Ancestry

Ancestry.Com

I actually spent more time looking at my dad’s information than my own.  Once I got started, I just kept finding more things to look at.  I was able to look at the marriage certificate for my grandfather, discovered the burial information for my grandmother, and viewed a military document for my grandfather.  I discovered that one can learn find out a lot about herself and family while looking at this site.

I enjoyed looking at the information on my grandparent.  What I discovered when I searched my grandmother’s name was that her father was born in Wisconsin and her mother in Iowa.  I continued to look back and discovered that my grandmother’s paternal grandparents both emigrated from England.  I would enjoy spending more time looking into my ancestry.  I believe that one could spend hours upon hours looking at this website. 

Heritage Quest

I tried to search for information about Valley Springs, where I live, and Brandon, where I work, but was unsuccessful with this search.  So I tried Sioux Falls.  I had a little better luck here but did not find anything that I felt was helpful.  I believe that I would need to have a more specific search in mind in order to be more successful.  Or maybe I just didn’t know what I was doing.

Sanborn Maps

I searched for Sioux Falls in Sanborn Maps.  Several different maps came up from this search.  As I looked at these maps, I kept wondering how I could recommend the use of this site with teachers.  I think that geography teachers might be able to compare maps to show growth of a city throughout time.  It would be a good way to show human-environment interaction.