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My Obsession is just like yours.

Posted by Kathie Russell Volante on December 28, 2011 at 8:05am

We all began this search for a particular reason. How it became an obsession is the same. We cant help but feel the excitement of adding leaves to the branches in our tree. We keep looking for more and more.

In 1970 my History teacher Mrs. Carrol assigned us the project of making a family tree. At first I panicked. I did not know anything about my family. All of my grandparents were deceased. My father had a hard childhood and spent most of it in a childrens home in New York. Did he know anyth

Thomas Carroll enigma!

Posted by Sandy Jacques on February 22, 2011 at 5:14pm

I have a brick wall and I need some new directions to go. The problem is the name of the person is "Thomas Carroll". I know when he was born only from his tombstone and death certificate. The first census in which he could definitely be identified was in Fairfax Station, VA - 1860. I have a lot of other information, but here's the problem.

From the beginning of the Irish famine and soon after, so many "Thomas Carroll"s came over on ships. Some of them even have the same birthyear of my Thom

Paying Dues Pays Off -- Another Brick Wall In Ruins

Posted by tami osmer glatz on July 18, 2009 at 9:30am

One of the things that I always tell people in my lectures, is to always try to take advantage of local resources that are available to you. I can't believe I took so long to heed my own advice on this one! I've been looking under every stone I could find for information on the parentage of my 4th great grandfather, David Stevens. I know lots about him, his wives, his divorce in 1817, his kids, and all the descendants. But not knowing who his parents were has plagued me for the past several year

Scaling the wrong brick wall

Posted by Gail Winstanley on July 18, 2009 at 7:36am

We've all been there I know, that ugly ole brick wall must have a billion head dents in it from where we have all hit our heads over and over, trying to push through, burrow under, climb over, whatever it took to get to the next level. Finding that one illusive puzzle piece that will unlock the secrets of the next generation back. The thrill of the chase, the incredible reward of looking at an old record, finding a letter in the back of a forgotten book, having a name leap out at you and take li

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