Recently I've been helping my wife research her family because for reasons unknown to her or her mother, the older members of the family refuse to talk about their past.

We know the two family names are Schneeweis and Schingeck and we seemed to have hit a road block at about 1860 when post sides are listed as being born in Germany/Bohemia.

Since we're both fairly new at this, we're not overly sure where to start. Any suggestions for newbies?

Thanks in advance.