Not much scrapbooking going on here! I have not really felt much like it. I do have two circle journals to work and plan on getting to them this weekend. I am waiting for my wishblade to arrive...I cannot wait! Hope everyone is doing fine! I hope to update with some scrapping stuff tomorrow or Sunday and add some pictures to Hunter's blog...hopefully I will get to all that this weekend!
Originally posted at Lost Tree Project as a guest post February 2019. Eventually we all hit a brick wall. My first brick wall was with Joseph Thomas {my husband's 3rd great grandfather} I spent months searching. Brick walls can last weeks to months to years. Below are some quick tips to help you break through that brick wall. Research another ancestor for a while and then go back to your brick wall . You will see your brick wall ancestor with new eyes. Use a checklist to see if you missed any records. {You can find my Evernote Research Checklist in my shared genealogy notebook.} Revisit your research. Maybe you missed a piece of information in a document. Maybe something seemed like it wasn't important but now that you have more information you find it is important. Learn something new. It does not need to be genealogy related. When you shift your thinking to something else and then go back to the brick
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