Sometimes we need to refresh our research.  Meaning we need to look at it with fresh eyes.  I’ve noticed that when I am working hard trying find an elusive ancestor, I need to take a break.  I put it away for a while and work on another person or another line.  When I go back to the previous line that was giving me so much trouble, I look at with fresh eyes and sometimes (not all the time), I will notice something that I haven’t seen before or a new idea on where to search will come to me.  Also, I will go back to Ancestry or Familysearch because maybe by that time they have added some records that will help me.  Sometimes, if I have not already done it, I will write a short biography of the ancestor and putting it in story form helps me to see the gaps in my research.  So I am seeing with a fresh perspective.  If my family will tolerate me talking about my research, a new idea will pop into my head while talking about my research.  Most of the time though I try not to talk about it because I find people not interested in genealogy, get bored with it quickly.  I see their eyes wondering looking away at other things all the while they are saying ah ha, ah ha, ah ha.  Well, I didn’t mean to get off on that topic.  That’s for another post some other time.   I’m going to take my own advice and put aside a brick wall I’ve been trying to bust down for sometime now and move on to another brick wall.  Oh, I’ve got many!  So refresh it is!

Daily Prompt: Refresh