name competition.
Note to Mary R. (AKA Exotic-TeaLady, as you represent yourself at the Nook site), in my master file of the manuscript, "rattlesnake" is one word. E-book technology often separates a compound word into two words (such as "rattle snake") simply because the manuscript layout technology is not designed to recognize/translate otherwise. I recently noticed this same type of glitch in reading a Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe novel… there were several glitches of this nature that were formatted into my E-Bookwise edition.
As to my own novels, I noticed that in one version (digital/e-book) that the very common word of "cafe" (which is essentially a French word) was formatted as "cafee" simply because a particular e-book technology does not accurately translate American words of French origin. Yes, I know, cafe is common in American culture, but evidently some e-book technology just does not see it as so.
This seems to be the case with punctuation, too. The quirky things that happen to punctuation's marks... I've lost count of the switcheroos of when one common punctuation mark was exchanged for another, simply because the e-book technology interpreted the text as dramatic, and thus substituted a calm period for a more exciting exclamation point. Oh... dear Mary R.... lest I forget the switcheroos that happen with homonyms... Butt (but), eyed(I'd) best leave that topic alone four(for) now. ;-)
Signed by the real me,
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox
August 3, 2011
WOW...this is a great cover!
Feast your eyes on that cover to the left. It is marvelous, don't you agree? And as fantastic as the front cover of the book is... the book is even more fantastic. Here's some early reviews:
Praise forGhost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources
I've spent twenty years researching paranormal cases across the country. Some cases have taken months or even years to gather all the information and history I required. The Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources reveals techniques that can reduce the investigation time from years to days and months to hours. Anyone will be a well-informed researcher with the help of the Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources.~Nathan Schoonover – The Ghostman and Demon Hunter Showand Extreme Paranormal.
Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sourcesis not only a great book for ghost hunters, but it is great for anyone who is looking for a deceased relative or friend, and genealogy. It has a great amount of resources, and is an all-around great book for everyone.~Jake McCullough – S.N.A.P.T., Super Natural and Paranormal Team.
Research is the KEY to success for many of our investigations. Elizabeth Eagan-Cox provides that key, and opens the door to all levels of communication and methods I would have never thought of.~Scott Wise – Lead Investigator, Ghost Hunters Inc.
Never in the twenty-four years of being a paranormal researcher and investigator have I ever found such an amazingly comprehensive source of information into how to research persons and locations for use in my paranormal investigations. Plus, I will also be using the resources from Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources to find missing information on my own families ancestry. This book is a vital resource for any paranormal investigation team to use.~ Sandy Wells – Dark Moon Rising Radio and TV host and Small Town Paranormal.
I found that the Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources is a wealth of information. As the founder and director of Ghost Hunters Incorporated, I've used many sources, but this is the best! This is a great book for any paranormal team. ~Allen Wolfshadow – Founder & Director, Ghost Hunters Incorporated.
An easy guide to help families across the states find lost ones whether they are in the past or present. A simple tool for paranormal investigators to help in researching spirits and haunting specific locations.~Kurt Smith – Host of Paranormal Investigators Radio "PIR."
Learn more about this book at my Website: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
Praise forGhost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources
I've spent twenty years researching paranormal cases across the country. Some cases have taken months or even years to gather all the information and history I required. The Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources reveals techniques that can reduce the investigation time from years to days and months to hours. Anyone will be a well-informed researcher with the help of the Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources.~Nathan Schoonover – The Ghostman and Demon Hunter Showand Extreme Paranormal.
Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sourcesis not only a great book for ghost hunters, but it is great for anyone who is looking for a deceased relative or friend, and genealogy. It has a great amount of resources, and is an all-around great book for everyone.~Jake McCullough – S.N.A.P.T., Super Natural and Paranormal Team.
Research is the KEY to success for many of our investigations. Elizabeth Eagan-Cox provides that key, and opens the door to all levels of communication and methods I would have never thought of.~Scott Wise – Lead Investigator, Ghost Hunters Inc.
Never in the twenty-four years of being a paranormal researcher and investigator have I ever found such an amazingly comprehensive source of information into how to research persons and locations for use in my paranormal investigations. Plus, I will also be using the resources from Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources to find missing information on my own families ancestry. This book is a vital resource for any paranormal investigation team to use.~ Sandy Wells – Dark Moon Rising Radio and TV host and Small Town Paranormal.
I found that the Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources is a wealth of information. As the founder and director of Ghost Hunters Incorporated, I've used many sources, but this is the best! This is a great book for any paranormal team. ~Allen Wolfshadow – Founder & Director, Ghost Hunters Incorporated.
An easy guide to help families across the states find lost ones whether they are in the past or present. A simple tool for paranormal investigators to help in researching spirits and haunting specific locations.~Kurt Smith – Host of Paranormal Investigators Radio "PIR."
Learn more about this book at my Website: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
June 1, 2011
GHOST AUTHOR SETS SUMMER 2011 APPEARANCES
Paranormal author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox will share free Internet sources for use in paranormal investigating.
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox, best-selling author of the Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery "ghost" novels (Cambridge Books, Cambridge, MD) and author of the upcoming ghost investigation guide: Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources (Charles River Press, Boston, MA) will guest on talk radio shows to share expertise involving free Internet sources that help ghost investigators discover:
When a person died, where they are buried and the cause of death.Identifying and understanding the hidden meaning of Gravestone art and symbols.Understanding professions and occupations from the past and how they relate to today's frame of reference.Learn about the history of diseases and epidemics as cause of death. Haunted Lands. How to research and identify a property's first landowner under American land records, going as far back at the late 1700s.Learn about the tragic history of Orphan Train orphans from 1854 to 1929.Don't miss these Summer 2011 Internet Radio show appearances:
June 7th, Tuesday, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm, (EST),4 Horsemen Radio show.June 13, Monday, 7:00 pm (EST),Gut & Bone Radio show.June 14th, Tuesday, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm (EST),Paranormal Palace Radio show.June 26th, Sunday, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm (EST),Unknown Paranormal Radio show. July 7th, Thursday, 9:00 pm (EST),Universe of the Unknown Radio show. July 13th, Wednesday, 9:00 pm (EST),Dead Air Radio show. Port Orange Paranormal Society.July 17th, Sunday, 8:00 pm (EST),Behind The Mike Radio show.Full details with easy Internet links to the radio shows are on
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's Website: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox, best-selling author of the Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery "ghost" novels (Cambridge Books, Cambridge, MD) and author of the upcoming ghost investigation guide: Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources (Charles River Press, Boston, MA) will guest on talk radio shows to share expertise involving free Internet sources that help ghost investigators discover:
When a person died, where they are buried and the cause of death.Identifying and understanding the hidden meaning of Gravestone art and symbols.Understanding professions and occupations from the past and how they relate to today's frame of reference.Learn about the history of diseases and epidemics as cause of death. Haunted Lands. How to research and identify a property's first landowner under American land records, going as far back at the late 1700s.Learn about the tragic history of Orphan Train orphans from 1854 to 1929.Don't miss these Summer 2011 Internet Radio show appearances:
June 7th, Tuesday, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm, (EST),4 Horsemen Radio show.June 13, Monday, 7:00 pm (EST),Gut & Bone Radio show.June 14th, Tuesday, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm (EST),Paranormal Palace Radio show.June 26th, Sunday, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm (EST),Unknown Paranormal Radio show. July 7th, Thursday, 9:00 pm (EST),Universe of the Unknown Radio show. July 13th, Wednesday, 9:00 pm (EST),Dead Air Radio show. Port Orange Paranormal Society.July 17th, Sunday, 8:00 pm (EST),Behind The Mike Radio show.Full details with easy Internet links to the radio shows are on
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's Website: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
GHOST AUTHOR SETS SUMMER 2011 APPERANCES
Paranormal author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox will share free Internet sources for use in paranormal investigating.
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox, best-selling author of the Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery "ghost" novels (Cambridge Books, Cambridge, MD) and author of the upcoming ghost investigation guide: Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources (Charles River Press, Boston, MA) will guest on talk radio shows to share expertise involving free Internet sources that help ghost investigators discover:
When a person died, where they are buried and the cause of death.Identifying and understanding the hidden meaning of Gravestone art and symbols.Understanding professions and occupations from the past and how they relate to today's frame of reference.Learn about the history of diseases and epidemics as cause of death. Haunted Lands. How to research and identify a property's first landowner under American land records, going as far back at the late 1700s.Learn about the tragic history of Orphan Train orphans from 1854 to 1929.Don't miss these Summer 2011 Internet Radio show appearances:June 7th, Tuesday, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm, (EST),4 Horsemen Radio show.June 13, Monday, 7:00 pm (EST),Gut & Bone Radio show.June 14th, Tuesday, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm (EST),Paranormal Palace Radio show.June 26th, Sunday, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm (EST),Unknown Paranormal Radio show. July 7th, Thursday, 9:00 pm (EST),Universe of the Unknown Radio show. July 13th, Wednesday, 9:00 pm (EST),Dead Air Radio show. Port Orange Paranormal Society.July 17th, Sunday, 8:00 pm (EST),Behind The Mike Radio show.Full details with easy Internet links to the radio shows are on
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's Website: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox, best-selling author of the Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery "ghost" novels (Cambridge Books, Cambridge, MD) and author of the upcoming ghost investigation guide: Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources (Charles River Press, Boston, MA) will guest on talk radio shows to share expertise involving free Internet sources that help ghost investigators discover:
When a person died, where they are buried and the cause of death.Identifying and understanding the hidden meaning of Gravestone art and symbols.Understanding professions and occupations from the past and how they relate to today's frame of reference.Learn about the history of diseases and epidemics as cause of death. Haunted Lands. How to research and identify a property's first landowner under American land records, going as far back at the late 1700s.Learn about the tragic history of Orphan Train orphans from 1854 to 1929.Don't miss these Summer 2011 Internet Radio show appearances:June 7th, Tuesday, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm, (EST),4 Horsemen Radio show.June 13, Monday, 7:00 pm (EST),Gut & Bone Radio show.June 14th, Tuesday, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm (EST),Paranormal Palace Radio show.June 26th, Sunday, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm (EST),Unknown Paranormal Radio show. July 7th, Thursday, 9:00 pm (EST),Universe of the Unknown Radio show. July 13th, Wednesday, 9:00 pm (EST),Dead Air Radio show. Port Orange Paranormal Society.July 17th, Sunday, 8:00 pm (EST),Behind The Mike Radio show.Full details with easy Internet links to the radio shows are on
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's Website: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
May 25, 2011
Did the GHOST Die in a Natural Disaster?
Did the GHOST Die in a Natural Disaster?In my upcoming book: GHOST HUNTERS RESEARCH GUIDE
TO FREE INTERNET SOURCES I devote Chapter 6 to researching deaths that occurred from shipwrecks and natural disasters. In this week's blog I address just one of numerous resources that are in the book pertaining to deaths that are the result of natural disasters.
When investigating a circumstance/haunting that may involve a person who died in a natural disaster it is critical to keep in mind:
1. Unless a person is known to have died or was listed as missing, as a casualty in a natural disaster it is extremely difficult to verify the person's involvement and subsequent injury, death or disappearance.
2. Not all persons who died as the result of a disaster did so at the time of the disaster. Deaths have occurred in the days and weeks following the disaster as a result of injury or illness that occurred due to the disaster.
3. Clues from death certificates, funeral notices and family letters can help determine if the person died by means of a disaster. A few red flags to watch for include deaths by drowning, burns, crushed limbs, and long-term illness.
Source: GenDisasters: Events That Touched Our Ancestors Lives.URL: http://www3.gendisasters.com
As an Internet site used by genealogists, Events That Touched Our Ancestors Lives has an easy-to-use search feature and covers natural and manmade disasters. From the front page, scroll down to "Navigation" menu on the left. Choose from these five options: Browse by Disaster, Browse by State, Browse by Canada, Browse by Year or Browse by Disaster Lists.
The two options that you may find the most helpful are: "Browse by Year" has a broad range that begins in 1775 and ends in present time. "Browse by Disaster Lists" has over twenty topics that include lesser-known disastrous events such as train wrecks; bridge collapses, horse and buggy accidents and animal related disasters.
NOTICE: The above article is an excerpt from the upcoming book:
GHOST HUNTERS RESEARCH GUIDE TO FREE INTERNET SOURCES and is copyrighted by the author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox. Do not copy, transfer, save, post, share, print or publish the above article (or any part thereof) without expressed written permission from Elizabeth Eagan-Cox. Find out more about the book at: http://www.ElizabethEaganCox.net/id4.html
TO FREE INTERNET SOURCES I devote Chapter 6 to researching deaths that occurred from shipwrecks and natural disasters. In this week's blog I address just one of numerous resources that are in the book pertaining to deaths that are the result of natural disasters.
When investigating a circumstance/haunting that may involve a person who died in a natural disaster it is critical to keep in mind:
1. Unless a person is known to have died or was listed as missing, as a casualty in a natural disaster it is extremely difficult to verify the person's involvement and subsequent injury, death or disappearance.
2. Not all persons who died as the result of a disaster did so at the time of the disaster. Deaths have occurred in the days and weeks following the disaster as a result of injury or illness that occurred due to the disaster.
3. Clues from death certificates, funeral notices and family letters can help determine if the person died by means of a disaster. A few red flags to watch for include deaths by drowning, burns, crushed limbs, and long-term illness.
Source: GenDisasters: Events That Touched Our Ancestors Lives.URL: http://www3.gendisasters.com
As an Internet site used by genealogists, Events That Touched Our Ancestors Lives has an easy-to-use search feature and covers natural and manmade disasters. From the front page, scroll down to "Navigation" menu on the left. Choose from these five options: Browse by Disaster, Browse by State, Browse by Canada, Browse by Year or Browse by Disaster Lists.
The two options that you may find the most helpful are: "Browse by Year" has a broad range that begins in 1775 and ends in present time. "Browse by Disaster Lists" has over twenty topics that include lesser-known disastrous events such as train wrecks; bridge collapses, horse and buggy accidents and animal related disasters.
NOTICE: The above article is an excerpt from the upcoming book:
GHOST HUNTERS RESEARCH GUIDE TO FREE INTERNET SOURCES and is copyrighted by the author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox. Do not copy, transfer, save, post, share, print or publish the above article (or any part thereof) without expressed written permission from Elizabeth Eagan-Cox. Find out more about the book at: http://www.ElizabethEaganCox.net/id4.html
May 18, 2011
FIND OUT WHEN & HOW a "GHOST" DIED
ATTENTION: The article below is an excerpt from the upcoming book:
GHOST HUNTERS RESEARCH GUIDE TO FREE INTERNET SOURCES
By Elizabeth Eagan-Cox. Publisher is Charles River Press. Publication release date is Autumn 2011. To find out more about this book, use this easy link to the author's Website: http://www.elizabetheagancox.net/id4.html
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: No part of the article below may be used, copied, shared, transferred, printed or saved without expressed written permission by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox. DO NOT VIOLATE THE AUTHOR'S COPYRIGHTS.
EXCERPT:
Death Records from 1937 to Present: Social Security Death Index "SSDI."
Referred to by its initials, the SSDI is sometimes called the Social Security Death Master File "DMF." This database started in 1936 and continues to present day as a collective source for information on deaths as reported to the Social Security Administration from relatives of the deceased, funeral directors, financial corporations and insurance companies, U.S. Postal Service authorities and a variety of government agencies.
The Social Security Administration does not provide public Internet access to the SSDI. It is not set up for this purpose. However, several Internet sites do provide public and free access to the SSDI.
The SSDI is in constant update mode and the timeliness of available information will vary from one databank to another. Generally speaking, any one databank is from a few months to one year behind in current information.
When searching a SSDI databank it is best to begin with the minimal information that is known to be factual in regard to the decedent. For this reason, conduct an initial search using only the decedent's first and surname. Exclude additional details such as age, birthplace, death place, etc., unless you are absolutely certain of the validity of such details. The free-use Websites listed below allow you to search on a name-only basis, as well as including additional details about the decedent. Typical data contained in a decedent's DMF file:
Legal name.
Social Security Number.
Last known residence.
Death date.
Birth date.
State in which the person first applied for a Social Security card.(In the book: Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources, author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox names four sources to gain free public access to the SSDI. The source listed below is one of the four in the upcoming book).
Source: SSDI at Family Search.URL: www.familysearch.org From the home page, scroll past the search box, continuing down the page toward the bottom. On the left you'll see "All Records Collection," click this target. Next will be a page with an alphabetical list of the entire database collection of files. Scroll down this list to "U.S. Social Security Death Index," and click it. Up pops the file database for searching the Social Security Death Index. There's a search box option. Fill in as much information that you are certain of. Particularly important are the person's surname and either year of death and/or year of birth.
A bonus reason to use the SSDI for research is that when locating a person and their SSDI information, you can exercise the option of ordering, at cost, an exact photocopy of the decedent's original Social Security Card Application. The document is called an SS-5 form. It provides the person's place of employment as well as their signature pertinent to the date they enrolled in the Social Security program. A photocopy of an individual's original application (SS-5) for a Social Security card may be ordered directly from the Social Security Administration. For information:
URL: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps9/eFOIA-FEWeb/internet/main.jsp
The Social Security Administration offers two options: A photocopy of the original SS application or a Computer Extract of the SS application. I advise you opt for the photocopy of the original SS application instead of the Computer Extract.
TIP... the above sources for using free websites to locate when and how a person died are a very small sampling of what is in the upcoming book: Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox. Learn more about this fascinating must-have book for ghost investigators at this easy link. No name registration is required. No strings attached:
http://www.elizabetheagancox.net/id4.html
GHOST HUNTERS RESEARCH GUIDE TO FREE INTERNET SOURCES
By Elizabeth Eagan-Cox. Publisher is Charles River Press. Publication release date is Autumn 2011. To find out more about this book, use this easy link to the author's Website: http://www.elizabetheagancox.net/id4.html
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: No part of the article below may be used, copied, shared, transferred, printed or saved without expressed written permission by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox. DO NOT VIOLATE THE AUTHOR'S COPYRIGHTS.
EXCERPT:
Death Records from 1937 to Present: Social Security Death Index "SSDI."
Referred to by its initials, the SSDI is sometimes called the Social Security Death Master File "DMF." This database started in 1936 and continues to present day as a collective source for information on deaths as reported to the Social Security Administration from relatives of the deceased, funeral directors, financial corporations and insurance companies, U.S. Postal Service authorities and a variety of government agencies.
The Social Security Administration does not provide public Internet access to the SSDI. It is not set up for this purpose. However, several Internet sites do provide public and free access to the SSDI.
The SSDI is in constant update mode and the timeliness of available information will vary from one databank to another. Generally speaking, any one databank is from a few months to one year behind in current information.
When searching a SSDI databank it is best to begin with the minimal information that is known to be factual in regard to the decedent. For this reason, conduct an initial search using only the decedent's first and surname. Exclude additional details such as age, birthplace, death place, etc., unless you are absolutely certain of the validity of such details. The free-use Websites listed below allow you to search on a name-only basis, as well as including additional details about the decedent. Typical data contained in a decedent's DMF file:
Legal name.
Social Security Number.
Last known residence.
Death date.
Birth date.
State in which the person first applied for a Social Security card.(In the book: Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources, author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox names four sources to gain free public access to the SSDI. The source listed below is one of the four in the upcoming book).
Source: SSDI at Family Search.URL: www.familysearch.org From the home page, scroll past the search box, continuing down the page toward the bottom. On the left you'll see "All Records Collection," click this target. Next will be a page with an alphabetical list of the entire database collection of files. Scroll down this list to "U.S. Social Security Death Index," and click it. Up pops the file database for searching the Social Security Death Index. There's a search box option. Fill in as much information that you are certain of. Particularly important are the person's surname and either year of death and/or year of birth.
A bonus reason to use the SSDI for research is that when locating a person and their SSDI information, you can exercise the option of ordering, at cost, an exact photocopy of the decedent's original Social Security Card Application. The document is called an SS-5 form. It provides the person's place of employment as well as their signature pertinent to the date they enrolled in the Social Security program. A photocopy of an individual's original application (SS-5) for a Social Security card may be ordered directly from the Social Security Administration. For information:
URL: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps9/eFOIA-FEWeb/internet/main.jsp
The Social Security Administration offers two options: A photocopy of the original SS application or a Computer Extract of the SS application. I advise you opt for the photocopy of the original SS application instead of the Computer Extract.
TIP... the above sources for using free websites to locate when and how a person died are a very small sampling of what is in the upcoming book: Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox. Learn more about this fascinating must-have book for ghost investigators at this easy link. No name registration is required. No strings attached:
http://www.elizabetheagancox.net/id4.html
May 11, 2011
Paranormal Author's Dog Speaks and Tails All!
Elizabeth's BFF, her dog Corley, was interviewed by Mayra Calvani and her dog Amigo at Pets and Authors. Here's what Corley had to say!
I'm Corley, a half lab, half Sharpei mix. It's a good ancestry because I have the smarts and loyalty of a Lab and the Sharpei prowess for guarding and protecting. I love to fetch. I love to make doggie angels in the snow and in summer I love to swim in the creek. And I love our bed, it's an air mattress, I have my own sleep number, it's 35! Another number I like is 7, 'cause that's my age in people years.
I hate free-loading animals, like the raccoons that come into my yard.
Rah-erh! You better watch out coons, I'll get ya!
I'm the proud dog and BFF of author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox. She's my
Mom and she writes paranormal mystery novels. Her books have dogs in them, I think this is due to my influence over her. You can learn more about us on my Mom's Web site.
So, Corley, what's with your name? Did Elizabeth choose it? What has this done to your self-esteem and what does that say about Elizabeth?Huh? My name? It's an Irish name. Whadda ya mean, what's with my name? Can't you pronounce my name?
It's C-O-R-L-E-Y. Here, I'll make it easy for you. It's CORE , like an apple core, then LEE, like, well, I don't know, um… like the name LEE. A Long time ago, it was MacCorley.
It's a good name, a really good name 'cause I have my very own street. Yeah, for real I do! There's a picture of the street on Elizabeth's Web site. It's a proud name and it makes me feel proud! 'Cause, well, I was adopted. And my Mom (okay, you should call her Elizabeth, but to me, she's my Mom) wanted to make me feel special, she said she gave me the name of a street named for her great-grandmother Elizabeth Corley.
I've got the best name ever, because I'm the best dog ever! My Mom said it was a special name for a special dog, 'cause, well… this is a secret, I chose my mom, she didn't choose me. You see, it happened like this…
A puppy caretaker named Zara had taken me and my sibs to this big adoption day at a mega-giant pet supply store. And I told my sibs: "Hey, look cute, put a sparkle in your eyes, this is a great opportunity to put your best paw forward!" ... read all of Corley's interview at my official web site: click here
I'm Corley, a half lab, half Sharpei mix. It's a good ancestry because I have the smarts and loyalty of a Lab and the Sharpei prowess for guarding and protecting. I love to fetch. I love to make doggie angels in the snow and in summer I love to swim in the creek. And I love our bed, it's an air mattress, I have my own sleep number, it's 35! Another number I like is 7, 'cause that's my age in people years.
I hate free-loading animals, like the raccoons that come into my yard.
Rah-erh! You better watch out coons, I'll get ya!
I'm the proud dog and BFF of author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox. She's my
Mom and she writes paranormal mystery novels. Her books have dogs in them, I think this is due to my influence over her. You can learn more about us on my Mom's Web site.
So, Corley, what's with your name? Did Elizabeth choose it? What has this done to your self-esteem and what does that say about Elizabeth?Huh? My name? It's an Irish name. Whadda ya mean, what's with my name? Can't you pronounce my name?
It's C-O-R-L-E-Y. Here, I'll make it easy for you. It's CORE , like an apple core, then LEE, like, well, I don't know, um… like the name LEE. A Long time ago, it was MacCorley.
It's a good name, a really good name 'cause I have my very own street. Yeah, for real I do! There's a picture of the street on Elizabeth's Web site. It's a proud name and it makes me feel proud! 'Cause, well, I was adopted. And my Mom (okay, you should call her Elizabeth, but to me, she's my Mom) wanted to make me feel special, she said she gave me the name of a street named for her great-grandmother Elizabeth Corley.
I've got the best name ever, because I'm the best dog ever! My Mom said it was a special name for a special dog, 'cause, well… this is a secret, I chose my mom, she didn't choose me. You see, it happened like this…
A puppy caretaker named Zara had taken me and my sibs to this big adoption day at a mega-giant pet supply store. And I told my sibs: "Hey, look cute, put a sparkle in your eyes, this is a great opportunity to put your best paw forward!" ... read all of Corley's interview at my official web site: click here
May 4, 2011
INTERVIEW OF HAUNT JAUNTS FOUNDER, COURTNEY MROCH.
Flip the Ink Interview of Courtney Mroch of Haunt Jaunts Travel site!
For those of you who are a fan of Twitter, you may already know Courtney Mroch from her Paranormal Travel blog site: Haunt Jaunts. It was on Twitter that I first met Courtney...and was I surprised, I had never known a "Director of Paranormal Tourism."
I am happy to say that my experience in meeting Courtney was a very pleasant surprise and I soon found out that we share a love...no, make that a PASSION, for haunted destinations!
So much so, that Courtney interviewed me, and I then wrote a brief travel article for Haunt Jaunts about one of my favorite haunts...Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Needless to say (but I must!) this interview is truly a Flip the Ink on a paranormal personality. I know you will ejoy the interview...
INTERVIEW
Courtney Mroch is a writer, traveler and ghost enthusiast who indulges her passion for paranormal tourism with Haunt Jaunts, a travel blog for restless spirits at: http://hauntjaunts.net/blog/
Q/A Begins Q: Let's clarify the name of your Web site: Is it Haunt Jaunts, as two separate words or HauntJaunts and is it okay to refer to it as "HJ"? I ask because I'm a bit confused by it and it seems I've seen it both ways.
A: Yes, the name is Haunt Jaunts as two separate words. Just its Twitter handle is HauntJaunts. (Well, @HauntJaunts to be precise.) And it's perfectly fine to refer to it as HJ. That's how I often do it!
Q: Courtney, you say a little bit about yourself on your Web site in regard to recent struggles with Cancer and how your concept for HJ helped in your recovery. I find your story not only inspirational, but it is also down to earth in its realistic approach to getting and keeping a positive attitude. Please give my readers a thumbnail sketch of your Cancer experience and the eureka moment that sparked your idea to create HJ.
A: I can't even tell you how many years I've had the overall idea for Haunt Jaunts now. Since around 1999 I think. I initially envisioned it in book form - "Haunt Jaunts: A Travel Guide for Restless Spirits." It was about two years before I got cancer that I got the idea to put it on the web. I first envisioned it as a website listing haunted places, but I think in one of my chemo-induced sleeps it sort of popped in my head, "Duh! A blog would be ideal for HJ!" So…the second I started feeling better and could sit at the computer again I started one.
Q: I especially like how your dog Murphy bonded with you during treatment and was a bandanna twin to you (my description). How's Murphy doing and does Murphy travel on haunted jaunts with you?
A: You sure got that right! Murph was my bandana buddy last summer when my hair started sprouting back. We'd put on our bandanas and away we'd go! See, he sort of had some health issues too. Right before I got sick he busted up his paw and needed a major surgery. He had a cast on his leg for like six months. He wasn't allowed to walk except in our yard. Then I got sick and couldn't walk him. (Although, he was still on limited walks anyway.) We're used to doing at least a couple of miles a day together. So when we both finally started getting mobile again it was a big deal. I suffer major separation anxiety when I'm away from my pets. (We have two cats.) We can't take the cats with us, but we try to take Murph as much as we possibly can when we travel, even on our "haunted jaunts!" (I liked how you phrased that so I'm borrowing it!)
Q: Have you always had an interest in travel destinations that are haunted? Was there an incident that caught your attention and fascination?
A. ... to read Courtney's answer to this question and more of this interview, please click the link to my official Website: Courtney Mroch Interveiw on Flip the Ink. (no strings attached, no name required or registration).CLICK HERE
For those of you who are a fan of Twitter, you may already know Courtney Mroch from her Paranormal Travel blog site: Haunt Jaunts. It was on Twitter that I first met Courtney...and was I surprised, I had never known a "Director of Paranormal Tourism."
I am happy to say that my experience in meeting Courtney was a very pleasant surprise and I soon found out that we share a love...no, make that a PASSION, for haunted destinations!
So much so, that Courtney interviewed me, and I then wrote a brief travel article for Haunt Jaunts about one of my favorite haunts...Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Needless to say (but I must!) this interview is truly a Flip the Ink on a paranormal personality. I know you will ejoy the interview...
INTERVIEW
Courtney Mroch is a writer, traveler and ghost enthusiast who indulges her passion for paranormal tourism with Haunt Jaunts, a travel blog for restless spirits at: http://hauntjaunts.net/blog/
Q/A Begins Q: Let's clarify the name of your Web site: Is it Haunt Jaunts, as two separate words or HauntJaunts and is it okay to refer to it as "HJ"? I ask because I'm a bit confused by it and it seems I've seen it both ways.
A: Yes, the name is Haunt Jaunts as two separate words. Just its Twitter handle is HauntJaunts. (Well, @HauntJaunts to be precise.) And it's perfectly fine to refer to it as HJ. That's how I often do it!
Q: Courtney, you say a little bit about yourself on your Web site in regard to recent struggles with Cancer and how your concept for HJ helped in your recovery. I find your story not only inspirational, but it is also down to earth in its realistic approach to getting and keeping a positive attitude. Please give my readers a thumbnail sketch of your Cancer experience and the eureka moment that sparked your idea to create HJ.
A: I can't even tell you how many years I've had the overall idea for Haunt Jaunts now. Since around 1999 I think. I initially envisioned it in book form - "Haunt Jaunts: A Travel Guide for Restless Spirits." It was about two years before I got cancer that I got the idea to put it on the web. I first envisioned it as a website listing haunted places, but I think in one of my chemo-induced sleeps it sort of popped in my head, "Duh! A blog would be ideal for HJ!" So…the second I started feeling better and could sit at the computer again I started one.
Q: I especially like how your dog Murphy bonded with you during treatment and was a bandanna twin to you (my description). How's Murphy doing and does Murphy travel on haunted jaunts with you?
A: You sure got that right! Murph was my bandana buddy last summer when my hair started sprouting back. We'd put on our bandanas and away we'd go! See, he sort of had some health issues too. Right before I got sick he busted up his paw and needed a major surgery. He had a cast on his leg for like six months. He wasn't allowed to walk except in our yard. Then I got sick and couldn't walk him. (Although, he was still on limited walks anyway.) We're used to doing at least a couple of miles a day together. So when we both finally started getting mobile again it was a big deal. I suffer major separation anxiety when I'm away from my pets. (We have two cats.) We can't take the cats with us, but we try to take Murph as much as we possibly can when we travel, even on our "haunted jaunts!" (I liked how you phrased that so I'm borrowing it!)
Q: Have you always had an interest in travel destinations that are haunted? Was there an incident that caught your attention and fascination?
A. ... to read Courtney's answer to this question and more of this interview, please click the link to my official Website: Courtney Mroch Interveiw on Flip the Ink. (no strings attached, no name required or registration).CLICK HERE
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