Lesson 9 - History and Genealogy Resources
   When I searched for my name with no date, 387 results came up.  Some of these even spelled my last name differently.  When I searched for my marriage license, it was not found.  The records do not cover more recent dates in Iowa.  I put in my grandmother's name and did find her listed in the 1930 census.  They spelled her first name differently.  They did list my mother's name and her siblings.  Some of these dates were also approximate.  I'm sure it was difficult recording correct information back then. 
   In the photos & maps section, I found an 1890 print with a female advertising "free homes, government lands & cheap deeded lands in South Dakota".  I also looked at a print of the Corn Palace in Mitchell in 1909.  I liked the "page tools" on the right hand side where you could view the original or print a copy.
   In my Heritage Quest search, I looked for information on Spirit Lake, Iowa.  I didn't find anything when I abbreviated the word Iowa.  When I spelled it out, I found the Lake Region Blue Book & Club Directory of Spirit Lake & Vicinity. It was interesting looking at the table of contents and actually reading a few pages.  
   The Sanborn Maps almost made you want a magnifying glass or extra glasses even as you enlarged it.  I looked up Aberdeen in July 1929 and found what Central High School looked like then.  I advanced to 1938 and checked it out again.  They had added a gymnasium which we now call the Civic Arena. 
   Overall, there really is a lot of information out there through these resources.  A person would need a lot of time to look up information.  They also would want to gather as much information, dates, and names as they could before beginning their search to make it go more efficiently.