I enjoyed reading these books years ago and some of the stories were simply astounding while others had me coming up with explanations.
No doubt I've experienced some research quests that involved serendipity or synchronicity. Let me explain that as a person becomes more experienced with genealogy they know their resources and what might be perceived as block is simply not knowing resources. Generally there is a linear thought process about what to do next and why works. However, while doing everything "right" you sometimes run into the difficulty of knowing what it is you need but not finding it where it should be. (Missing documents along the path; too many "fires" and "floods.") Even then you can sometimes find your way around. Never the less, I think being in the right place at the right time to talk to someone else who is researching can result in acquiring the knowledge that you seek.
One explanation, popular in LDS circles, is that the ancestors are helping you do your genealogy. What else do you make of someone who is new to the process of research showing up at a library and choosing the seat next to another researcher who happens to be related to them and discovering that within hours?
Jones has other books on the Palatine families - generally Germans (one of several groups of people who became Germans as we think of German's today) who left Germany to Ireland and the United States.
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