My Trails into the Past

Some advice I like to give in my genealogy classes is to dig a little deeper. Each document that we find on genealogy websites tells us more than what is on the surface. Yeah, that 1900 census gives us the names of everyone in the household along with their birth month and year and their occupation. There are twenty-eight columns plus the information written at the top of the page. About Their Address For example, my great-grandparents are listed on the Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana 1900 census page as living at 709 West Commercial Avenue. [1] What can I do with that information? I can start by using a Google Map and see what that address is today. [2]   I can search in newspaper databases for the address, as I have done here. This is a notice from an 1896 newspaper about a lost or stolen sorrel mare with a complete description. [3] I am not sure if the owners are my Sullivans, as there is no name attached to the notice.   Number of Children Let’s dig deeper int...