Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Ancestry Library, Heritage Quest & Sanborn Maps-Library Challenge

I am unable to get to the Library for my research, since it is late at night, and I am leaving in the morning for Denver. It will be interesting to see if I can access the databases while I am there. I hope I can get the Ancestry Library in before Sept. 10, but I will only be home part of a day before that.

I tried to search many people and places with Heritage Quest, but didn't have success. I will have to spend more time, and maybe I'm not selecting good names or places to use for my search. It is frustrating when you keep getting "no results". I'm sure the problem is probably me, but I'm not sure what to try.

I did enjoy searching through Sanborn Maps. I looked at Scotland at two different time periods. I found one of the businesses that was located on the map in 1923-1935 is still at the same location today, and though it has changed ownership it still goes by the same name.
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  1. Jane Heitman HealySeptember 1, 2010 at 6:42 AM

    Thanks for posting, LovesLibraries. I'm not very good with HeritageQuest myself, but have learned that less is more. In other words, try to be more general in searching. The webinars offered on Ancestry & HeritageQuest are excellent, and I need to take a refresher. I recommend them to you, too. I hope you'll give HeritageQuest another try. It's fun to look back in time at your own town in Sanborn Maps, too. Thanks for your comments!

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