#genealogy #geneadons @geneadons #norway #brickwall #brickwalls my latest blog post has quite a few genealogy lessons. https://wheatonwood.com/2023/07/13/how-my-forty-year-old-brick-wall-was-broken-the-benevolence-of-strangers-and-the-problem-with-names/

#genealogy #GeneticGenealogy #NorwegianAncestry #brickwalls #Telemark #VinjeNorwayPlace 🇳🇴🐐 I am working on a new blog post after a hiatus. It has been ten years since a 40 year brick wall tumbled down. And it did so via #DNA On reflection this was such an act of generosity of those fellow researchers with Norwegian ancestry it is remarkable in itself. It may take me a few weeks to pull it all together. Stay tuned. #FamilyHistoryStories

@AllThoseBefore @bjnlsgenealogy @genealogy one of my brick walls fell after 40 years. I got a DNA match w. Someone w. Norwegian ancestry. They said they didn't know how we matched, but they ran an FB group for Norwegian research. Would I like him to post my query there? Sure said I. The mystery was solved within 24 hrs by a woman sitting at a computer a stone's throw from where my 2nd GGM was baptized. I had written to the proper archive however the name as baptized was different from the name she adopted in the US. Baptised Asloûg Elifesdotter but became Elizabeth Olson. #brickwalls #familyhistory #serendipity. Her tree, with the help of perfect strangers more complete than my own back to the 1600's. You never know.

@AllThoseBefore @genealogy
Yes. I have parked it for a while. The good thing about writing it up though is that, when I come back to it, I can resume my search knowing what I have already looked at. #BrickWalls

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I have a number of brick walls I would like to solve but one in particular that I have put some work into is this one: https://bjnlsgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/10/so-just-who-is-nancy.html?m=1

As to the why ... Because it is there!

#GeneticGenealogy #DNA #FamilyHistory #BrickWalls

DNA can be a great way to break down a genealogy brick wall. Working with a client's DNA matches, I made some small progress, but being able to triangulate these with his sister's DNA matches has allowed a great leap forward! Tomorrow looks to be a busy day - very exciting!
#DNA #DNAMatches #DNAAnalysis #Genealogy #GenealogyResearch #BrickWalls

Brickwall Weise (12/52/2023):
Only one photo found to show Robert Weise (1860-1933) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Weise-526 Believe him to be No. 1 at photo. I was polishing his profile at #Wikitree this week. One of many #Brickwalls in my #Genealogy are his parents Friedrich August Weise https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Weise-527 and Christiane Juliane Liebscher https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Liebscher-37 The trace goes to the #Oberlausitz. Looking on some discussions ongoing, it seems like you get to there and get stuck.

Everyone has those old #FamilyPhotos of people we know are related somehow, but don’t know exactly who they’re supposed to be. #Genealogists have often found themselves questioning relatives in vain for hours, trying to get any kind of a name to put to the mystery subjects of old & faded #photos, to get any idea of when or where the photos were taken.

It can be incredibly frustrating!
But there is an easier way.

Even if you have no idea of which family line the photo comes from, you can often deduce what year the photo was taken; and by extension, who is in the photo… with just a little help from Google & the internet.

Here’s how…

https://diggingintoyourfamilytree.wordpress.com/2020/08/18/whos-in-that-photo-identifying-ancestors-and-dating-old-photos/

#Genealogy #Geneadons #GenealogyTips
#GenealogyResearch #Photography #VintagePhotos #VintagePhotography #DatingPhotos #BrickWalls #Ancestors #Ancestry #FamilyTree #FamilyTrees #AntiquePhotography #AntiquePhotos

Are you stuck on a difficult family history research problem? Take a look at these 10 strategies to see if one (or more) of them can help you break through your genealogy brick wall!

#genealogy #FamilyHistory #BrickWalls

https://www.thefamilyheart.com/best-strategies-brick-wall-ancestors/

Hey, #Genealogists ...

Do you have a bunch of old family #photos but you don't know who's in them? Would you like to be able to figure out the names of those people in an old #Victorian framed #photo ?

This article can help you become a "Photo Detective," and sort through all that mess, giving names to the nameless #ancestors in your #photographs . You might even break through some #BrickWalls ! 🧱

#Genealogy #FamilyTree #FamilyHistory
#Antiques #Photography #Ancestry

https://diggingintoyourfamilytree.wordpress.com/2020/08/18/whos-in-that-photo-identifying-ancestors-and-dating-old-photos/