I did my “Happy Dance” when I used GenealogyBank for the first time the other day. I have a picture of my grandfather and great grandfather in a team photo of a baseball team with the name Vincent-Notts on the front of their uniforms. It is a large impressive picture and I have had it for about 15 years. I had searched the Internet and historical websites for any reference to this baseball team. I had previously had no luck in finding any information other than the fact that Vincent-Notts was a store in Salt Lake City in the early 1900′s. It was one of those photos that I wanted to know more about. My dad said his nickname came from a pitcher on his dad’s baseball team but he didn’t know any more than that. My grandfather was not in uniform and looked like he might be the manager of the team.
Well, I thought, “This will be a good test of what is possible on the Genealogy Bank website”. I plugged in my grandfather’s surname and the extra word Notts. I clicked on Search. I couldn’t believe my eyes. There were 3 articles on the Vincent-Notts baseball team. I tried a few other combinations and found many more articles. Not many had my grandfather’s name in them but a few did. I then discovered that he had been on another baseball team before this that my grandfather did indeed manage and they were called the Perfectos. I was on a roll and learning lots more about my grandfather and great grandfather from other articles I found. They were in various musical bands and involved a little in politics. I even found a large news photo of one of the bands with the members labeled. There were 4 family members in the photo. I only had a little time to spend with my searching that day but learned a great deal. I can’t wait to go back and search other family names to see what comes up.
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