It is a pleasure to discover that an individual in Finland that I am directly descended from had sisters and brothers that I was unaware of.
Yet all too frequently I find out that they died in infancy. Wishing to document as much about their short lives as possible, if I am lucky I can discover their birth dates, christening date, death date, burial date, and cause of death. Some of my ancestors only had one child survive to adulthood, enabling the family line to continue.
Other relatives from many years ago simply don't have any other information available online (that I can discover) other than their name and perhaps their birth date. No matter how long and hard I search, their just isn't any more info on them!
Sometimes I will end up going back to research these missing relatives from years ago and have success, but that is rare.
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