Randy over at Genea-Musings posted today about using Google to search for his grandparents’ home.

Ok, maybe I can try that with my 2GGF Miles Francis Stanley’s home in Mineral Wells, Texas. You may recall that I showed a picture of the house, taken ca 1910, for yesterday’s Wordless Wednesday entry:

Into Google’s search field went the terms “915 N W 4th Ave mineral wells tx”. This is the address that is on Miles Stanley’s death certificate:

The first search result:

Which lead me to this page:

The “A” balloon is my 2GGF’s house! Unfortunately, that’s as close as I could get:

Curses! The next hit led me to this page at The Portal to Texas History:

There’s my 2GGF’s house again, this time in 1976!

Hey, Portal to Texas History, you forgot to mention my second great-grandfather, Miles Francis Stanley, who owned the home ca 1910-1935!

And guess what? The house is currently for sale! Anybody got an extra $325,000 that I could borrow?