Preserving Your Research for Solved Brick Walls
You spent countless hours finding answers to brick walls. Preserve your research through a genealogy will or codicil.
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How Disproving Genealogy Theories Leads to Answers
Here's how each time you're wrong, it's a step toward the truth.
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Tracing Death Dates through Lesser-Known Methods
Use these three lesser known methods to discover death dates
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Cemetery Surveys Can Help Uncover the Past (& Solve Brick Walls)
Learn how cemetery surveys can help solve genealogy mysteries and how to conduct them
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Situations that Seem to Create Genealogy Brick Walls
10 things that lend towards genealogy brick walls
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Cemetery vs. Graveyard - What's the Difference?
Learn the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard and how it helps genealogy research
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Finding Local Genealogy Resources
Tips for finding local genealogy records to solve genealogy brick walls
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Unearthing Treasures in Offline Genealogy Records
Finding offline genealogy records and conducting genealogy research
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Exploring Occupations to Break Through Genealogy Brick Walls
Research and analyze your ancestors’ occupations to see what their chosen professions can reveal about their lives
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Solving Genealogy Problems Using Ancestor's Behaviors and Decisions
Getting to know your ancestor's personality and behaviors can help answer genealogy brick walls.
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Do You REALLY Have a Genealogy Brick Wall?
Check to see if you really have a genealogy brick wall and how to solve it if you do.
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Tips for Lineage Society Applications
Often, we encounter challenges when we begin the application process for joining a lineage society. Aside from gathering accurate and...
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Beware the Dangers of Source Snobbery
Are some sources "better than" others? Are some records types always "5 star" quality? Are some always "1 star" or poor? It's true that...
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What to Do about Inaccuracies in Records
Ever wondered, "is this record even correct?" You are not alone! Historical records can contain errors, inconsistencies, or vague ...
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Writing Can Smash Genealogy Research Barriers
Have you ever thought about the awesome power of writing when it comes to smashing those tricky research roadblocks? Well, get ready...
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Using a Profile of Your Ancestor to Help Identify Them
One of the best places to start (or re-start) your genealogy research is by building a "profile" of your ancestor. A profile is just a...
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Beyond the Obituary: Discovering Family History in Funeral Home Records
Did you know that funeral home records could hold the key to unlocking brick wall mysteries? They are wonderful resources to fill in...
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4 Tips for a Brick-Wall-Busting Mindset
Want to know what's absolutely critical to our success in the world of family history research? Mindset. Now, I know... it might seem...
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Cracking the Code: Using Naming Patterns to Solve Genealogy Brick Walls
If you're anything like me, you love nothing more than delving into your family history and discovering new ancestors. One technique that...
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What To (and Not) Do to Crush a Brick Wall
Genealogy research is rewarding! And sometimes frustrating when you reach a dead end, also known as a "brick wall." Here are few quick...
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