Report #4 on my 2011 genealogy research trip to Panama
In genealogy circles there is much talk about breaking through the “brick walls” in one’s research.
I think I just crushed through my first brick wall! As I described in my last post, Tio Lucho and I went through a box of old documents towards the end of my trip in Panama. Among these documents was one legal sized, yellowing sheet of paper that represents my most important genealogical research discovery to date. My grandfather’s brother’s birth certificate was a goldmine of new information. The most precious peices of information in Louis Vallee’s birth certificate are reviewed here. Continue reading
