Family History Scavenger Hunt - Day 19

Overview & Purpose

We all love scavenger hunts, hunting for the clues and discovering new things. This scavenger hunt will occur daily during the month of June.

The clues will be posted each evening on the Indian River Genealogy Conference Facebook page (www.facebook.com/IRGConf), Friends of Vero Beach Family History Center Facebook group (www.facebook.com/159642411143167) and the genealogy blog at https://milesgenealogy.blogspot.com/.

The tasks will introduce you to a variety of online sources and help you learn new research sites and how to use them effectively to discover your ancestors. 

Join in the fun, discover new sites, and learn how to research on sites that you may have never used before. 

Answers will be submitted using a Google Form found at https://forms.gle/a8akv39HQa6CUo1J8.  

  

Today’s Challenge

We are now on Day #19 of the Family History Scavenger Hunt. Today we will explore Linkpendium (http://www.linkpendium.com/). Linkpendium is a 10,000,000+ resource directory to everything on the Web about families worldwide and genealogically-relevant information about U.S. states and counties.

Hint

Linkpendium allows you to search by location and name for a wide variety of web pages that have information on your topic.

Questions

1. Use the Jump to Surname search box (on the right side of the page) to search for Bielefeld. Go to Obituaries and Funeral Home Records and follow the link to the list of obituaries. Find Betty Bielefeld. What was the date of her death?
2. Return to Linkpendium.com and search the County search box for Mercer County, Ohio. Go to Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence and select History of Mercer County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1907). Whose biography is on page 271 of the book?
3. Return to Linkpendium.com and search for Vero Beach, Florida in the Jump to a City search box. Go to the Census Records and Indexes section and select 1945 State Census Index A-C. Who is the first person listed on the 1945 index?
4. Return to Linkpendium.com and search for Bernadine Westerheide in the Family Discoverer Search Engine. Go to the listing for Mercer County, Ohio Birth Records. What was Bernadine Westerheide’s daughter’s name?
5. Return to Linkpendium.com and find the Genealogy Links for Montana. How many site links are listed for Flathead County?

Bonus Points (Optional)

• Follow the link to Flathead County, Montana and find the Flathead and Lincoln Counties Directories 1901-1922. Browse the 1913 Directory for Kalispell City. What was the occupation of Lizzie Bickett? 

Action

Answers will be submitted using a Google Form (https://forms.gle/a8akv39HQa6CUo1J8).  I will provide the answers to all who have completed the scavenger hunt by 8:00 pm EST on June 19.  Even though we no longer have any prizes, I hope that you will continue to participate and invite your friends to join in the fun.

Answers