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I had to admit that it's as much to do with addiction as it is perseverance! Plus, being as my Esme Quentin Mysteries are inspired by genealogy, any trawl I do has the added incentive of me inadvertently stumbling upon a brilliant plot idea!
Georgia confessed she'd be frustrated if she couldn't find out what she wanted and it's true that it's disappointing when I hit the proverbial brick wall and have to abandon a trail without achieving a result.
But there's always another mystery on the list to investigate. Or, as new records are being made available all the time, I might return to those questions I've not yet answered to see if information has come to light since I last searched which might give me that longed-for breakthrough.
Over the years I've discovered the answers to numerous intriguing questions and, although some remain stubbornly elusive, I'm hopeful that one day I'll uncover the truth about those too.
Questions such as:
- What happened to my great-grandfather when he 'disappeared' after the 1881 census?
- Why did my great-aunt run away from home in 1904, aged just 16, and tell her employers she had no family?
- Who was the mysterious spinster to whom my husband's ancestor secretly left his estate and not to his wife?
- Why did my husband's great-great grandparents travel to Australia in 1868 and why did they not take their children with them?
- Who was the father of my illegitimate great-grandfather?
- Who was the mysterious half-brother to my great-grandfather who I discovered on someone else's family tree?
- What happened to my great-great-grandmother when she disappeared, leaving her illegitimate son behind with her parents?
- What happened to my husband's ancestor after he was convicted of theft in 1831 and sentenced to 14 years transportation?
Why not pop over to my familyhistorysecrets blog and find out which of these mysteries I've solved and which I'm still working on?
And if you have your own family mysteries, either solved or unsolved, I'd love to hear about them.
