Over the years I have found many people that others have not been able to.  
In fact, I say "I" found my g-grandfather where a professional had searched 
for over 40-years ... only took me a couple months but all via Internet.  I 
found bits and pieces, had someone do the leg work, and zoomed in for the 
kill.  Sure, someone else retrieved the information for me but it was my digging 
that located him so how do you source that?

His brother was also missing and again, seasoned researchers in VA have tried 
for years but either didn't dig deep enough or simply overlooked him?  I came 
up with a possible time frame he died, knew his wife's name, where someone 
suspected he once lived, then methodically went one-by-one in the death 
certificates for that time frame and area on microfilm and eventually came 
across him.  His first name was misspelled on the death certificate index 
transcriptions but not on the certificate.  Once I found it I immediately posted 
my finds (and others I ran across that day) in the area that I thought 
researchers would pick it up.  I wasn't looking for fame and fortune and only 
hoped people who took the info would do the right thing and cite the source 
but if not, at least I can hope that this one find would lead to another as 
people add to it.

Eric

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