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

1. I searched for myself in Ancestry Library and found my marriage license. I also found my name under the U.S. Public Records Index.

2. I did a search for a grandparent and found their marriage license. It's kind of hard to believe that this information is out there. When you read their ages at the time, it's really amazing--you just remember them as grandparents. I also located them in the census, where it listed my mother as their daughter. It's hard to believe that the information was all handwritten--in the "penmanship" style we all learned in grade school. Also interesting was my grandfather's World War I Draft Registration Card.

3. Under "Photos and Maps," I browsed through some local high school yearbooks. (If this information was available on my home computer, I would never get anything done at home!) I actually knew a lot of the people from the local yearbooks.

4. In Heritage Quest, I didn't find any particular place, but I enjoyed browsing through the publications.

5. I found a local church in the Sanborn Maps. Although the name of the church has changed, it's at the same location. I love looking back at how things were years ago.