Will have to do AncestryLibrary at school... ooops, thought that one was available at home. I guess its only HeritageQuest.
1. I looked up myself and found predominantly old phone number and address information for myself.
2. So, then I looked up my grandparents and found a lot of documents and found this site facscinating!!!! I'm working on a shutterfly family story book and this will be lots of fun and very helpful! I found my parents' marriage registration, the birth info for all my mom's 11 siblings and lots of other info. Great site and its awesome and original copies are available through the viewer feature.
3. I used the maps feature and didn't have as much luck. I think if I spent lots and lots of time, maybe there would be a few things. I found it interesting that so many college/school yearbooks are included in this resource. I don't have ancestors who attended colleges or universities during these eras so, I didn't find as many family specific results. I did search for some items regarding South Dakota, Philip and the Bad River. No significant results that I saw but probably with more time and practice there may be some useful items there.
4. HertiageQuest- I looked up Haakon County since that is my hometown area. I found the Pioneers of the Open Range book by former/local residents of Haakon County. Its an old collection of pioneer stories of the settlers of Haakon County. I know, I have relatives in there- lots of them actually. It took me clicking through close to 40 pages but, I found it. I found a copy of the story of Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Elshere. I already have a typed up copy of this story but it was fun to find in a resource like this. This is a great resource for maintaining the integrity of our lcoal/state history. This also motivated me to get back to work on my family history projects. Maybe once I'm done with this, national boards and state FCCLA, I'll get back to that this summer!!!
5. Sanborn Maps- I tried to look up Haakon County or any towns within Haakon County. Unfortunately, there was nothing. Which is sad- too bad there aren't some grants out there or something to help counties preserve some of these things. So, I went with Belle Fourche since I teach there and lived there for seven years. I found some old town maps which were kind of interesting. The town was so small then. They didn't even have the street where my former house is which was built in 1928 I believe. I was able to see where the old Belle bank buildings are located and figure out where some things still are today.
We will look forward to your Ancestry post. Please complete it by 4/2. Very cool that you found so much family history in HeritageQuest! And to find a familiar story in a different resource helps verify it. As for Sanborn Maps, yes, it's too bad not all towns are there. Glad you found some interesting things about Belle Fourche. Thanks for your comments.
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