Ancestry - interesting. We do get quite a few requests for information, so...here I go.
I searched myself - both by married name and by maiden. The U.S. public reacords index vol. 2 has my name but the wrong address. I don't even know of a Grant St. in Britton!
The phone directory has good info tho. They even have a notation of our Aberdeen address and phone number.
I couldn't find my birth or marriage info.
When searching for my great-grandfather, Hiram Hastings, I discovered quite an age difference between he and my great-grandmother, which I never knew. The 1900 census had him in Minnesota and it listed their 5 children. May have to do more checking there!
With regard to "photos and maps" on AncestryLibrary, I found no such tab. I looked for it under charts and forms and in the drop down SEARCH box. No luck. I tried typing "south dakota" as a search. 12 categories came up - Pictures was one and Maps and Atlases another. I tried the "HELP" button but didn't have any luck there either. I checked other bloggers but didn't find anything there for this lesson yet.
In HERITAGEQUEST I checked for Hardina and Hastings. The Hastings I found was not all that interesting so I tried Britton and Newark. I typed John Deere under location and got lots up hits. Typed the same in person and also got lots of hits. Not sure how long it would take someone to find info they would want to request thru ILL.
In SANBORN MAPS, I looked up Britton. It goes to 1939. I had trouble navigating the maps and using the key. I am sure our court house is there, but I wasn't able to find it. I will try again a different day and hope to have better results.
Hi, Rhonda! Sorry to throw you for a loop with that "photos & maps tab." They keep changing the database features on us faster than we can keep up. Try this: From Ancestry Home page, type South Dakota in the location box and click Search. On the left side of the screen that comes up is a link for Pictures. We're glad you were able to find your great-grandparents. It is interesting to discover new things about people in our family tree! In HeritageQuest, the books are full text, so you would not need to interlibrary loan. You can view hits, which shows you the pages on which your search terms appear. I agree that Sanborn Maps can be difficult to navigate. However, it is an invaluable resource for town or building history. Thanks for your comments.
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