What r ur Brick Wall Strategies?

Breaking down Brick Wall Strategies

Huge Brick Wall stopping/withholding

Genealogy Research Breaking it down

In working on my brick walls I at times 
I will need to step away from it.

I have a little list of what I do when I do step back into the research.

      Contemplate all  possible angles that the Ancestor could have encountered.  Even the ones that seems the least likely.

2. 1.   List out all of your know facts.  Yes Only The Ones That You have *back up for.

              A]. If your without back up guess what start over at the beginning this time get those back up documents.

3. 2. List out what you do not know about them. Don’t make this complicated. Just simple things such as along with who did they marry.   
                         Where did they die. 
                         Who are their parents.   
                         Where were their religious events held.  
                         Did they attend a church.            
  See it is not hard to do.

    

    3.  Compare the Facts to what you don’t know.  Time to maybe ponder it out.

      Research a new angle.  Like going after one of the unknown facts.   

       

    4.  Repeat all steps again.

**back up= reffering documents
                            Did you break down that wall???

Imagine

Imagine the internet crawling with Family History Blogs  this internet would help us all make really quick family connections.

We could go from 5 in our family tree to thousands of perfectly cited ancestors in no time. 

Lets all encourage all Family Historians & Genealogist to join in the Blog Fun!

Even if you have your Blog.  Shouldn't  your siblings to?

All family connection are unique we all interact differently with different people. 

Every time a relative reads your blog you have another chance of breaking down a brick wall.

Brick Walls Discussed 1 at a time: Martha Gray

Martha Gray

  Know facts  She was adopted by the Gray Family.  No legal adoption records.  No knowledge of her birth place is known.

  In the 1870 U.S. Census living with Wesley & Maria Gray in Garden MI  her age is listed as 9

making her birth year appx. 1860-62

In 1880 she is married to Daniel Kelly with one daughter.

In  1900 still married to Daniel Kelly  two children same daughter & one son.

On 18 Dec 1907 Martha dies of Cervical Cancer  have death cert.  Seeking Mich.

Have been wondering since there is a story with out know facts. That Isabella Gray brought her to Garden MI.  It is said she is a graddaughter.  No known child of Grays or other surrounding family shows a birth for a daughter.

Is it possible that the orphan train was her origin???