Digital Horizons for Genealogy

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The Digital Horizons site provides many digital collections related to life on the northern plans. As you work on your family story, it helps to find additional local history and photos to help you better understand your family and the time and place that they lived in. Let’s look.
You can access Digital Horizons here. According to their site, Digital Horizons “is an online resource for thousands of images, documents, video, and oral histories depicting life on the Northern Plains from the late 1800s to today. Here you'll find a fascinating snapshot of the lives, culture, and history of the people who shaped life on the prairies.”

I looked for a local town, Fairmount, to see what information was available. There were 191 results. I chose to look at the Early History of Fairmount, 1937.  This particular booklet is not copyrighted so it could be downloaded for future reading. Other items included early photos of churches, stores, local physicians, main street, the old timers meeting notes and more. I also found a 1910 Plat book of Richland County, North Dakota.  All of this type of information helps you to understand what the area was like when your ancestors lived there. Perhaps you’ll even find a document with your people referred to in it.
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We spend time on the major genealogy sites but it is important to explore these other sites. Have fun looking for clues about your family and where they lived!