Several years ago now I submitted a preliminary application to the Board for the Certification of Genealogists to receive the Certified Genealogist credential. Life got in the way, and I believe I received an extension of time on the application, but ultimately life got in the way some more, and I never completed the application.… Continue reading Back “On the Clock”
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A Brick Wall Down: Jacob Wilson’s Parents
In my last post I wrote about the brick wall in my family tree that got me hooked on genealogy – a brick wall that remains today, over a decade after I first encountered it. Today I’m going to talk a bit about a brick wall that I was very pleased to see crumble years… Continue reading A Brick Wall Down: Jacob Wilson’s Parents
Genealogists have brick walls, too
All I know about Emma's life comes from exactly one document: the 1900 census