I searched for my name but did not come up with anything. I did however find my grandfather who was born in Deutschland, Germany. The records were written in German in 1894 so that was interesting. I went to the 1930 census and found my father who was 16 at the time and his siblings. I also found my mother who was 11 and had no siblings. My father's obituary good also be found. My mother's parents were also available, one born in Germany and the other in the Netherlands. I did find some of their relatives ancestors also.
For the photos and maps - I looked for South Dakota and found pictures in U.S. School yearbooks, library of Congress photo collection 1840-2000 of various pictures taken in South Dakota. These varied from farm fields to towns.
The HeritageQuest - Probably the least useable for me at this site. Searched Sioux Falls and came up with 235 publications. Looked like each publication had a family ancestory record from people all over the country that had lived or moved to Sioux Falls?
Sanborn Maps - I looked at Dell Rapids, SD - November 1893 - Zeroed in on the Opera House which was recently refurbished and is now again able to be used by the community. Zoomed in quite a bit and good get some very close dimensions etc of the building.
Thanks for the good report, Dell Rap. Heritage Quest is a little harder to use because it has separate collections that can't be searched all at once like Ancestry can. Still, you made some good finds. I hope your patrons will appreciate using these.
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