AncestryLibrary

I am an active user of Ancestry.com at home as I have my own personal account so this is comfortable territory.  When I looked up myself on AncestryLibrary, all my previous addresses came up from voter registration information.  I forgot I lived in so many places in college!

I've located a large number of relatives previously, but I did find a plat map for my great great grandfather's land in Strawberry Point, Iowa.  Sounds like a delicious place to grow up.

I really enjoyed the photo collections.  I found Civil War photos of Iowa prisoners of war, some really nice photos of Vermillion landmarks from the Library of Congress, and old photos of  Native Americans in that same collection.

I searched lots of family names on HeritageQuest and, of course, the census records were the same as Ancestry.  I found some legislative decrees related to the Missouri River and Native Americans that were really interesting.  This would be a great resource for genealogy fans looking for further information on particular places.  I found some interesting articles about the Strawberry Point, Iowa area regarding stagecoach hold-ups and the price of eggs.  It's nice they give the location and address of where the information can be accessed.

The Sanborn maps site is really interesting.  I found that Vermillion in 1903, there was a motel on Main Street where CorTrust Bank is now.  There were lots of small businesses - selling eggs, millinery, harness, jewelry, etc.  Things sure have changed!

I have work to do, but I don't want to stop digging.  History is too cool!!