Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Ancestry Library

I thought this would be a really easy assignment because I have used Ancestry Library some already.  But, not all of it was simple.  First, the tutorials were very straightforward.  One thing I found here that I had never noticed before was the family tree chart which will be very useful.

When I looked under the alphabetical listings for Heritage Quest and Sanborn Maps, I couldn't find either of them.

In Ancestry Library, I started by looking for myself.  When I put in just my name, date of birth, and town where I had lived, I didn't come up with anything.  However, when I added some other family member names and a marriage date, I did come up with a marriage certificate.  No matter how much information I added, I never did come up with my birth certificate.

I looked up one of my grandfathers and easily found him in the 1910 census when he was 3 years old.

I tried to perform a search under the photos and maps tab, but I couldn't find it anywhere.

So, I guess that I can do a basic ancestor search, but still have more to learn in Ancestry Library.

1 comment:

  1. The lesson mistakenly listed Heritage Quest and the Sanborn map databases. We don't have access to those via Marvel. Our bad. Sorry for the confusion.

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