How to Search for an Ancestor Whose Last Name Is a Common Word
By Thomas Jay Kemp on September 14, 2012
We often get this question: What do I do when the surname I’m searching for generates thousands of hits because it is a common word (like Brown, Green or Coffee)? Yes, searching for information on ancestors with ambiguous surnames can be a problem. GenealogyBank often recommends searching using only the surname as the best... (Read More)
