Homework for Family Historians

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Did you do your homework last night?  
Not that I assigned you anything, but I thought I might have inspired you to try out ArchiveGrid!

I put in my zip code and the closest "hit" that I got was Pensacola.  It was the University of West Florida site.  One of the items that caught my eye (after I entered a search for "Covey" was a packet named,

Covey family of Vermont genealogical research notes, 1945.  So via the UWF, I am getting access to this info by virtue of an internet hook-up, I assume, from the New York Public Library.  This is what the packet contains: 1945 letter from Deuel Richardson with information on the Joseph Covey family and photostat of partial list of Joseph Covey's male descendants.  I know that none of us are likely to be related, but is the kind of information you might be looking for on one of your own family members?

Let's bring up the UWF page and put in a search that might be relevant to this area.  I found this entry:  Tapes, typescripts -- This collection is an oral history interview of Lola Lee Daniels Bruington of Pensacola, Florida, by Sandra F. Whitehead, with tapes and typed transcripts. Mrs. Bruington discusses area cemeteries, especially that of St. Michaels, the red light district, bootlegging, her work as an educator and nurse at Camp Dix, Bellevue Hospital, and at Vassar, her childhood and life in Pensacola, and her father's work at Blount, Blount and Carter...

Now, you try it.  Go to ArchiveGrid and enter a location in which you might hope to find something relevant to your family history.  Meanwhile, I'm going to take a look at another website mentioned in yesterday's post: "What Was There".

Don't forget: I would like to know what your favorite genealogy (or of genealogical interest) link.  E-mail me at margaretdotharris@gmail.com.