Linda Stufflebean, blog author from the website Empty Branch Family Tree has shared this blog with us as part of our “How I Solved It” Series. This blog explains how the author solved the puzzle of an ancestor named Lucy of the Lakin family during Colonial Times. The challenge presents itself as the Lakins have multiple marriages within other…
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How I Solved It: How a 200-Year-Old Family Feud Solved a Brick Wall Problem
Legacy Tree Genealogists has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series” which tells the story about how they were hired for a family research project that led to the discovery of a very interesting court case that solved a tricky brick wall about the parentage of William T. Boykin.
How I Solved It: Thomas and Alice Hutchins Drake: A Study of Mistaken Assumptions
Alice Clark, blog author and president of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog tells the story of the local Goodwill that received personal items which included photographs in a recent donation. These items were given to the local genealogy…
How I Solved It: Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor in Norway
Kitty Cooper, author of Kitty Cooper’s Blog, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog provided a very detailed look at how she found an immigrant ancestor in records and databases in the US and Norway. She manages to find multiple records and ends with the proof of…
How I Solved It: DNA Happy Dance & A New-To-Me Resource
Amberly Beck, blog author from the website Genealogy Girl, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog explained how DNA opened a door to find out information about a family that was otherwise unknown until she compared family trees with DNA matches and actual records.
How I Solved It: 1 Hospital + 2 Record Sets = Brick Wall Breakthrough
Linda Stufflebean, blog author from the website Empty Branch Family Tree has shared this blog with us as part of our “How I Solved It” Series. This blog explains how the author traced the birth records of an ancestor that was born in a hospital for single mothers in Denmark and the research and travel involved…
How I Solved It: Standing where your ancestors stood – thanks to primary source documents
Legacy Tree Genealogists has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog explains how the author traced the location in a picture through various documents she acquired during her research.
How I Solved It: Using Local Historical and Genealogical Societies to Further Your Genealogy Research
Will Moneymaker, blog author from the website Ancestral Findings, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog explains how to use local historical and genealogical societies to break down brick walls and help you find otherwise undiscoverable records. Will was able to locate his 4x great grandmother because he visited a…
How I Solved It: A Marriage Record, but no Father, for Hannah (Smith) Sawtell (1768-1827)
Randy Seaver, blog author from the website Genea-Musings.com, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog displays how Randy researches and pays attention to little details in records he’s found throughout New England to help determine the parents of Hannah Smith. He also outlines how it’s not an…
How I Solved It: Treasure Chest Thursday: Mom’s Address Book Solves a Burk Mystery
Marian Wood, blog author from the website Climbing My Family Tree, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog tells how she used her mother’s address book as an unconventional resource that we don’t often think about. It’s a good reminder to look at everything when going through a…
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