Family History Scavenger Hunt

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Family History Scavenger Hunt - 28 June 2020

Responses received before 8:00 pm EST on June 28 will be sent an email with the correct answers.

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Today's Challenge

We are now on Day #25 of the Family History Scavenger Hunt. Today we are going to explore a newspaper search engine called Elephind (https://elephind.com).

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Elephind (https://elephind.com) allows you to search many of the large newspaper databases simultaneously with a total of over 4,000 titles. Try this site before you go to the other databases. Sometimes when searching a name you will want to place the name in quotes “Jim Smith” to narrow down your results. Try the searches with and without the quote marks.

Question #1. Bernard Garmann was ordained a priest in 1909. In what seminary did he study?

Question #2. Henry Aufderhaar was shot and killed by his father-in-law in 1872. What was the name of the murderer?

Question #3. Artrude Westerheide was married in 1933. What was the name of her husband?

Question #4. Homer Wesner and his wife Gertrude filed for divorce in 1921. What monthly amount was Homer ordered to pay his wife for child support?

Question #5. Viola Truesdale died in 1914. What was the cause of her death?

Bonus Question (optional). How many newspapers (not newspaper titles) can be searched with the Elephind search engine?

Comments. What did you think of this task? Was it too easy? Too difficult? Just right? Did you have fun exploring the Elephind websites?

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