When searching first and last names in a database, consider interchanging the first and last names. It can easily happen in the creation of a database or in the taking of the census. The chance is slightly higher if the first and last names are ones that could “go either way.”
If your ancestor was named Johnson Gibson, is there a chance he is listed somewhere as Gibson Johnson?
© Michael John Neill, “Genealogy Tip of the Day,” http://genealogytipoftheday.blogspot.com, 16- May-2011.
