I read his account hoping for a workflow strategy or inspiration to solve my own elusive ancestor. His efforts included:
- disambiguating between two similarly named men
- proving/disproving the various family stories passed down for generations
- working with several local history librarians in the area
- using the Bastardy Bond abstracted records* published in the Wake Treasures
- calling in another set of eyes when it seemed all possible lines of research had been exhausted
The sum of all these efforts led to his success.
This was a compelling report, one I could not stop reading even though it was NMF (not my family). He has given me some ideas to approach my mystery from other angles in the future. Definitely worth a read whether you are Alford or not.
*Bastardy bonds listed by time frame and location in journal subject index on page 1.
This was a compelling report, one I could not stop reading even though it was NMF (not my family). He has given me some ideas to approach my mystery from other angles in the future. Definitely worth a read whether you are Alford or not.
*Bastardy bonds listed by time frame and location in journal subject index on page 1.
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