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…
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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: Western State Lunatic Asylum and Martha Saul
Nancy Loe, blog author from the website Sassy Jane Genealogy, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog highlights the importance of searching places you maybe don’t want to look at such as like asylums, prisons, workhouses, etc.
How I Solved It: My Mystery Photo Identified – Genealogy Blog Picnic Challenge
Susan Donaldson, blog author from the website, Family History Fun, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog discusses how she identified family members during a genealogy potluck where people would get together to work on and discuss their family mysteries.
How I Solved It: Family Mystery Solved! Two Lost Boys Found
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”. This blog solves the mystery through wondering what happened to her Italian family that traveled back and forth between the US and Italy and apparently left behind two children born in the US….
How I Solved It: A Family Court Dispute Found in Google Books
Patricia Greber, blog author from the website My Genealogy Life, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. This blog explains how she conducted a Google Book search which brings up snippets of information on an ancestor. The snippets provide enough information to hire a researcher to look at the original…
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: Genealogy, Free or Fee: Search for Clues in Family Hands
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 reviews a “Genealogy Go-Over” and is a follow-up to our post earlier this week also from Marian Wood. It involves another find that is helped by the address book and…
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