It’s challenging to make people understand that there are many, many places to look, you just have to be persistent.
Elizabeth Hayden: People think that everything is online now, and it’s not. It’s challenging to make people understand that there are many, many places to look, you just have to be persistent. All libraries do not have the same materials, and a local library where your ancestor lived may have collected something entirely different from another. It’s really critical to check every local state library and local history collection.