LIBRARY CHALLENGE #9 Ancestry, Heritage, Sanborn maps

Ancestry:
I could only find references to me in the US Phone Directories and US Public Records Vol 1. Both addresses we have lived at in Brookings were listed in the phone books. I was amazed that you could view a list of the neighbors (although they were not up-to-date). In the Public Records my birdate and addresses were listed. All the other Peggys were unknown to me.

I did a search for my father's parents (Syreika) who came here from Lithuania. I could find no references, although their name may have been changed a bit on arrival. I did find my father and his siblings in death records as well as my Dad's army enlistment information.

In the Photo and map section in searching SD I was amazed to find that there were baseball players listed with pictures (who knew that would be a whole category). Loved looking at the old pictures of a Harvest scene in Brookings, a 1938 photo of a miner at Two-Bit Creek and the USS South Dakota. I could have spent hours, but had to get on to Heritage.

HERITAGE:
I looked up Sturgis, SD and in looking for an article to read was told that I needed to submit a request form for the article. I found my grandfather Paul Grubl in a 1920 census record -- however I found it unreadable -- couldn't decifer the handwriting plus was not clear to read. When I looked under G in the Publications section I found there were 2425. Wow!

SANBORN MAPS:
I selected a map of Sturgis from 1931-42. I found the street where I grew up. Found out that there were 3008 people in town with one firechief and 23 volunteers. I also saw listed on the map the Meade County Poor Farm and a Detention Hospital which apparently were gone by the time I was born. I think the Post Office is still where it was on the map but since the Rally has changed the face of the town completely I really didn't recognize much else but street names. Very interesting to look at.