Stephen Farley's Favorite Places Project

Contributed by LuEllen Pettengell

My favorite place is the Research Center at the History Museum. I do family research, so I come to Minnesota, because this is where my ancestors are from. My aunt and my dad were raised here in Minnesota. I like to do research of the history right here in the History Center. I feel like I get a lot of success in my research here because I can read old newspapers--by reading the old newspapers I can find out when people were married and I can find out little interesting stories about what life was like in the time before. The atmosphere is very peaceful. I enjoy it. Now, other people might need to go to Merry Go Rounds, but my excitement is sitting behind the microfilm reader reading film and researching my ancestors.



			What Life Was Like: Research Center at the Minnesota History Center






		Contributed by LuEllen Pettengell My favorite place is the Research Center at the History Museum. I do family research, so I come to Minnesota, because this is where my ancestors are from. My aunt and my dad were raised here in Minnesota. I like to do research of the history right here in the History Center. I feel like I get a lot of success in my research here because I can read old newspapers--by reading the old newspapers I can find out when people were married and I can find out little interesting stories about what life was like in the time before. The atmosphere is very peaceful. I enjoy it. Now, other people might need to go to Merry Go Rounds, but my excitement is sitting behind the microfilm reader reading film and researching my ancestors.