Lesson 9

AncestryLibrary

1. I searched both my maiden and married names. The only thing that came up for me was my father's obituary.

2.All 4 of my grandparents were born after 1930. Since the 1940 census information is not yet available, I was unable to find any of them. I then searched for one of my great-grandfathers. I found him in the 1930 census. He was 27 at the time and married with 3 children. Also, his name was spelled wrong, so the result did not come up right away. I had to search for him, click on his marriage record, and then the 1930 census showed up on the right hand side.

3. I searched "South Dakota" as the keyword and restricted the results to "Photos and Maps". It came up with WWI soldier photos, baseball photos, and photos from the Library of Congress.

HeritageQuest

4.I searched "Aberdeen, South Dakota" and found a publication called "History of Dakota Territory". When I clicked on it, it shows images of the actual book page by page. It was from 1915 so it had a few interesting little tidbits in it. :-) It also had options to download, print, and make it appear negative.

Sanborn Maps

5.I chose Aberdeen- February 1904. I went to Main Street and found what is now called the Citizen's Building. I found out that it used to be the Ward Hotel. It now has a coffee shop in it!