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Brick Walls: Cracking the Case of Nathan Brown's Parents

Marian Pierre-Louis
Nov 2, 2011
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Welcome
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Polls
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Speaker's Introduction
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Welcome
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Review Documentation
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Consider Geography
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Discuss It
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Community Analysis
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Names
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Finding the Right Family
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Confirmation & Analysis
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Case of Samuel Miller Brown
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The Brown Family
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Geoff's Famous Ancestor
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Where Do We Go From Here?
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Questions / answers
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Announcements / prizes
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About this webinar

Join Marian Pierre-Louis as she cracks the long-standing brick wall surrounding Nathan Brown's parents (Geoff Rasmussen's brick wall). Marian will share the analysis process she used to find Nathan's parents. Certain techniques, which you can apply to your own research, can be used to unravel difficult genealogical problems. Follow that up with primary documents to confirm the relationships and the mystery is solved. At the end Marian will reveal – live – a big surprise about Geoff Rasmussen's ancestry based on this new information. Legacy Family Tree webinars host, Geoff Rasmussen, will undoubtedly be in a great mood, so there will likely be some fantastic door prizes given away. This is one webinar you will not want to miss.

About the speaker

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Marian Pierre-Louis
Marian Pierre-Louis is a genealogy professional who specializes in educational outreach through webinars, internet broadcasts and video. Her areas of expertise include house history research, southern New England research and solving brick walls.
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    Regina Webb
    2 years ago

    Just watched this here in 2023 and WOW I learned so much from this webinar. I agree with those on the recorded webinar that this is one of the best webinars for indirect evidence! Thank you for keeping this one available for future use!

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