Brick Wall,

Angela B Bryant

Brick Wall for years, how do you find ancestors that census has no record of parents, and female that has 3 maiden names, this is impossible, I did everything under the sun, still no luck?🙄

Chai

First, write your research query,

How do I write an effective research query?  

Genealogy is really just detective work. Clues lead to more information. When asking a research question, please include as much of the following information as possible:  

• Full name of the ancestor  
• birth date, even if approximate, and place [as much as is known]  
• residence(s) in the US or other country of immigration  
• any details you have on parents, spouse, children, and where they lived  
• known emigration and naturalization details  
• religion  
• anything else that might be helpful, like a known name change  
• which records you have already searched and the results  

   

This enables the dedicated, knowledgeable volunteers in this community to help you effectively by coming up with good research suggestions. We love helping you find ancestors!  

Then you can get various help suggestions

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/where-can-i-get-help-with-my-genealogy

and schedule a 20 min online help

https://go.oncehub.com/ResearchStrategySession

Good luck with your brickwall