For some time I have been endeavouring to find a possible death or divorce for Bertram Dietrich who died, to the best of my knowledge, in New York, possibly Buffalo, between 1934-1946. It is very difficult to find anything from such a distance (England) and, of course, people on the spot can only offer limited help, like searching a 3yr span etc.
Everyone has, will always have, these gaps in their research and we all long to see the
missing information surface so we can fill our gaps. Some queries we have to put away but others, like this USA one you cannot ignore for long because it has become so important.
However, to resolve it seems virtually impossible.
USA Vital Records are virtually unsearchable, impenatrable, unless you have dates that are close to the event you are searching for. Again, it seems you also have to have so much proof as to your relationship too.
I think British archived searchable material is "the tops" when it comes to research with births, marriages, deaths etc., so easy for anyone to access. If you are a member of Ancestry the wealth of what can be found is wonderful and without paying a penny non-members can search the indexes, of course, only UK!!
I am sure there must be many feeling the same frustration.
dreen 22
Everyone has, will always have, these gaps in their research and we all long to see the
missing information surface so we can fill our gaps. Some queries we have to put away but others, like this USA one you cannot ignore for long because it has become so important.
However, to resolve it seems virtually impossible.
USA Vital Records are virtually unsearchable, impenatrable, unless you have dates that are close to the event you are searching for. Again, it seems you also have to have so much proof as to your relationship too.
I think British archived searchable material is "the tops" when it comes to research with births, marriages, deaths etc., so easy for anyone to access. If you are a member of Ancestry the wealth of what can be found is wonderful and without paying a penny non-members can search the indexes, of course, only UK!!
I am sure there must be many feeling the same frustration.
dreen 22
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