Be Thorough

When you have a hard-to-obtain source at your disposal, make sure you check it for everything that could possibly be there, not just the things that you expect to see there, or the things you are looking for.  I recently got a big reward from being thorough: I had obtained the Budapest Jewish marriage registry from the LDS church to get information about Adolf Magaziner (and it successfully connected him to the family tree).  But before I sent the film back to Utah, I decided to skim the entire film, brides and grooms, to see if there was anyone else named Magaziner (or any other familiar names).  And oh, my, what a find...

Cast a Wide Net

Our lesson for today is, sometimes you need to cast a wide net and get creative to find new things.  Over the last week, I cast a very wide net and stumbled over a Magaziner descendant in a place I never expected.  I'm still sorting out the details, but I've already added several new people to the tree, and a lot of new information.  The short version: I stumbled over the Wechter family, descendants of Sara Magaziner, in the United States, mostly in Chicago.

Regina Magaziner, b. 1877

I think I've finally figured out how Regina Magaziner links up to my family tree!  I am confident that she is the daughter of Adolf Magaziner.  Now all I have to do is prove it...