Step 2: Research the Address and Record your Findings
Text Directions: Searching HeritageQuest
1. If you are in the City Directory
- Alberta Ave: p. 887
- Brown St: p. 895
- Chambers St: p. 898
- College Park: p. 901
- Evanston Ave.: p. 908
- Hughes St.: p. 932
- Irving St.: p. 933
- K St: p. 936
- Kiefaber St: p. 937
- L St: p. 938
- Lawnview Ave: p. 939
- Lowes St: p. 943
- Rogge St: p. 967
- Woodland Ave: p. 992
- Wyoming St: p. 993
NOTE: The City Directory lists people LASTname, FIRSTname. Example: Krueger, Wm. (William)
Abbreviations for common first names: Wm=William; Chas=Charles; Christ=Christian; Jas=James
2. If you are in the Census
Be sure to double-check the person you select is the HEAD of the Household.
All of the streets are in Ward 9.
Be sure to double-check the person lives at the address you selected. Ward 9 is big and families may live near each other, OR people with common last names may live in the same Ward.
If your search comes up empty, try using only the first letter of the first name. Example: instead of William, use W.
Connect to the HeritageQuest database. In order to connect, you will need to allow your browser to use your location information. OR you can connect by entering a library card number from an Ohio public library.
Once you connect to HeritageQuest, locate the city directories close to the top. Refer to the HeritageQuest Image tab if you are not sure.
Part 1: Find out who lived at the address you selected via City Directories.
In the search box, you will add information in 3 places: Location, Keyword and Residence Year.
- For the Lived in LOCATION box, add Dayton, Montgomery (county), Ohio, USA. Make sure that the geography is Exact to this Place.
- For the KEYWORD, use either Rogge or Alberta. Don’t add street or road or avenue or anything like that, just leave at the street name. For the Keyword entry, select Exact.
- For the RESIDENCE YEAR, select 1919. You do not need to make it Exact.
If you selected an Alberta St address, you should see Lester C. Coy as the first person on the results list. Click on his name. On the records page, click on the thumbnail to see the actual scans from the directory.
IMPORTANT: Lester C. Coy is not the person who lives at your address. We are just using him to access the 1919 Dayton city directory.
At the bottom of the page, you will see that the directory is nearly 1000 pages.
- Alberta Ave: p. 887
- Brown St: p. 895
- Chambers St: p. 898
- College Park: p. 901
- Evanston Ave.: p. 908
- Hughes St.: p. 932
- Irving St.: p. 933
- K St: p. 936
- Kiefaber St: p. 937
- L St: p. 938
- Lawnview Ave: p. 939
- Lowes St: p. 943
- Rogge St: p. 967
- Woodland Ave: p. 992
- Wyoming St: p. 993
IMPORTANT: Write down the name of the person who is listed at the address you selected. You will use that name in the next step.
HINT: The last name is listed first, followed by the first name of the person.
Use the back arrow and then the Home link to return to the main HeritageQuest page.
Part 2: Find out more about the person via the 1920 Census.
On the main HeritageQuest page, select the 1920 Census. Look for US Census Records, which is to the right of the large photo. Refer to the HeritageQuest Image tab if you are not sure.
On the 1920 Census search page, you will add information in 2 places: Name and Location.
- For the NAME, enter the first name and the last name.
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For the Lived in LOCATION box, add Dayton, Montgomery (county), Ohio, USA. Make sure that the geography is Exact to this Place.
Having trouble finding the person? Try searching with only the first initial of the first name, and the full last name.
On the results page, look for the person listed as the Head in the column labelled Relation to Head of House. Click on his or her name.
HINT: All of the houses surrounding UD were in Ward 9, so you know you have likely found the correct person if they live in Ward 9.
You can look at the actual page where the Census enumerator recorded this information by clicking on the thumbnail of the enumeration page--or else the View link. Looking at the page allows you to see this family’s neighbors and just adds a little more context to the house you’re researching
The handwritten enumeration page is interesting, but the record page will be easier to read in order to answer the questions on the Google Form.
IMPORTANT: Keep this census window open because you will need this information for Step 4
