[Ads-l] Squirrels in genealogical research

[Ben Zimmer]

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:08 PM, George Thompson wrote:

> "A squirrel![1]
> <
> http://vita-brevis.org/2016/03/chasing-a-squirrel/?utm_source=twgnewsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=twg786#_ftn1
> >
> I
> find a lot of them while researching and I am sure all other researchers
> find them, too: those pieces of information that have nothing to do with
> what you are researching. You come across them by accident and they pull
> your attention away from what you are trying to find because they are
> equally or sometimes more interesting.  Sometimes it is a quick tangent –
> and sometimes squirrels can lead to an entirely new path of research that
> sticks with you for a long time.
> "[1]
> <
> http://vita-brevis.org/2016/03/chasing-a-squirrel/?utm_source=twgnewsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=twg786#_ftnref1
> >
> See
> the Disney/Pixar film *Up* (2009)."
>
> Meaghan E.H. Siekman, writing in Vita Brevis, a blog of the New England
> Historic Genealogical Society, entry of March 28, 2016
> <http://vita-brevis.org/2016/03/chasing-a-squirrel/>
>
> I have not seen the Disney/Pixar film *Up* (2009), and so the allusion is
> lost upon me.  The word -- not the animal -- is new to me.
>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrAIGLkSMls

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