Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Heritage Quest #1

What a learning adventure this has been.  Today I accessed the Heritage Quest electronic resource.  I found it to be much like the Ancestry challenge.  I went on a search of information about my grandfather on my mom's side.  In a round about way I found information on him by looking up what I thought his father's name was, only to realize that wasn't his father's name at all.  My parents had led me to believe all these years that this ws true.  Who I thought was his father was always referred to as his uncle.  This really makes me question some things about my heritage.  I also found out what my namesake is.  My grandfather's sister was named Edith M., was born in October, and went by the name Edie, just like I do.  OK, so this opens all new doors for me.  I now have a renewed sense of identity.  This resource will be beneficial to our patrons who are doing this kind of research.

1 comment:

  1. What great finds, BetsyCat! Glad you found success in HeritageQuest.

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