#9 Ancestry, Heritage Quest & Sanborn Maps

Have to say I was a little frustrated with the AncestryLibrary. My name didn't work real well and I tried maiden name and married name. Must be too young to be noted! When I put in my maternal grandfather I didn't know his birth but remembered his death date. This was helpful. The more information the better. Census had been taken  when he was 2 or 3 so all his older siblings were listed on the page from the book. Seeing his parents names and the whole family was kinda neat.   Also tried the yearbook statis from the public school in Freeman. the 70's were the last ones listed but a person could go through the whole book page by page.

The HeritageQuest went a little better for me. First I put in our town of Freeman and clicked the books. Got 13 resaults with only afew about our town. Others were on different places. Not sure why they even came up. Then I did the same under the Persi catagory. Typed in Hutchinson co. with keyword of Mennonite. Here there were 4 resaults. I clicked on a couple and was surprised to see what articles I could find on this. Its a big part of our community so nice to see it come up in print.

The Sanborn Maps didn't have the two towns I was most familiar with. Not sure why. The other town I picked I didn't know enough about to figure out where things were in the town.  It would be very cool to see the growth of the town from the span of years given. 

These sites are not ones I would use alot. The Maps maybe when I thought of it or if I could get my hometown in Iowa to come up. Can't believe we are on the last challenge!