9 - Genealogy Resources & Sanborn Maps

These are very interesting . . .and shocking . . I found out that my Grandfather's middle name isn't/wasn't Paul and therefore my brother isn't a II (second) . . I'll have to check the headstone when I visit the cemetery next week . . . It was interesting to see what information there was and wasn't . . I found myself and not my brothers . . I found my dad and possibly my Great Grandfather . . I thought there might be a picture of my great-grandfather as he was the first fire chief in Sioux Falls . . . no such luck . . but that is the way of genealogy research . . . having a lot of patience and looking everywhere . . . with the Sanborn maps I looked at Parker and Hartford . . . Hartford didn't have much for the time frame I was looking for . . . my Grandmother said her father wouldn't let her stay for the whole play that she was in at school because he felt it was a fire trap . . . and sure enough it did catch fire a few weeks after the play . . .I can see how these could help one find family history information . .