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Nug, I've had the same vision/experience. And now you know why my other main hobby is genealogy! lol If you get interested in it, some good FREE sites are rootsweb- a good place to start, genealogywise -the best site for Afro-Americans seeking their roots and not bad for others, either, and familysearch - the Mormon's site. Or just google "free genealogy".
I literally have both horse thieves and saints in my family. To me it is fascinating to find out who all those people were- not just their names and dates, but who they were as people. I even found some letters (reproduced on line) from one of my Civil War ancestors to his very pregnant wife. He died of measles a couple of weeks after the last letter and and was the first soldier buried at Confederate's Rest in Mobile. His wife, Jane, lost the baby at birth. A sad story, but part of my story, too.
Center, my illegitimate, half-sister was adopted out (big family scandal!). I found some people called "search angels" who found her for me. Cost me less than $100. You need your city, date of birth and someone with a "reverse birth index". If you really want to know, it can be done. There are several sites for adoptees and birth-mothers who are looking for that "lost" person in their lives.
My half-sister is happy with her (upper class) life and wants no real contact. That's OK with me, I just wanted to know that she was OK. I send her short birthday and Xmas greetings by email, but otherwise leave her alone. I also gave her some medical info she needed to know. She knows my door is open to her if she ever changes her mind.
Granny
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