On Thursday, I described steps I follow when revisiting brick walls, trying to find pieces that can be chipped away to finally yield the treasure for which I’m hunting.

There is no one correct way to approach brick walls. Many methods work. Here are tips from other bloggers and genealogy organizations and companies:

Hit a Brick Wall? by Cyndy Ingle on Cyndy’s List

How I Break Down Genealogy Brick Walls on Bespoke Genealogy

Breaking Down Brick Walls with Location Based Genealogy by Drusilla Pair on Find Your Folks

13 Reasons You Can’t Break Down Your Brick Wall and Find the Family History Information You Need on Family History Daily

Tearing Down Your Brick Walls: Removing Roadblocks in Genealogy Research by Thomas Jay Kemp, free online PDF eBook on Genealogy Bank

Brick Walls on LDS Genealogy

Ten Brick Wall Tips for Beginners by Leland Meitzler on Genealogy Blog

Your Genealogy Brick Walls – a Facebook group with over 12,000 members. You must have a Facebook account and join to post.

Remember, sometimes brick walls are here to stay. I can never get back any further than my 3X great grandparents in Slovakia because they were peasants who were illiterate, owned nothing and church registers only begin in their tiny villages in the early 1800s.

However, many brick walls can not only be chipped away, they often can be completely destroyed. This list could be endless, but I hope there are enough choices here to motivate you to get going on smashing through your own brick walls.

Turn your  brick walls into ruins!