SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO HIRE AN EXPERT!
I have been doing genealogical research for almost 40 years. Before the Internet, I mailed many letters requesting records with enclosed self-addressed stamped envelopes (and sometimes checks) to genealogical societies, churches, and county clerks. I’ve been to Salt Lake City - the “Mecca” of genealogical research - and visited many county clerk’s and recorder of deeds offices as well as visited cemeteries. I’ve attended family reunions and recorded hours of conversations with my parent’s siblings and cousins. Nevertheless, after all the hours of research, I still have some “brick walls” that I can’t seem to break down. For one of these, I decided it was time to hire a professional. One brick wall is through my STOCKTON surname: was Sarah Goodnight McGOWAN, my 3x great-grandmother and wife of Daniel Morgan STOCKTON, a Cherokee Indian? ...