Confusion in Special Collections

I spent some time in Special Collections today looking for information about Esther Fortenbaugh, a graduate of the class of 1946. While scrolling through the yearbook, I failed to see her name among the students. Confused, I enlisted the help of an archivist to point me in the correct direction and see if I made any errors in my research. At first, we were looking for Esther. In our search, we found Ruth Fortenbaugh, who was thought to be Esther’s daughter. But, it made no sense for Ruth to be her daughter because Ruth was a member of the class of 1950, four years after Esther graduated. So we dug deeper, looking at the Fortenbaugh Family finding aid. After about twenty minutes of confusion we finally found out that Esther married into the Fortenabugh family. Esther’s maiden name was Kenyon. I paged through the yearbook again and found Esther under her maiden name. All I have to say is….thank God for finding aids.