Tag: challenge
Step Ten: DNA Research
Now that we’ve defined our brick wall, created a timeline, evaluated our existing evidence, searched for new evidence, resolved conflicts, searched for social history, searched for collateral relatives, employed...
An Irish Family Left Behind?
In my last post, I wrote about a breakthrough in my research surrounding my great-grandmother Jessie and a new Mystery in Montreal I have...
Mystery in Montreal
For years, I had a seven-year gap in my great-grandmother's story. The good news is that I've had several genealogical break-throughs this week. The...
Step Nine: Crowd Source the Problem
Now that we’ve defined our brick wall, created a timeline, evaluated our existing evidence, searched for new evidence, resolved conflicts, searched for social history, searched for collateral relatives, and...
Child Mortality
Sadly, about 20% of babies did not survive their first year of life, a heartbreaking reality for our ancestors. Many families suffered from the...
Step Eight: Friends, Neighbours and Acquaintances (FAN)
Now that we’ve defined our brick wall, created a timeline, evaluated our existing evidence, searched for new evidence, resolved conflicts, searched for social history and searched for collateral relatives, the...
A Day in the Life of Your Ancestor
Write about a day in the life of one of your ancestors.
Woke up, fell out of bed, Dragged a comb across my head Found...
Step Seven: Collateral Relatives
Now that we’ve defined our brick wall, created a timeline, evaluated our existing evidence, searched for new evidence, resolved conflicts, and searched for social history, the next...
Step Six: Search for Social History
Now that we’ve defined our brick wall, created a timeline, evaluated our existing evidence, searched for new evidence and resolved conflicts, the next step in the Busting Your...
Step Five: Resolve Conflicts
Now that we’ve defined our brick wall, created a timeline, evaluated our existing evidence and searched for new evidence, the next step in the Busting Your Brick...
Step Four: Search for New Evidence
Now that we've defined our brick wall, created a timeline, and evaluated our existing evidence, the next step in the Busting Your Brick Wall Challenge...
Step Three: Evaluate the Evidence
Now that we've defined our brick wall and created a timeline, the next step in the Busting Your Brick Wall Challenge will be to...
Step Two: Create a Timeline
Now that we've defined our brick wall in the first step of this Busting Your Brick Wall Challenge, our next step is to create...
Step One: Define the Brick Wall
Before we can hope to solve a problem, we have to understand it. We need to define the brick wall that we need to overcome...
10 Steps to Busting Your Brick Wall
Brick walls. We all have them. That one group of ancestors that just don't want to be found. That one branch of our family tree...