Schalene Dagutis, blog author of Tangled Roots and Trees, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This great blog is about how Schalene didn’t believe various trees that stated a specific set of parents to Robert. Online research and the contents of the will proved her thoughts.
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How I Solved It: Death Investigation: Was it a Railroad Accident?
Vanessa Wieland, blog author, online community editor and dean of Family Tree University, part of the Family Tree Magazine family, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This great blog is about how Vanessa tries to confirm the family story of being crushed to death between rail cars and finds…
How I Solved It: Our Alabama and Georgia Ancestors: Honoring the Legacy of Mitchell Heath and Anna Lue Barrow
Dante Eubanks, blog author of Our Alabama and Georgia Ancestors has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog is a summary of 20 years of research and collaboration that the Dante has completed on the various branches of the Heath family. He has done extensive work on the…
How I Solved It: Rent To Own: A Land And Tax Record Quandary
Michael Dyer, blog author from Family Sleuther, has shared this blog with us as part of our “How I Solved It” Series. Michael’s research uncovers some land records finally that help him establish where ancestors were located between 1800 & 1810. The information solves one problem for him but raises some other issues. He goes…
How I Solved It: UPDATE: Anna Merriman Busby: Who’s Your Daddy?
Anne Faulkner, blog author from the website Ancestor Archaeology, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog explains how Anne revisited the profile of the man believed to be the father of Ann Merriman Busby. After reviewing Fold3.com and going through newly digitized records, she confirmed Ann’s…
How I Solved It: Trove Tuesday – Why You Can’t Find Someone
Shauna Hicks, blog author and owner of the website Shauna Hicks History Enterprises, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. Shauna is our first Australian researcher and her blog discusses using newspapers and looking for place names finally brought the information she was looking for. Shauna was then able…
How I Solved It: 1925 Death Photo Holds a Clue to My Ancestor’s Life
DiAnn Iamarino Ohama, blog author from the website Family Tree Advice, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. In this blog, DiAnn discusses an ancestor who lived in the Bronx and what a society ribbon attached to him at his funeral meant.
How I Solved It: A Circus Family
Sarah Dery, blog author and Research Services Coordinator at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. Sarah tells the story how a co-worker suggested a Quebec research website she should join. She managed to find parents, grandparents and other relatives by searching…
How I Solved It: Who was Lucy, Wife of Josiah Lakin, Groton, Massachusetts?
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…
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.
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