Week 9 - Ancestry Library
1. Search for your own name in AncestryLibrary and report the results: I found my childhood home address, my two addresses when I lived in Sioux Falls, my Worthington, MN address. There was an error in one of the dates. I wasn't able to find my birth or marriage records.
2. Search for a grandparent and see if you can locate them in the census. Report your findings: I found my paternal grandfather, Oscar Mickelson, in the 1900 census. He would have been 8 years old. I found that my great grandmother was not listed - she had actually died in 1899. My grandfather's siblings and their ages were listed, as well as two adults (boarders). One was a "servant" and the other was a "farm laborer."
3. I typed in South Dakota in the location box and looked at "pictures." See what is there and report findings: I looked at US School Yearbooks abt 1883 - I have no idea what that picture was about. I looked at US School Yearbooks for later years, and found individual pictures. I'd like to know how I could narrow it down to a certain town in SD.
4. In HeritageQuest, search for a place or browse the publications. Report back on something that interested me: I looked for Wilmot and Bridegewater, SD. There were 11 and 12 results, respectively. Many, if not all, dealt with family geneologies and there was nothing "obvious" about those two towns.
Ancestry is amazing--you found fascinating information about your grandfather's family. When looking at yearbooks for example you have the ability to narrow down all the way to a specific school. Here is how I did it:
ReplyDeleteTop of page "New Collections"
Left hand side of page clicked "Pictures"
Clicked "U.S. School Yearbooks"
On the right hand side of the page one can "browse" and select state, city, school name and year.
Hope that helps locate additional info.
Thanks for your post,
Julie