2. In the 1930 census I found my Grandpa Nissen (Grandma Nissen had died in the Spanish flu epidemic) and my Dad living with my Great Grandpa & Grandma Carlson & Uncle Fats (an orchestra member). Also two lodgers (that worked at the bakery) were staying at Great Grandpa & Grandma Carlson's. I didn't know that my Grandpa Nissen had stayed with his in-laws at that time or that Uncle Fats was a band member at that time (he must have been a orchestra member all his life).
3. Looking up "South Dakota" & pictures in the location box I was surprised to find so many professional baseball player from South Dakota.
4. In Heritage Quest I found Wessington Springs with 51 listings with one obvious listings, A history of Jerauld County, South Dakota Wessington Springs, S.D.: unknown, 1910, 446 pgs. The other listings when clicked on did not bring up Wessington Springs. It would have taken a lot of digging if the Springs was mentioned at all.
In looking up my mother's maiden surname a history of that family's name could be obtained from an article in "Hampshire Family Historian" Gosport, Hants, England: Nov 1991 from Persi for a fee of $7.50 (with no idea if it was relevant to our family or not).
5. Wessington Springs was not listed under Sanborn Maps. In 1930 Woonsocket had 2 drug stores, a Photo Shop, and a moving pictures theatre. I believe where the print shop was located is where the newspaper office is located today.
Good finds, grkids8! Re: the PERSI fee: remember that you most likely could get the article free through interlibrary loan, but you would still prefer to know whether it was relevant to your family. Still, you did learn a few more facts than when you started! Thanks for the comments.
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