I hit a roadblock.

[no_hypocrisy]

I thought I hit paydirt when I discovered that one of the four sisters of my grandfather had 11 children. Got their names initially from the 1920 and 1930 censuses. But seven of the children were female and they changed their names when they got married. In my great aunt's obit in 1932, they were referenced solely by their husbands' names, e.g., Mrs. John Smith.

I tried looking for articles about their marriages in newspapers.com but could find nothing. Same with their lives after marriage.

I'm ready to solicit Pennsylvania Vital Records to see if I can't find more details.

I can't get over how I gained 11 "new" first cousins once removed in a day. I never knew they existed -- or that their family lived 4 houses away from my grandfather.