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It is next to impossible to do any significant online genealogy research (Original Post) 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
One of the names in my family is Nee. Very difficult to find any kind of announcements seaglass May 2017 #3
I see you have encountered a similar wall Brother Buzz May 2017 #5
One set of my 2nd great grandparents were John and Anna Olsen from Trondheim. Thor_MN May 2017 #4
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
Patrick Kelly from Ireland. (Kelly is the second most popular/common name in Ireland.) No Vested Interest Nov 2017 #9
Anyone at all from Ireland, in my experience Spider Jerusalem Dec 2017 #10
My gg grandmother was Mary Johnson. Boomerproud Nov 2017 #8

radical noodle

(7,990 posts)
1. I went to school (many years ago)
Mon May 29, 2017, 03:52 PM
May 2017

with a couple of guys who had the last name of Record. I hadn't given the genealogy aspect a thought. That's worse than the John Lawrence name I struggle with.

seaglass

(8,170 posts)
3. One of the names in my family is Nee. Very difficult to find any kind of announcements
Mon May 29, 2017, 06:47 PM
May 2017

in newspapers because of those darn maiden names!

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
4. One set of my 2nd great grandparents were John and Anna Olsen from Trondheim.
Mon May 29, 2017, 07:38 PM
May 2017

I eventually was able to push on past those very generic names and find their parents and further back. I still don't know when they died, however...

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
6. Generic - try Mary Morgan, the daughter of David Morgan in Wales!
Wed May 31, 2017, 12:28 AM
May 2017

I think I finally have her narrowed down to which of the half dozen or so Mary Morgans born in the correct time frame in Cardigan several of whom were daughters of David Morgans, but it's taken a while to get that far.

Some day I hope to travel to the village where she married and where all her children were born. When my sister visited there, she met people who remembered the family - but any records she made were lost after she died.

No Vested Interest

(5,157 posts)
9. Patrick Kelly from Ireland. (Kelly is the second most popular/common name in Ireland.)
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 03:45 AM
Nov 2017

And Patrick is likely more common than John, as St. Patrick is the patron saint of the isle.

You might say "Kelly" is the "Jones" of Ireland.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
10. Anyone at all from Ireland, in my experience
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 03:25 PM
Dec 2017

if you have Irish ancestors who came to America because of the famine? You might know where in Ireland they were from, but good luck finding anything beyond that.

Boomerproud

(7,889 posts)
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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