Ancestry and maps

1. This kind of creeped me out that I could find everywhere I have lived and my marriage certificate! I also found someone else with my name too! Makes me very cautious to watch statements as same names can get tricky with mailings etc.


2.  I searched for my grandparents and found them! It took a little searching as there was more than 1 of my grandma. Lol I discovered you really need to know years or a general idea of years.


3. Scan born maps - I chose Brokings, near my home town. I looked up Maps from Feb. '28-'48 and found SDSU. In recent years since graduating from SDSU, campus has changed drastically so I want sure that any buildings would still be the same. Low and behold, the Admin building and auditorium were still there! The building at least. I do believe the admin offices have moved to another building lately, maybe...

Reflections

My biggest discovery was the Tumble books! My daughter LOVES them and asked for them on a daily basis. I also used them in my classroom for story time one day. Students sometimes get bored of listening to one person read everyday. Lol my kids enjoyed them. Some said there isn't much movement on the pages. I then replied that there isn't any movement when I read a book aloud to you. We need to use our imagination! Then we put on our super hero capes and used our imagination, I was so much fun!

I have already promoted it with some of my colleagues at school. I have also talked with my mom about it as she is a friend of the library in her town. She didn't even know it existed! One point for me!! I know I will always use this site and it's resources in my classroom and share the ancestry info with my family. Thanks for the opportunity to search and learn!