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Ancestry/Genealogy

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8. My gg grandmother was Mary Johnson.

Thu Nov 23, 2017, 04:26 PM

Nov 2017

When I saw that on my great-grandfathers death certificate I vowed to give up then and there. Luck and tenacity got me through the brick wall.

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It is next to impossible to do any significant online genealogy research [View all] Brother Buzz May 2017 OP

I went to school (many years ago) radical noodle May 2017 #1

And I thought I had it bad with my common names.... GeoWilliam750 May 2017 #2

I see you have encountered a similar wall Brother Buzz May 2017 #5

Generic - try Mary Morgan, the daughter of David Morgan in Wales! csziggy May 2017 #6

It could be worse, at least it's not "Jones" Spider Jerusalem Jul 2017 #7

Anyone at all from Ireland, in my experience Spider Jerusalem Dec 2017 #10

My gg grandmother was Mary Johnson. Boomerproud Nov 2017 #8