Genealogy Reflections

Every genealogist knows the feeling of hitting a brick wall: that maddening point where a family line simply stops, no matter how many records you turn over. This is the story of one of those walls, and how it finally came down. The Problem My research partner on this case, a dear friend whose family tree I've had the privilege of helping build, had traced his Bell line back to Richard Bell (1825-1907) of Hardin County, Ohio, and later Logan County, Ohio. Richard married a Sw

There are evenings when genealogy feels almost miraculous. . . . And yet, some days, I end my research feeling less like a historian and more like a reluctant computer technician.

After three years of online study, I have reached a milestone that once felt very far away—I have graduated from Brigham Young University–Idaho with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

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