My 4th great-grandfather Matts Carlson Modig (1747-1789) is one of my brick walls, or end of the line ancestors. I started out by only having his name, and haven't added as much to that as I wish I could.
I don't even know his complete birth name or birth place!
You see, Matts Modig was a soldier in Finland, and at that time soldiers were assigned names, and it definitely appears that he kept that name throughout the remainder of his life.
Tonight I decided to see if he had any children other than my 3rd great-grandmother Malin Mattsdotter Modig. She was also called Madelana.
I discovered that Matts Modig was married twice, and his first wife Maria died the day after giving birth to their only child together. Matts and his second wife had 9 children!
Tonight I've been busy adding those newly discovered family members to my Legacy software. Adding all I want to add about the first wife, their child, and the children with his second wife will take a long time, and hopefully will lead to more family information.
I've only entered partial information on these newly discovered family members from so many years ago. What basic information did I enter into my Legacy software on these individuals? I limited myself to their names, birth dates, christening dates, birth locations, and christening locations. That will give me a good solid start for researching further!
Yes, I documented my sources for all this information I gathered, and yes, I paused and backed up my files tonight.
Tonight was a productive night, and I am pleased.
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