Was chatting with my ex-sister-in-law and niece online yesterday about our favorite subject....genealogy. They have been struggling with a "brick wall" for years and shared that with me. All they had to go on was a nickname and a possible surname that was unproven. To complicate things more, the ancestor they were searching for has the traditional Spanish naming pattern which makes names even longer but all they had to go on was the ONE possible surname!
I asked them to give me whatever clues they've been able to find over the years, jotted them down, and started my own search in the resources that I've been using for years. I found quite a few possibilities in the Census records, copied the links and sent them over to my ex-sister-in-law and asked her what she thought of them. She typed back, "OH MY GOD!" I asked her if I had hit the jackpot and she replied that I just found her Great-Uncle listed with his family while he was STILL A CHILD! Her "brick wall" came tumbling down and she was able to find more of her ancestors!!!!
That kind of success feels so good!
