 We're trying to find two people who have been extremely elusive for us. Even though we were doing all the right things. What do you want to start with? Casting a wide net, looking for anything from property records to wills. What can we look at? Anything you want. It felt almost impossible. Like we were looking for a couple of teeny tiny needles in a gigantic haystack. Mama always said when you start doing family history, carry pruning sheds.