1 Create a biography of your family.
2 Look at collateral family lines in addition to your direct family
line.
3 Look at cluster genealogy.
4 Look at other possible marriages that may have changed names.
5 Look at possible documents that you have collected and not used.
6 Go to local historical societies where your families lived.
7 Review your notes for ideas.
8 Rethink your question that you are researching, have you gotten away
from the research question?
9 Look at the family line again, is it correct?
10 Start over, do a genealogy "do over."
https://genealogydoover.com/
11 Go to 0n line Blogs for help /network .
12 Create a timeline for your brickwall person.
13 Is the name spelled correctly and have you looked at spelling
variations?
14 Use Congregationalist/Quaker records or alternative records.
15 Review Cyndi's List for genealogy options.
16 Look at court records such as depositions for family information.
17 Watch U tube videos on how to do genealogy or genealogy tips.
[Good
place to start: https://www.thefhguide.com/
The Family History Guide]
18 Make an educated guess.
These are from our Brickwall workshop at the Cocoa Library yesterday. Sharon led a great discussion.
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