Family History Scavenger Hunt - Day 6

Overview & Purpose

We all love scavenger hunts, hunting for the clues and discovering new things. This scavenger hunt will occur during the month of June and will include daily prizes for a lucky winner who gets all the answers correct in the allotted time.

The clues will be posted each morning on the Indian River Genealogy Conference Facebook page (www.facebook.com/IRGConf), and Friends of Vero Beach Family History Center Facebook group (www.facebook.com/159642411143167).

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. Those who get the answers correct will be entered into the daily drawing for prizes.

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/rXcasmyqRKkTBHhP8.  

  

Today’s Challenge

We all love newspapers when we research our ancestors. They provide a lot of useful information but sometimes they are not the easiest to find online. Today we will take a look at Ancestor Hunt’s links to online newspaper collections and select Ohio Online Newspapers to begin your hunt (https://www.theancestorhunt.com/newspaper-research-links.html). 

Questions

1. How many newspaper titles are included in the Coldwater Public Library’s collection?
2. What is the name of the East Technical High School newspaper in Cleveland?
3. Use the link to visit the Coldwater Public Library’s collection. Search for the death notice for Bernard Westerheide in 1932. What was his wife’s name?
4. Return to the Ancestor Hunt website and select the East Technical High School’s newspaper. What library houses this collection?
5. Does the Ancestor Hunt blog include links to newspapers outside the US?

Bonus Points (Optional)

• On the September 23, 1926 edition of the East Technical High School’s paper, what was the name of the dazed student who was baffled by the clue on the civics test?

Hints

Explore the page beyond the newspapers to discover BMD records, yearbooks, and many more types of records that may help your research.

Action

Answers will be submitted using a Google Form (https://forms.gle/rXcasmyqRKkTBHhP8).  All answers received before 8:00 pm EST on June 6 will be considered for the prize which is a 3-month subscription to HistoryGeo.com (www.historygeo.com). 

Answers