This is my new blog to share some of my genealogy brick walls and searches I'm looking for help with. We all have some searches that are very easy to do and others that are not. Sometimes we are dealing with common surnames with recurring first names so it's very hard to untangle who is our ancestor and who isn't. Even if the surname isn't common many families historically used the same first names generation after generation, giving descendants headaches trying to sort out who is who. Living in the north woods of Wisconsin I have to depend on library and internet resources. I am not able at this time to take road trips to the places where my ancestors lived so my hope is a blog will help me connect with others researching the same lines and we can share knowledge.
This is just a partial list of surnames I will be writing about in the next few months:
Paternal lines:Olmstead, Strong, Benedict, McCullough, McBride, Lee, Collins, Grace, Shinners
Maternal: Morris, Allen, Beach, Bird, Sommer, Hesselbacher, Schweinfest
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