Took me more than 10 years

Question

I never gave up and checked every so often as it was frustrating but I finally broke down the brick wall.  Still have to work on her mothers Bio as she married several times. That is what made it so hard to break the wall

Comments

Congratulations! You have given hope to those of us who sometimes feel ready to throw in the towel.

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Congratulations but I wish more people could be encouraged to ask for help with their brick walls. I always look at the UK ones and have often been able to help.

Answer 1

Congratulations and well done!

Answer 2

Yes, congratulations.

I broke through two 2+ decade old brick walls in the past month myself. The first one was thanks to others as I reached out on a Facebook group and within a week the birth record for my wife's grandfather was found and the second was thanks to a DNA match which included a tree that looked promising. When I contacted the DNA/tree manager he confirmed the match and had much more information, including on my ancestor.

I tend to not reach out for help, but this shows it works (and it has worked in the past, as yet another brick wall was broken years ago due to my connecting with a person who had a complete family record in a bible).

And DNA matches are a great help. Beside my latest (and one of my longest brick walls), DNA also allowed me to find the Irish townland where another ancestor came from. That led to finding the death record of the father and what happened to a great-granduncle I had no information about (other than he existed). Other recent DNA matches have confirmed my research on this great-granduncle, another great use of DNA matches.