{"id":3733,"date":"2018-12-10T01:58:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=3733"},"modified":"2019-01-16T23:20:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T23:20:19","slug":"handling-dead-ends-in-your-trees-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/handling-dead-ends-in-your-trees-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Handling Dead Ends in Your Trees, Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s Note<\/em>: Thanks to our guest blogger, Karen Meyer, currently serving as an Area Temple and Family History Consultant in the Scottsdale (AZ) Coordinating Council, for this blog post. In Part Two,\u00a0 she outlines other common causes for dead ends in family trees and how to address them. You can read the Part One article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Problem #5<\/strong>:\u00a0Is it possible that my farmer ancestor had more than one occupation?\"\"<\/p>\n

“I show that John Smith, living in Percy, Indiana, was a Farmer in 1900.\u00a0I saved a census record showing that in 1910 he was a teacher, and then I saved a census record showing that in 1920 he was a doctor.\u00a0Is that really possible?”<\/p>\n

Depending on when the time frame was\u00a0makes a difference in answering this question. During the\u00a0industrial revolution, people sometimes came in off the farm\u00a0and went to work in a factory. In a rural community like Percy, I\u2019d say\u00a0not. They did usually one job and that was their life\u2019s work. Good that you checked the occupations. Many times these days, a person\u00a0doesn\u2019t stay with the same firm for 20 years \u2013 they jump around and\u00a0even try new occupations. However, back in the 1800s and early\u00a01900s, when someone was in an occupation, they stayed with the\u00a0same one for life for the most part. Throughout the 40s-90s, they all\u00a0wanted the \u201cgold watch\u201d for 20 years of dedication to one company.<\/p>\n

Note: Having records attached for duplicate people will cause the database to send you hints for all
\nthree people. Your tree may then become a “magnet” for irrelevant data.<\/p>\n

Problem #6<\/strong>: There is no separate surname listed in the tree for a wife. Is it possible that the groom married a cousin with the same surname?\"\"<\/p>\n

Only 3 times have I found that a bride and groom shared the same last name before the marriage, and the two were unrelated. Here are a few cases where intermarriage may have occurred:<\/p>\n