The first three steps of the Genealogy Brick Wall Busting Process are: Step 1: Which is to Review Previous Research on Your Brick Wall Ancestor. Step 2: Which is to take everything from Step 1 and rearrange it into a timeline. Step 3: Which is to analyze everything as a…
The 1920 US Federal Census provides many genealogy clues we can use to grow our family tree in our family history research. Learn how to find all the clues about your ancestors in this great genealogical source. Watch This Episode, or Continue Reading Below What is the Federal Census? The…
The 1910 US Federal Census provides many genealogy clues we can use to grow our family tree in our family history research. Learn how to find all the clues about your ancestors in this great genealogical source. Watch This Episode, or Continue Reading Below What is the Federal Census? The…
The 1900 US Federal Census provides many genealogy clues we can use to grow our family tree in our family history research. Learn how to find all the clues about your ancestors in this great genealogical source. Watch This Episode, or Continue Reading Below What is the Federal Census? The…
What if you find several records that you think relate to your ancestor, but there is a different spelling of names? Do last name spelling variations still mean that’s your ancestor? A Boundless Genealogy Channel viewer asked this question recently and today we are going to spell it all out…
Step 3 of the Genealogy Brick Wall Busting Process is to Analyze Everything. Let’s check back in on our case study of “Brick Wall” Bertha. What data problems will we find when we look at the big picture we have created in Steps 1 & 2? Watch This Episode, or…
So, now you have completed Step 1: Which is to Review Previous Research on Your Brick Wall Ancestor. You have also completed Step 2: Which is to take everything from Step 1 and rearrange it into a timeline. Now we are ready for Step 3 of the Genealogy Brick Wall…
You have probably used Google Maps for navigation directions to get to a destination or to look up nearby restaurants. But did you know that Google Maps has a MyMaps feature where you can create customized maps? Your customized map has to be created from a laptop or desktop computer,…
What do you do when you are climbing your FamilySearch Family Tree and you come to a person on your tree that you have never personally researched? Watch an expert analyze a FamilySearch Family Tree Person Page for the first time to determine how accurate and complete the profile is,…
When you trace an ancestor’s family over time through the U.S. Federal Census, you get a more complete picture of the family structure. You also find many other clues that lead you to more records to research. Watch This Episode, or Continue Reading Below What is the Federal Census? The…
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