Finding Family - Marriage & Divorce Records

I did have to go from county to county to try to get this information. It can be daunting and very frustrating to do this. When you have very few leads to go on, you can get frustrated easily. But you should not give up the search. You should continue to work with it and also seek help with online sites that may have others looking for the same thing that you are looking for.

I checked the site frequently to see if there were any leads posted by other members of the family. There were none, except for my first cousin who I was in touch with and who was also trying to research family history. But two heads are better than one, so we both kept on trying.
I finally hit pay dirt. I found out the county where my great-grandfather died through a search and obtained a copy of his death certificate.

The truth of the matter was far from what I was led to believe. My great-grandfather did not desert his family. He was a policeman who died in the line of duty. I was excited to be able to reveal this information to my father. I found out when he died and then decided to do some research on my own. If my great-grandfather died in such a way, there must be newspaper clippings to reveal more information.