Last week, I came across a genealogy puzzle and solved it after following a series of clues across the internet. I wanted to write this post about solving that puzzle to show the wide range of resources and techniques available to genealogy researchers on the internet.
This all began when started tracking down the maternal side of my Shimer family lineage. I've never been so thankful that my line of Shimer's is fond of family names and using the mothers maiden name as a middle name for the children of the relationship. Because the maiden name and/or family names are essential to tracing maternal ancestry.
This all began when started tracking down the maternal side of my Shimer family lineage. I've never been so thankful that my line of Shimer's is fond of family names and using the mothers maiden name as a middle name for the children of the relationship. Because the maiden name and/or family names are essential to tracing maternal ancestry.
From History and Genealogy of the Shimer Family in America Volume I, Page 97.