Ken McKinlay’s foray into his family tree research started with three simple family stories that he wanted to confirm or refute. Even though the truths behind those initial tales have been uncovered, with a couple of twists of course, more questions continue to surface needing answers. He has now been researching his and other family trees for over 20 years. Although initially making use of the Internet as his primary means of locating relevant documents he now also spends time in archives and libraries looking for those hard-to-find clues. He has given talks and workshops for various branches of the Ontario Ancestors, British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa, and the Ottawa Public Library. His presentations generally focus on methodologies and providing the skills needed to help solve those brickwall problems. He has a genealogy-related blog at Family Tree Knots (https://familytreeknots.blogspot.com/) where he shares the methodologies that he uses in his own research.