AncestryLibrary
Everyone seems to be fascinated by the Titanic, and I am no exception. So searching for her sister ship was a fun challenge. In AncestryLibrary I went to Immigration & Travel, then selected Ship Pictures and Descriptions. I typed the word titanic in the "More" box and got six results listed for passenger ships and images. I clicked on "passenger ships and images" and got the names and tiny pictures of six different ships. I selected Titanic and at the end of the description, it listed a sister ship: Olympic. The Olympic was in service from 1911 until 1934, serving as a troopship during World War I.
One thing I found interesting is that the Titanic was not the only ship to be involved in a collision. The Olympic had two (1911 and 1934), and the Republic, another ship from the White Star Line sank after a collision with the liner Florida in 1909. The Carpathia, which rescued survivors of the Titanic, sank after being torpedoed by a German submarine in 1918. I think what fascinates us so much about Titanic is that the ship was supposed to be unsinkable, and the tragic loss of so many lives.
Finding information on the Hindenburg was more time consuming and less successful. I began by doing an Advanced search. I typed hindenburg in the keyword box under "More." I limited the results to Newspapers & Publications, and ended up with 362. However, some of the articles appeared more than once, so there were not 362 unique results. Most of the results were obituaries for people whose name was Hindenburg or articles about World War II from Stars and Stripes, so they were not very helpful. I did find an article by a survivor of the 1937 crash of the Hindenburg, which appeared in Stars and Stripes on April 4, 1957. Searching for the terms hindenburg and dirigible gave 523 results, but once again, many of them were not applicable.
Depending on what sort of information this student is looking for, he may want to search other sources.
HeritageQuest
To find information about Brown County, I searched in Books. I searched for Places: Brown County, South Dakota with limited success. There were 30 results, but not much information in any of them. Many listed names of people who were born or died in Brown County. This could be helpful if someone was interested in early settlers in Brown County. There were also two history books about South Dakota, which might be possible resources.
Next I searched PerSI (Periodical Source Index) for Places: South Dakota [state] and Brown [county]. There were 248 results. Some of these look pretty interesting, but the articles are not in the database. Articles must be ordered, and it can take up to eight weeks to get them. There is also a charge to order articles. [Our library does have copies of Tree Climber, so if the patron comes to the library, they could read the articles here rather than ordering copies....]
Thank you for your interesting post! The Hindenburg question was a challenging one--the article you found is an excellent one! Yes, patrons may need to use other resources to find additional information.
ReplyDeleteIt is good to know your library has "Tree Climber!" The books in Heritage Quest can be an excellent opportunity to find local info.
Thanks,
Julie