Book -More Brickwall Solutions

[yn9man]

The Publishers of Family Chronicle Magazine in Toronto, Canada have published a sequel to their first book (500 Brickwall Solutions).

The sequel is called More Brickwall Solutions and contains additional vignettes of solving or ideas on resolving brickwall situations.

Both books have interesting ideas

The ISBN is 0-9731303-7-7.

yn9man

[Keith Bateman]

If they want to try out any of their ideas they can try this page on my website:

http://batemans-history.rootschat.net/eliza_jane_davis.htm


 

For that matter so can anyone else 

Keith

[liverpool annie]

Oh Puhleeeeeeeez !!   

Will it ever end ?? ........................

yn9man ... do you have those books ?? are they any good ?? 

[Lydart]

Its available from

amazon website

for a mere $72 and some cents !

(Canadian Amazon)

[yn9man]

liverpool annie -

No I don't have either book.

I borrowed / checked them out from the local library along with a couple of other genealogy books.

I found both books were easy to read and offered many uniques ideas on solving genealogy problems. Some are common sense approaches to finding / locating records but others aren't. I don't have the books with me now so I will post another message later with some of the ideas mentioned in the books. 

What I didn't find were any of my missing ancestors ....

yn9man

[yn9man]

liverpool annie - 

Here are a couple of the the ideas from the books. As I said earlier some are common sense. Also, the vignettes are interesting to read.

- use others as sounding boards and network

- remember the original documents might contain clues that are missed or mistranslated

- visit the places your ancestors lived

- pay attention to the smallest piece of information

- re visit the information you already have

- do on site research

- maintain an open mind

- apply your own experience and insight

- take classes

- be prepared to spend money

- above all never give up

yn9man 

[liverpool annie]

I agree with all of those yn9man !!  ............ especially network !! 

( helping others makes them more enthusiastic to help you ! ) and going over stuff you already have !

( I hunted high and low for my Granddads service number for months ..... and when I decided the time had come to organise .... I found my Grandmothers death certificate and it had Granddads number right there !!  )

But I'd also add ............... being organised and lateral thinking !! ( thinking outside the box !! )

Annie 

[yn9man]

liverpool annie -

Networking and exchange of ideas / thoughts ... Have been extremely beneficial on this site.   

I think most folks involved in genealogy (whether as a hobby or business) are lateral thinking or outside the box thinking individuals. You almost have to be ... i.e. want to solve one mystery / puzzle in order to open up another mystery / puzzle. 

yn9man