Posts in April 24, 2021

For your “brick wall” ancestor, do you know (or have any idea) how far they lived from: the county seat? the nearest church of their denomination? the nearest place they could get supplies or transact necessary business? the nearest “big city?” their nearest neighbor? the cemetery? the location where the nearest newspaper was published? a major river? The list here is not exclusive. If you’ve got no idea of the answers to these questions, determining those answers may help you solve your problem. Take a look at what is on my genealogy bookshelf.