Lesson 9:
AncestryLibrary;
I did a lot of searching in AncestryLibrary but never found any postings of me, myself or I. Linda Lindstrom or Linda Chaney is just not there. Sometimes I do wonder where I am.

In further searching  I found my dad's father and mother's marriage license. My dad never knew his father. I was told that  his mom left him when my dad was only a year old due to his abusive nature. My dad was born Gustave Lindstrom Jr. after his father in 1921, but his mother changed his name to Robert John on his baptismal certificate and he was Robert (Bob) for the rest of his life. That surely would not happen today. Imagine that scenario  when trying to get your driver's license. Ha!! 
I also found my dad's grandfather, grandmother, aunts and uncles whom he spent most of his youth with.
I have used AncestryLibrary in the past to help other people here at the library. Once started on a search you can ensue this electronic source until you lose all track of time.

In looking up South Dakota I found everything from baseball players to an old mining town in Deadwood. There is a picture of the "Corn Palace" in Mitchell, South Dakota in 1909 that was a little upsetting to me.
There is a swastika on one of the towers. What did the swastika mean to America in 1909? I will need to read a little on pre WWI history.

I could not let that swastika rest. I researched the history and found out that before the symbol was made something to shun and detest due to Hitler and his "Aryan" nation and the massacre of the Jews, that it was considered a good luck symbol by many nations and peoples. A few even included Native American tribes, particularly the southwest like the Navajos. It has been found on many old churches and dug up in ruins. A golden necklace of three Swastikas found in Iran, dates back to first millennium B.C.

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School basketball team in 1909

If I would have seen the swastika on the Corn Palace in 1909, I would have responded differently!!

I then continued on to HeritageQuest where I browsed through Parker, South Dakota and Chicago, Illinois. A large variety of books and articles on anything you want to look up.

I finished lesson 9 with the Sanborn Maps. I was a little disappointed that the Parker maps do not go for more than a block off of Main Street until 1923. I found my house on the 1923 map but sure would have been nice to find it sooner since it was built before 1905.
I already knew the history of the building that the library is presently in. I pulled up a map from 1904 that showed it as an office, in 1911 it was a funeral parlor, by 1923 it was also a furniture store. It was connected by freight elevators to the building next door. The two buildings were sister buildings for many years. The 1923-1935 maps show many small added on buildings clear to the alley. One of these housed the Public Library many many years before the present library moved into the building.