Tumblebook Library was my favorite discovery. Many of the other resources were more like things that I expected to find. I did not know that there were so many elements for children to use on Tumblebook.
I can see sharing Tumble book with the little people in my life. I also have plans to share Ancestry with family members who are interested in our family origins. I have had the opportunity to educate a friend on Mango Languages when she was needing translation.at the South Dakota State Library.
Thank you for the opportunity to learn more about E resources.
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Week 9- Ancestry
I am totally loving this lesson! Genealogy is definitely an interest of mine.
1. I searched for myself. I checked exact name, birthdate, and city where I was born. Zero. .I changed the last name to my maiden name. Zero. I was thinking that if I gave it all the information as exact it would narrow it right down to me.-not the case.
By now I wanted to see anything, so I typed in my dad's name and birthdate. Bingo. There he was in the 1940 US Federal census with his siblings and parents. He was 6 months old in the census. Now I know my aunt's middle name and I have the address of the house where dad was born.
At this point I will share a story that one of my aunts told of the night Dad was born. The rest of the family took their beds outside and slept under the stars, so not to be in the house while he was being born. Fortunately for them he was born in early September. However this record tells me that they were around 4 and 6 years old at the time of this census, so I question if they would really remember such an event, but it does make for a good story.
Dad and his family members were also listed in the 1945 census and he showed up in a listing in the USD Coyote year books in the early 60s.
The US public Records Index 1 shows his current address, Index 2 shows his current address, but with an extra digit.
Finding all this so quickly about him, made me want to find ME.
I put in my exact maiden name, birthdate and that I may have lived in Iowa. Zero. I took out my middle name. Zero. Put in my married name, and Pierre as exact. Zero. I only left the birth year and took out Pierre, 1 hit! Yay. US Public Records Volume 1. I clicked on see more and 3 more addresses came up. The last two were dated 1992 and 1995.I continued to switch the variables around. I never did find my marriage information, but I know it happened. I found my in-laws marriage information. It was an index only record but it offered to let me order an original record.
Finding this information encouraged me, so I went back and searched with my first and last name, with only the birth year as exact. 7717 records. The first record was me. The next 4 were my husband's cousin, who shares a name with me. The 5th record was my brother-in-law's obituary. I was listed by name as his brother's spouse.
The next record was US Phone and Address Directories. It indicated that I could view the names and addresses of neighbors. That gave me 313,280,580 results and I had lived in a small town of 350 people. Time to move on to #2.
2.)Searching for a grandparent. I searched my grandmother with both names as exact and listed my grandfather's name as spouse.
It found her on the first try. An item of interest is that it listed her date of birth as abt 1907. I'm thinking that this may confirm that there was always a question about the exact date of her birth. Her mother died in childbirth or shortly after so no one could say if she was born on the 20th or 21st.
The 1940 Census had a button for ABOUT. I clicked and saw the actual handwritten page from the census. There is my mom! She was 3.
It listed my aunt as Ealnor, though her name was actually Denise Elenore. Makes me wonder about the qualifications to be a census taker in 1945.
I scrolled down the page and found Great Grandma. It said that she could speak English( she was born in the USA-seems like an odd thing to record) it also said that she did not attend any school but could read and write.
3.)I typed South Dakota in the search box. 296,591,754 results! On the left side I selected Pictures; There were lots of categories. I selected US History Post cards. 115,977 results. I tried the shortcut key thinking I could refine my search, but was unable to. With more time I'm sure I could figure this out. Having to do this at the library does limit me.
4.) Heritage Quest
I searched 1890 Veterans Schedules- Got 130 results from my Exact (maiden) name, Wing.
I searched Revolutionary War pensions. Wing. I found an application for benefits from Gideon Wing, and later for his widow Abigail, There were copies of the original paperwork. The results were from the National Archives .
5.) Sanborn Maps
I selected South Dakota and Pierre. I was able to find St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church on the May 1941 map. There were notes indicating that it was built in 1941 of fireproof construction with conc floor and RF conc posts, tile, Br faced walls. It would be interesting to find a photo of the original and compare it to what it looks like today.
This has been my favorite lesson.
1. I searched for myself. I checked exact name, birthdate, and city where I was born. Zero. .I changed the last name to my maiden name. Zero. I was thinking that if I gave it all the information as exact it would narrow it right down to me.-not the case.
By now I wanted to see anything, so I typed in my dad's name and birthdate. Bingo. There he was in the 1940 US Federal census with his siblings and parents. He was 6 months old in the census. Now I know my aunt's middle name and I have the address of the house where dad was born.
At this point I will share a story that one of my aunts told of the night Dad was born. The rest of the family took their beds outside and slept under the stars, so not to be in the house while he was being born. Fortunately for them he was born in early September. However this record tells me that they were around 4 and 6 years old at the time of this census, so I question if they would really remember such an event, but it does make for a good story.
Dad and his family members were also listed in the 1945 census and he showed up in a listing in the USD Coyote year books in the early 60s.
The US public Records Index 1 shows his current address, Index 2 shows his current address, but with an extra digit.
Finding all this so quickly about him, made me want to find ME.
I put in my exact maiden name, birthdate and that I may have lived in Iowa. Zero. I took out my middle name. Zero. Put in my married name, and Pierre as exact. Zero. I only left the birth year and took out Pierre, 1 hit! Yay. US Public Records Volume 1. I clicked on see more and 3 more addresses came up. The last two were dated 1992 and 1995.I continued to switch the variables around. I never did find my marriage information, but I know it happened. I found my in-laws marriage information. It was an index only record but it offered to let me order an original record.
Finding this information encouraged me, so I went back and searched with my first and last name, with only the birth year as exact. 7717 records. The first record was me. The next 4 were my husband's cousin, who shares a name with me. The 5th record was my brother-in-law's obituary. I was listed by name as his brother's spouse.
The next record was US Phone and Address Directories. It indicated that I could view the names and addresses of neighbors. That gave me 313,280,580 results and I had lived in a small town of 350 people. Time to move on to #2.
2.)Searching for a grandparent. I searched my grandmother with both names as exact and listed my grandfather's name as spouse.
It found her on the first try. An item of interest is that it listed her date of birth as abt 1907. I'm thinking that this may confirm that there was always a question about the exact date of her birth. Her mother died in childbirth or shortly after so no one could say if she was born on the 20th or 21st.
The 1940 Census had a button for ABOUT. I clicked and saw the actual handwritten page from the census. There is my mom! She was 3.
It listed my aunt as Ealnor, though her name was actually Denise Elenore. Makes me wonder about the qualifications to be a census taker in 1945.
I scrolled down the page and found Great Grandma. It said that she could speak English( she was born in the USA-seems like an odd thing to record) it also said that she did not attend any school but could read and write.
3.)I typed South Dakota in the search box. 296,591,754 results! On the left side I selected Pictures; There were lots of categories. I selected US History Post cards. 115,977 results. I tried the shortcut key thinking I could refine my search, but was unable to. With more time I'm sure I could figure this out. Having to do this at the library does limit me.
4.) Heritage Quest
I searched 1890 Veterans Schedules- Got 130 results from my Exact (maiden) name, Wing.
I searched Revolutionary War pensions. Wing. I found an application for benefits from Gideon Wing, and later for his widow Abigail, There were copies of the original paperwork. The results were from the National Archives .
5.) Sanborn Maps
I selected South Dakota and Pierre. I was able to find St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church on the May 1941 map. There were notes indicating that it was built in 1941 of fireproof construction with conc floor and RF conc posts, tile, Br faced walls. It would be interesting to find a photo of the original and compare it to what it looks like today.
This has been my favorite lesson.
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