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10 Best Strategies for Researching 'Brick Wall' Ancestors - Heart of the Family

Are you stuck on a difficult family history research problem? Take a look at these 10 strategies to see if one (or more) of them can help you break through your genealogy brick wall!

7 Bonus Genealogy Brick Wall Busting Tips (YouTube)

Ancestry Magazine

From Google Books, full copies of each issue from Jan-Feb 1994 - Vol. 12, No. 1 through Mar-Apr 2010 - Vol. 28, No. 2.

Ancestry.com Blog - Quick Tips for Breaking Through Your Genealogy Bricks Walls

Ancestry.com Blog - The Dreaded Brick Wall. What to do next?

Article by Brian Gallagher.

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

A humorous look at mistakes that are copied from tree to tree. Find everything from Adam & Eve to zombies. Lots of examples of what NOT to do!

Brick Wall Genealogy Solutions - A Family Heritage Resource

Casefile Clues - Brick Walls from A to Z

By Michael John Neill

Dutch Genealogy - Quick tip – Expand the scope

Elyse's Genealogy Blog - Overcoming Brick Walls: Establishing A Plan Of Attack

Family Tree Magazine - 10 True Genealogy Brick Walls and How to (Possibly!) Break Through Them

Genealogy.com: Discrepancy Charts - Organizing the Inconclusive

Article by Michael John Neill.

Hertfordshire Genealogy: I've hit a brick wall

Negative Space: Making Your Genealogy Gaps Work For You (and your family tree)

This genealogy research methods post from The Parchment Rustler introduces the concept of Negative Space - effectively the parts of an ancestor's timeline for which you don't have any documentary evidence. The article shows how you can identify the negative space in your timelines, and use it to your advantage to: direct your research planning; enhance your research questions; guard against anchoring bias; and interpret your evidence in the right context.

Options When Your Genealogy Research Comes to a Dead End

Article by Lorelle VanFossen.

Quick Tips for Breaking Through Your Genealogy Brick Walls | Ancestry (YouTube)

The Brick Wall Protocol

By the Jones Genealogist.

ThoughtCo - Brick Wall Strategies for Dead-End Family Trees

Article by Kimberly Powell.