Week 8 & 9 - CAMIO & Ancestry Library

Finally I am in the library so I can complete the last parts of the challenge.

In CAMIO I searched for Dale Chihuly, who makes my favorite glass sculptures.  I see his work in many displays at Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN.  It is so beautiful and it is hard to imagine blowing glass to look like this.  

I found three pieces of his work.  One is called "Cadmium yellow Persian set" and that is at the Cleveland Museum of Art at Cleveland OH.   Another is the "Emerald green cylinder" at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC, and the third is the "Tabak basket group" at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo NY.  Of these three I like the Tabak Basket Group the best.

I find searching in Ancestry Library hard and tedious.  Maybe my attention span isn't long enough, but I get frustrated and don't want to look for more.  For this assignment I searched for people that I know about and should be able to find results.  I put in my Grandma's name and came up with the ND Census of 1925.  It shows my Grandpa, Grandma, four of my uncles and my Mom.  My Mom's name is Myrtle and it is spelled "Mertal".  Then, I looked in the 1940 US Census and Grandpa, Grandma and all seven children are listed.  I was also able to find Grandma's death date.  I really would like to find their marriage information.

The other night, Julie and I were searching for my Great aunt Nettie.  There is some confusion about her last name and Julie found her marriage certificate to her last husband with her previous name listed.  That was exciting.