When I first delved into tracing my roots for my paternal grandfather, Charles Weldie Brown, neither my father nor his siblings could provide much information.  They knew my grandfather’s parents both had been married a previous time.  His father’s name was John and his mother’s name might have been Margaret.  As for John’s previous wife, nothing was known about her.  John and Margaret had some children together, and they each had children with their previous spouse.  Some of the children’s names were known, but which child belonged to whom was not certain. Sorting this all out seemed like a daunting puzzle to solve. Continue reading →