I searched my name on Ancestry Library and found that they were off on my birthday by a few days. My residence for the year 1994 was correct. I also noticed a list of some close and not so close relatives listed. I went to the edit search tab and typed in my marriage date and place and got basically the same results.
I then typed in a couple of my paternal grandfather and found a copy of his and my grandmothers marriage license. Also found him listed in a federal census registry albeit with his first name misspelled. Also found out that his father was born in Austria, which is something I find interesting since the family originated in Bohemia in Czechoslovakia. I typed in a few of my great-grandparents and didn't have much luck. I did find one in a federal census registry, however.
I went to the pictures page for South Dakota and got mostly baseball players.
Tried to get to Heritage Quest and got nothing but a blank white page.
I went to Sanborn Maps and sadly discovered that there were no towns from Charles Mix county on the list. I then went to a few towns around the area such as Delmont and Armour. I thought it was a little bit difficult to navigate through the maps. I guess perhaps I'm used to the Google maps where you can sort of "glide" around and find certain points. I did notice how in several of these little towns that they all had at least one lumber yard and in some cases more. Kind of crazy to think about today.
Good work here, Matt! It's kind of cool & creepy to find yourself, isn't it? As for the errors, remember that these resources are only as accurate as the publisher providing the information. In your grandfather's case, the census takers wrote names by hand and didn't necessarily ask for correct spellings--they wrote it the way it sounded to them. Another level of error could occur when people transcribed the handwriting into typing if the handwriting was hard to read. I agree with you about Sanborn Maps, but it does have information that can't be found elsewhere, and you did discover that some of the small towns had more businesses back in the day. Please try Heritage Quest again, and if you have trouble, ask your librarian or contact me for help jane.healy@state.sd.us Thanks for your work here!
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