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Date of upload: Apr 26, 2024 ^^
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I'm revving up my notes on a brick wall GGGrandfather, and I added all the historical stuff in his timeline, but put it in green. It has not only big things like the Civil War starting but also all the boundary changes of his county. Keeping it in green helps me focus on the his main events but they are there to help.
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Thank-you Connie for such informative videos. I have spent the last two months watching many of them, and it has guided me to many new ways to research! After almost 14 years working on my family tree I think I have finally solved the identity my great-grandfather's father. My great-grandfather was born out of wedlock. He was one of 4 childern born to my great-great grandmother, and he and his siblings were all given her surname and the birh certificates of all them lists no father.
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Most of the time this works. Still waiting for one brick wall to fall. Been working on John L Smith for twenty years now. I know tons about him in Indiana and Illinois, Even went back to St. Joseph IL. and did some library research looking for an obit. Still can't find his parents. I know that Family Search, about a year ago, scanned a lot of Maryland files, Just haven't found a clue yet to his parents.
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Connie, I think you have finally convinced me this is a necessity for me. I have watched a number of your videos on this topic, or those in which you have talked about it, and I have kept thinking I may do this... if/when I have no other choice. Well, I think I may have reached that point being as I have a brick building in front of me in not being able to find anything on my paternal great-grandmother. She was wife number one (of three) for my great-grandfather and the spelling of her family name has appeared with two different formats in family materials (Aumann and Amann). Even worse, I have wondered if there could be other spellings, depending on different vowels/letters being used (Auman, Aman, Amenn, Amen, etc). I need to find something otherwise I'm going to start thinking I may have some ghosts in my family tree!
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I definitely want to watch this later when I have time. My great grandmother was Mary F. Smith and I know from census records that she was born in Indiana but I havenât been able to find her family.
Also my 2nd great grandmother, Mary Smithâs mother in law, Indiana Jones was born in Indiana as well, in 1818, probably in Floyd county, but I canât figure out her parents either. I only know they were from Pennsylvania.
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Great info and great process. I've done this on one of my more difficult ancestors, and it really did help me fill in the gaps. But it's hard to document info in research notes when you can't find relevant documents in the first place. How does this method apply to ancestors before, say, 1850, when records are scarce?
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When you learn new info on a brickwall person, do you recommend immediately adding that info to the other spouse and/or children as appropriate or just make a note to do that at a future time - or - just know that when you move on to work on the spouse or child that you need to check back to see if you have accumulated new information that affects their story (such as moves, family additions, new county lines, divorces/marriages).
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Marriage return problems aren't merely ancestral issues. I met a couple several years ago. They were planning a 25th-anniversary vow renewal ceremony and couldn't find their marriage license. They inquired at the courthouse for a copy and.... the minister had never returned the license. They were never legally married. They had a large church wedding covered in the newspaper (when there was once a society page in local papers). I never found out if they were able to post-date their license. Can you imagine the legal issues that might have arisen if something major had occurred during their first 25 years of marriage?
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@newmyr-2556
2 weeks ago
I recently used that text search at Family and it appears I've broken down a brick wall I've been struggling with since 2002.
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