Is the brick wall and a hard basket the same as between a rock and a hard place? Recently I noted in one of those county histories, a person with another name who was married to a person with a surname that married into my Armstrong family. The problem I have is that sisters with the same surname married brothers with another common surname, and that they didn't have that many names to CHOOSE from - how many Elizabeths and James can there be? Anyway I am on the trail. Happy giving thanks and eating everyone!! My kids are coming home, and I am very thankful. Mary

Hi Mary, Between a Rock and a hard place, sounds the same meaning to me. Without those middle names to help us out, it is hard to separate all the Elizabeths, James and Williams and Johns isn,t it. Two of my first cousins on the same line as mine, married each other in May this year, after I introduced them again after many years out of touch. Both in their late fifties. They used to write to each other as children. They fell in love and the rest is history. That will be confusing later on when someone is researching our family. What is the incidence of the Armstrong families having that happen. The thing is, most of us would maybe not even contemplate that two first cousins would marry so wouldn't even look for it. Or dismiss it as a possibility. So could miss a clue. Has that happened to anyone else's family? Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: <LITMAR@aol.com> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 1:43 AM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Brick walls and such > Is the brick wall and a hard basket the same as between a rock and a hard > place? > > Recently I noted in one of those county histories, a person with another name > who was married to a person with a surname that married into my Armstrong > family. The problem I have is that sisters with the same surname married > brothers with another common surname, and that they didn't have that many > names to CHOOSE from - how many Elizabeths and James can there be? > > Anyway I am on the trail. Happy giving thanks and eating everyone!! My kids > are coming home, and I am very thankful. Mary >