Genealogy Brick Walls

The genealogy brick wall is difficult to penetrate. Everyone experiences it sooner or late. It usually begins in a county with the absence of records. Courthouse fires burned many records. So what do you do?

It is a good idea to take out a topographical map of the county where the family resided. The reason for this is to locate old roads, even ruts in the road, springs, ponds, lakes, wells, out-houses, fields, and…