Lesson 9: History and Geneology Resources

This was a very interesting excercise for me because I am very interested in my family history and I have kind of become the "family historian" for my family.  So these are great resources for me.

1. Ancestry Library:
          A. I tried looking up my own name and I actually found several listing for people who had similar names to mine, but did not find my own name.  It was interesting to see how many people had my similar name though and the similar spellings.
         B. I then looked up my great grandmother and found listings for her in 3 US Census forms.  I also found her marriage certificate and birth recordings.
         C. I tried looking up the Photos and Maps for South Dakota, but I could not find the Photos and Maps tab on the homepage of Ancestry Library.  I could not find where to find these images and information.
      
I will definitely come back to this resource as I dig deeper into my family tree.


2. Heritage Quest:  I first looked at the Census Information, it was interesting to see the Census forms from 1900 and the places that people came from during that time.  There was a lot of useful information that could take up a lot of time when you are searching for something.  You could very easily loose track of your day just spending time here.

3.Sandborn Maps: I live on Huron, so I chose to look at things from Huron in 1916.   It was interesting to see that the courthouse and the fairgrounds had not changed much fron what they are now.   It then compared the pictures of the Railroad Round House to those from 1946 and noticed that sometime in between the roundhouse had been cut in half.  Sometime after that it must have been cut in half again to be what it is today, 1/4 of what it originally was.

I found these resources very useful and I will probably come back and spend some more time here.