tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post5482607826127230307..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Analyzing Brick Walls -- a genealogical myth or reality?James Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-66778469105137975832011-08-28T13:05:57.365-07:002011-08-28T13:05:57.365-07:00What do you say to the researcher that has tried e...What do you say to the researcher that has tried everything? It is a dead end, not a brick wall. P.S. I've been to the NYC Public Library!Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205797878738290997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-24621608040352333672011-08-27T08:19:39.295-07:002011-08-27T08:19:39.295-07:00I would echo Randy's question of "...what...I would echo Randy's question of "...what should we call something we cannot get past?" Maybe there is room for some of us in the middle who are not exactly the people who don't want to do the additional research but also don't have the resources (and currently time) to visit the NY public library...although it's now on my list ;-)<br /><br />It's taken me ten years of admittedly sporadic searching to track down some of my late 19th/early 20th century ancestors who moved west. And my maternal biological grandmother is still hiding somewhere - possibly behind a married name I haven't yet found. Maybe they weren't really brick walls - but certainly they were (and are) hiding in some very creative places.Diana Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05954839264299339937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-34891226987628879752011-08-26T08:07:53.986-07:002011-08-26T08:07:53.986-07:00Your comments about people turning away when you s...Your comments about people turning away when you suggest additional work seems to be a common thread among people who help seekers at any research center. Val Greenwood tells such a story early in "The Researcher's Guide to American Geneallogy." the seeker isn question didn't "have time for that."!<br />I help at the small library mainted by the local genealogical society and local historical society; as a common holding. I have been lucky in that the people who come to our library are seachers and researchers, rather than seekers of the easy answer. This week I was able to suggest PERSI as a tool our searcher could use to find her family in the journal publications she was asking about. She thanked me. As I said, I was lucky.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551274264418341175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-54954546446183819982011-08-25T08:39:18.921-07:002011-08-25T08:39:18.921-07:00Thanks for the food for thought.
I think we need ...Thanks for the food for thought.<br /><br />I think we need a clearer terminology. You seem to be suggesting that a "brick wall" is one that we could dismantle piece by piece by finding more resources and expanding our research. <br /><br />So what should we call something we cannot get past? Your example of the family back to the 1500s where there just are not records available is a good example.Randy Seaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com