[Ads-l] Squirrels in genealogical research

[Dan Goncharoff]

Or one could observe a real dog when confronted with a real squirrel...
On Apr 6, 2016 12:15 PM, "Ben Zimmer" <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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