By never giving up you are endeavoring to bring about the real truth of your Family history. Was Reba McIntire lucky or what. All the great Genealogist & Historians helping her out. If we all could have such help. Probably 80% of us of European heritage would know exactly who we are even without DNA testing.
For example in my family lines. I have French Ancestors that left France went over to the New World. Every generation is documented along the way. I have read several books containing this valuable information. Once I was able to piece the back way generation with the forward generation Voila I had them. [ By the way it took a cousin John Baudet of NJ to direct me. Thank goodness for cousins, does not matter how many times removed, yea Cousins.] The way John found me, of course this is well before GenForum & Message boards, was by a LDS service where I sent in a small form that contained a Female ancestor name. Along with my contact information.
I had not given up it was just a few years of waiting. I have also had much luck with the message boards. Have you! You won't unless you add your information your seeking to a board. These services are free. You can even have a email sent when there is a new post to that particular board. by all means read through the instructions to see if you need to create a new board for the particular family name.
I started a board for a client. It is a difficult challenge to find information when your not able to go in person.
The board is less then a year old. It has connected some other cousins with each other. But the search is still on for verifiable information. As well as someone knowledgeable to help in the search. I just know when the right person reads the post they will get back to me quickly. The answer will be there.
I know theses days with the computer we can easily fill in a family tree in a day. But we all know of the Brick Walls. One thing I tell myself is that there is someone out there with that piece of info. When will they contact me & pass it off to me?
Going forward in genealogy allows you to time travel.
For example in my family lines. I have French Ancestors that left France went over to the New World. Every generation is documented along the way. I have read several books containing this valuable information. Once I was able to piece the back way generation with the forward generation Voila I had them. [ By the way it took a cousin John Baudet of NJ to direct me. Thank goodness for cousins, does not matter how many times removed, yea Cousins.] The way John found me, of course this is well before GenForum & Message boards, was by a LDS service where I sent in a small form that contained a Female ancestor name. Along with my contact information.
I had not given up it was just a few years of waiting. I have also had much luck with the message boards. Have you! You won't unless you add your information your seeking to a board. These services are free. You can even have a email sent when there is a new post to that particular board. by all means read through the instructions to see if you need to create a new board for the particular family name.
I started a board for a client. It is a difficult challenge to find information when your not able to go in person.
The board is less then a year old. It has connected some other cousins with each other. But the search is still on for verifiable information. As well as someone knowledgeable to help in the search. I just know when the right person reads the post they will get back to me quickly. The answer will be there.
I know theses days with the computer we can easily fill in a family tree in a day. But we all know of the Brick Walls. One thing I tell myself is that there is someone out there with that piece of info. When will they contact me & pass it off to me?
Going forward in genealogy allows you to time travel.
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