When an answer is elusive, do you tend to give up? Don’t stop just because one thing didn’t turn up any records for you. There are always more databases, digitized collections, online books, and so much more to find. This lecture discusses “genealogical perseverance” through examples and how they were overcome.

Topics include:

• What is “Genealogical Grit” and how can it be used to excel through tough problems?
• Examples of tough research problems from broken links, missing databases, lack of digitized records, and general access problems.
• Examples of tough ancestor problems from individuals with the same names in the same time and place, to disappearing ancestors.
• Solutions for solving these problems using methodology and strategies such as: FAN Club, DNA, timelines, and utilizing online search tools such as WorldCat, ArchiveGRID, and others to find the records, and more.