It happens. And with some people it seems to happen a great deal, especially if they have a common name, or even an unusual name that is butchered in spelling.
So I search, and search, and search records again.... often scrolling until my eys cross. And yet I still can't find the right record for that person.
I call it "Chasing the Elusive"
I have several in my tree, and from time to time I write about them.... in hopes that blogging the journey will help knock something loose in my mind... or maybe one day someone will read the post and message me with just the right piece to the puzzle that breaks down the brick wall.
In any case, here are some of my elusive members! (Note: if they state FOUND! on them, I have broken the brick wall that I needed to!)
- Catherine Field
- John Bopp/Bupp's parentage (This is a blurb in one post in my other series, The Hangman's Ropemaker)
- Burris Doudney Wood jr
- Elizabeth Newton Cox
- Marcus MacDonald "Mark" Fielding
- Burris Doudney Wood Sr.
- John Fielding Sr.
- Lewis Sheets
- Elizabeth Hager VanLuvanee (FOUND!)
- Henderson McDonald
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