Hi,
I'm new here and I have a question regarding brick walls. What do you do when a relative you're searching for has a generic name?
We're searching for a grandparent, who was never talked about in any detail so we have nothing to go on. One side of the family is completely missing because of it. I joined Ancestry.com but it's impossible because the searches returned hundreds of hits with people of the same name. I tried to trace him back through birth records of his children but found no listings for them, probably because they're not long dead and have been alive in the last ten years or so.
The only thing we do know about him was that he was possibly born in British India, still though lots of people there could have had the same name!
Any hints or suggestions appreciated,
Thanks,
Paula
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Re: Insurmountable brick wall
what info do you have on him eg dob marriage cert etc ?
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Re: Insurmountable brick wall
Hi Paula
Welcome to the Forum
As Pete says post what you have and we will do our best to help you
Welcome to the Forum
As Pete says post what you have and we will do our best to help you