Different types of Genealogical Puzzles

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Different types of Genealogical Puzzles

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We all have Brick Walls. I tend to think of that as having no further information to allow progress on a branch of your tree.

I tend to think of two other common problems a bit differently.


I have "Gordian Knots" where several branches of a family live in a small area, have kids born only a few years apart and are named the same.

You have lots of census and birth and marriage data but untangling one family from another is almost impossible.

In Australia these can be more easily "untangled" because of the vaste amount of information on the indexes. No need to go broke buying certificates. In the UK it can be very expensive to undo the knot.


The other puzzle I love is the "Jigsaw".

Somebody gives you a bunch of photographs (or recently for me, some very detailed wedding photographs) that mention "Uncle Joe and his wife Molly", "Cousin John and Betty - Woop Woop 1925" etc.

An Obituary might mention children, grandchildren, sons in law etc.

Some pages from a family bible are sent to you that mention dozens of people and their birth and death dates.

You have no idea who some of these people are, but are determined to find out where they fit, hence the "Jigsaw".


Does anybody else have a type of "puzzle" they think is a bit different than just a "brick wall"?
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Re: Different types of Genealogical Puzzles

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Yes it is called BCC and I want to know how they all connect together!

I would love to look down on the "mosaic" we have at the moment
and see where all the main clusters are and work on the smaller ones!

Get stuck into that Mark!

I bet they all connect to each other somehow!
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Re: Different types of Genealogical Puzzles

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It would be interesting to see which families moved the least.

Black Country Cavemen!

I think my Cutlers have moved 5 miles in 400 years...
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Re: Different types of Genealogical Puzzles

Post by Annie »

Yes Mark I like the way you have sectioned them into three different types and agree , I have some in each different section .

I am sure my Faulkners, Edwards, Garbetts and Hattons must connect up to some of those already on BCC but not found the missing link or piece yet. :(

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