This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KristaRiedel Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/133/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi There, I have been stuck on this person in my tree for a few months now and I think I have exhausted every option. I am now asking for help and would appreciate any that can be given. Catherine BROUILLARD was born in Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada 4 MAR 1866 to Francois BROUILLARD and Marie Agnes VANASSE dit BEAUVAIS. Catherine married Alphonse MERCIER 14 APR 1886 in Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada. They had 6 children: Olivine Elizabeth (Died as a child) Alphonse (Died as a child) Alphonse Emile Isaie Maria Marguerite Jean Francois Catherine's husband Alphonse MERCIER died 22 MAR 1906 in Baskatong, Quebec, Canada and was buried in Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada. Catherine remarried on 10 SEP 1906 in Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada. She married Frank COMMANDANT. I found her and Alphonse MERCIER in the 1901 Canadian Census with their children living in Maniwaki. When she remarried, I lose her and Frank COMMANDENT. I am looking for help finding them in the 1911 Canadian Census as well as her death certificate. I would be happy with any information though that may lead me to find this family. If you need any more information, just reply and I will answer right away. I am usually very close to my email. Thanks! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: reedham71 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/132/mb.ashx Message Board Post: i DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START LOOKING NOW. mY GR GRANDPA WAS dAVID jOHN AND WAS B IN lLANCARVAN,GLAMORGAN,WALES IN 1830. i CAN ONLY TRACE HIM IN 1841 AND ON. WHY CAN'T i GO BACK ?? THANKS Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ATCPAX Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/31.7.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, sent you the WWI draft registration for William Lewis but have not been able to find anything else on them that you don't already have on your family tree. I searched Genealogybank but they don't have many papers for that area, checked Footnote but didn't see anything for them there either. Since Billie Lewis is listed as William Lewis father in the WWI draft, Billie was alive up to 1918. I can't find him in the 1920 census though. Have you actually searched through the census itself? Lyla Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ninaraney44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/130.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: That is all I know, they were married maybe in Arkansas, not sure that is right. I know Mavis had a son by previous marriage, so Stevens must have been married name. My dad was born in 1905 and he and my mother were married in 1943. He would have been in late 20's or 30's is my guess when he married Mavis. Sorry that I have no more info. Nina Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: williamfcraigjr Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/130.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: need more info. such as state were they married or lived and ages. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: thecharlotte Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/122.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: What information can you get (naturalizations?) and how far back? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vonwaysmith Surnames: SMITH/MAYNARD. Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/129/mb.ashx Message Board Post: george was born abt. 1816 in north carolina. county unknown. elizabeth his wife born abt. 1820 in either n.c. or virgina.they miagrated to breathitt co. ky. around 1840. i have info on the from this point forward. would greatly appreciate anything about them prio to move to ky. such as parents.etc.they were my ggg grandparents. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mindfoggs2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/120.4.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Forgot to mention in inaccuracies in the listings of children, those children that are attributed to a woman but have birth years that are the same or before their supposed mother's birth year ! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mindfoggs2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/120.4.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm not a fan of the Ancestry system that lets people easily merge info from similar trees into their own since it appears that far too many people don't check out the information for validity/correctness before adding the info to their trees. I just LOVE when the children listed for a couple are born AFTER one or both parents' reported death years !! I've been looking at some Ancestry trees today at an ancestor of mine in hopes of picking up a clue or two to help me try and get back another generation on one of my female ancestors c. 1700's. The couple I'm looking at had 6 children...all named in the man's will. But many of the trees at Ancestry have more children listed with some of those born in years after the couple had died & others belonging to other families of the same surname that also lived in the area. Ditto for those little flashing hint leaves. Nice feature but only IF the people first check out the information to be certain it is for their specific person before merging it. Trees at Ancestry just like the Member supplied information at Family Search, should be taken with a large grain of salt unless they are sourced to primary source information or the best existing/surviving records/information available. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: thecharlotte Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/120.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: No, it's not just you! If I have three censuses, I have 3 different spellings of Russian names, either first or last. You have to just get as much info as you can before making any decisions-especially with ancestry family trees. They aren't always correct and are sometimes really obviously wrong. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vjprince Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/31.7.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: By any chance were you able to find anything on Carrie Campbell Lewis who was married to William (Billie Walter) Lewis born 1862? He was born in 1862 and we think Carrie was born in 1870. Here's what I have. William Walter (Billie Walter) (1862) married Carrie Campbell (1870 - 1901?) who was also born in Bethel, Wilcox County, Alabama. Billie Walter and Carrie were married on January 8, 1885. The 1900 census lists that Billie Walter and Carrie had 7 children: Mary (1886), Mathew D. (1889 - 1937), Leddell (1890), Porter (1892 - 1974), Luberta (1894), Alex (1896 - 1969 ), and William T. (1899) all born in Pine Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama. Both Billie Walter and Carrie were educated and had the ability to read and write. Their occupations were farming and keeping house. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mindfoggs2 Surnames: Priester/Hoff/Krause Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/120.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: We don't have a time frame or location for your great grandmother & her marriages. Both of those factors will affect your ability to obtain vital records as the fact that each location marched to it's own tune in so far as when they, the gov't poobahs, started requiring registrations of vital events. That said, your best source for parents for your great-grandmother would be your great-grandmother herself via her marriage certificates/records as already suggested. In general, the vast majority of people know who their parents are/were. The names of the parents of each party to a marriage are required on every marriage certificate I've seen for the US states I've researched my family lines in & for England which started requiring registration of vital events in mid 1837. The other suggested records of baptism/christening can be a bit more problematic....you don't know the church name, the church/parish is gone & no one knows where the records went, the church building burned - happens more frewquently than you may think (we lost a church locally just 3 or 4 years ago & I can recall two others locally before that and one in Ireland just a year ago that had all the records for my mother-in-law's family) & with it the records, the church was Catholic which can be a problem as some parishes/Dioceses in some areas - not all - are not very open & forth coming with releasing nformation from their records, etc. So, for a variety of reasons, baptismal records(church records in general except for the repértoire of Québec) can be a bit harder to track down but if you know the church & location, try looking in the FHL catalog to see if the Mormon's may have filmed the records for the church. You can borrow these films from the main library in Salt Lake through a FHC local to you. Both the catalog and a search function to locate a FHC near you - at the bottom center of the main page as well as under the Library" tab - are at the LDS site Family Search. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp - main http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp -- libray catalog Check out their Pilot search as well....it's part of the ongoing multi-year project to digitize and put on line the entire FHL. More content is added continually. http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start If your great-grandmother was in the US & "recent" enough to have had a SSN, then there is always the option - a costly one $27 last I checked - of applying for her SSN application on which she would have had to list her parents' names. The same caveat applies to obits as to information on death certificates. Obit information is only as good as the knowledge of the person supplying it. For example, in researching the children of one of my grandmother's aunts a few years back, I quite unexpectedly found the obit for a son of the aunt I was working on right in the state where I lived! Surprise! I had never had heard of this cousin of my grandmother's from her when she was alive but I knew he was family from all the other research I'd been doing on that particular branch. He was quite old at the time of death & it was apparent from the obit that whoever gave the information didn't know his mother's correct maiden name or perhaps it was a case such as the next bit I address below. The obit said "Deboer" but her maiden was acutally "DeBow". Additionally, the family may actually know the correct information but give a different version intentionally for the obit so people who knew the person in life but didn't know they had died would recognize them via the obit. Such was the case with a recent death in my husband's family where, due to my research, we knew the correct family surnames but the surname had started to get mutated in the mid 1920's from the original. So, we put the surname that has been in general use since abt. 1930 or so in the newspaper obit and by which the family has/is presently known. Not a problem for those of us around at present but it could through someone researching a couple of generations from now off the track. A good place to post which reaches a wide & diverse group of researchers is the Yahoo Group "Brickwall". Even if you only ever post once, you can learn a lot of research methodology for various ethnicities from seeing how the Group members go about finding information for people who have posted a brickwall. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brickwall/ BTW..."Am I the only one who run into more walls than they cn count?" Nope, you've plenty of company - just look at the number of members/posts at Brickwall Group! Among my brickwalls are locating my grandmother's eldest sister as well as her aunt Minnie, my mother-in-law's great-grandfather as well as her aunt Bea/Bridget here & aunts Rose & Sarah over in Ireland, for one of my great-grandmothers - her youngest sister, the surviving daughter from a 1st marriage of a 2 great-grandfather as well as getting back into the parents listed for him on his DC and the identies of the balance of my paternal grandfather's siblings - filmed records don't go past 1865 & what is surviving is in the basement of the family church over in the home country but I'm here...just to name a few of my walls. Good luck & do try the Brickwall Group if these boards don't work out. Remember, too, to post all you know - names, dates/time frames, locations, other famiy such as children &/or siblings, where/what you have already researched, etc. The more information you give the people you are asking for help, the more likely it is someone may be able to help. 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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Ericson1951 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/128/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I am researching my g g grandfather Abram Lewis Long a civil war vet and POW. 39th Iowa Infantry Co D born 1840 in Ripley CO. Indiana)I have been able to find lots of information on Abram but after him it gets very sketchy. I have almost hit a dead end. Abram's father Strawder W. Long born 1808 in Indiana. Married to Amanda Mary Means, they had a lot of children of which Abram is the first born. Strawder's father is Abraham Long born in 1774 in Virgina, and his father we know nothing about except that he fought in the Rev. War. Any help will be greatly appreciated. If you need information from me just reply, I check my email many times a day. Good Day, Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: seashelldm Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/127.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: His name was Albert Metzger, born 1869 Germany. He died Februay 2, 1901 and lived in Salem, NJ. Wife was Eliza Alice (sometimes going by just Alice). One son, Frank Metzger, one stepson, Willie Shorrock. He was a baker by trade and is buried in Baltimore, MD. Thanks for any advice Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LHSwisher Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/127.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Could he have been visiting family out of town, or traveling? If you could post his name and date of death, that might stir up other ideas. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dklart Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/127.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Posting some specifics about who you are looking for helps others to give you a hand in your search. When and where was the last place he lived that you've found a record for? Do you have info on his wife? When and where she died? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: seashelldm Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/127/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for ideas at busting down a brick wall. My great grandfather came from Germany, married, and had one son, my grandfather. We thought they lived in Baltimore, but research found they really lived in Salem, NJ. I have a birth record for my grandfather there in NJ. I have an exact death date for my great grandfather, but cannot locate any death record in either NJ or MD. He is buried here in Baltimore. I would appreciate any ideas on what else I might try. There seems to be no paper trail of this man. thanks for any advice Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ruthmaugeri Surnames: Fowler Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/126.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you so much ... I have thought that John might be his father, but I haven't been able to find a Daniel in any of the records for john or as a sibling to bennet or joames or thomas. Also, William L. Fowler was living with him in the the 1860 census and noted as Daniel being his "step-father-in law." I'll try to follow the john fowler line again more closely and see where it leads. I really appreciate your response. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: williamfcraigjr Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/126.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: i believe he may be the brother of james,bennett and thomas fowler who were in hopkins co.ky in 1850 up till their deaths,as you know hopkins and webster co.ky border each other.thomas fowler was born july 20,1815 in granville co.nc and bennet fowler was born oct.13,1818 in granville co.nc and their father was john fowler born march 21,1790 in granville co.nc and died aug.3,1869 in madisonville,hopkins co.ky any way i figure in the close location of daniel,bennet,and thomas and being born so close together in years and in north carolina and i figure they must be related as brothers or cousins.also daniel lived at one time in hopkins,ky because his son andrew jackson was born therejune 16,1854 and he married genoah frances brown and he died 1934 also his sister louisa c. fowler was born in hopkins co.ky on jan.3,1857.i think the line from john fowler is the one you should follow. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I am researching my gr-gr-grandfather, Bolin (Bolen) Greenberry BAUGH who was born in Kentucky according to his marriage application, filed in Owen County, IN when he wed Jenny (Jinny, Jennie) Edwards on 14 Jan. 1844. In each subsequent census, he gives Kentucky as his birthplace. 1850 US Census: Bolen G. Baugh, 26, and wife Jane (Jenny), 35, were farming in Adams Twnshp, Morgan Co, IN with children James 5, William 3, and Lydia 2, plus Lancus (Dorcus?) Baugh, 46, possibly Bolen's mother whose birthplace is listed as S. Carolina? 1860 US census: B.G. Baugh, 38, and wife Jennie, now 40, were farming in Jennings Twnshp, Owen Co, IN with children James A. 15, Lydia A. 12, Bernetta 11, Henrietta 8, Mary Elizabeth 4, and Dorcas Ellen 2. Lancus Baugh is gone. 1870 US census: Greenberry Baugh, 47, and Sena F. (Jennie) Baugh 51, are farming in Wayne Twnshp, Owen Co, IN with children James A. 25, Lydia Ann 21, Brunette (Bernetta) 19, Henrietta 16, Mary Elizabeth 14, Dorcas Ella 12, and Jefferson H. 8. (Lydia Ann is also enumerated in Montgomery Twnshp, where she is housekeeping for Thomas and Nancy Surber.) 1880 US Census: B. Green Baugh 55, and Jennie Baugh 64, are farming in Union Township, Warren Co, IA with daughter (Dorcas) Ellen 22. Green Baugh died on 22 Sept. 1881 in Indianola, Warren Co, IA at age of 59 yrs, 10 mo, which would put his birthdate as 1821, but 1880 census estimate puts it at 1824. Jennie Baugh died on 31 July 1902 at age of 92 yrs, 11 mo. in Indianola, IA. I am interested in finding Bolen Greenberry Baugh's actual birthplace, perhaps Pulaski County, KY, the names of his parents and siblings, and whether the Baugh family came from South Carolina. I appreciate any help in solving my mystery. Terri Malinowski