Lesson 9--History and Genealogy Resources-Ancestry Library, Heritage Quest and Sanborn Maps

#9--Ancestry Library --1) The first time I started the search I used my maiden name one hundred thousand to look at. Then I tried my married name and there were one million results. I did find my name in the U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 and U.S. Phone and Address Directories. There was and mistake on the street address, everything else was right.
2) Looked up my grandparents on my Dad's side. I found death certificate's, census records and marriage records. I also got to see the names of Aunts, and Uncles. After this course is done I will dig deeper into this program.
3) I did not see any "Photos and Maps" tap to click on. I click on "Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers" it had 114 results. I then pick "Pictures" it had 4,581 sorted this was about U.S. yearbooks. Maybe our program does not have "Photos and Maps" tab.
4) Heritage Quest---I chose Search PERSI--I put in South Dakota, Lawrence county, German nothing came up. I went back and in Keyword, English I had one hit. "HBO's Deadwood and the English language" this article is in the Great Plains Quarterly, Lincoln, NE: Feb 2007, Vol. 27, Iss. 4. If I wanted to obtain a copy of the article I would need to contact the Allen County Public Library Foundation. Send this form describing the articles to be copied, provide the full entry from PERSI and the name of the journal. Request only six articles at a time. The charge is $7.50 for each letter, pre-paid plus $0.20 per page copied to be billed to you. Request not acceptable by phone, fax, or e-mail. Please allow 6-8 weeks. This would not show me the article to fine out how many pages might be in the article.
5) Sanborn Maps, -- I chose the Kleemann Building which is on Custer Ave. The Post Office is on Custer Ave and 7th street, in August 1891 they both showed up. There is and alley between these two buildings. As I went to Mar 1897 you could still see the Kleemann Building  not the post office. In the Sept 1903 across from the Post Office a flour, grain & company showed up. In the year June 1928 the Post Office is still standing and being use. This was nice to see how a town or city has changed over the years. We have some patrons come in and ask us if we have a map for Custer and we can show them how to use the databases on our references computer. This program I really enjoyed it. The more you work with this you get comfortable with it. That I like!