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It’s been about a month since I researched one of these postcards. I never expect to find anything right away but newspapers.com delivered. When I started inputting names into the search field, I immediately got some hits. Yay! This postcard appeared to a to Mrs. C. A. Harrison in Minnesota from Mariann (?), who sent
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… with Lars and Marie Gullickson found and passed down by: Aunt Ethel Oxtoby July 9th, 1885, at the age of sixteen, Marie was married to Lars Gullickson, a neighbor boy whose father had a claim near that of Christ Oxhovd. The ceremony was held at a country church near Christine and was performed by
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Part 2 – Mary Gullickson (Olson/Oxhovd) my 3rd great-grandmother Mary was the first of 9 children born to Christen “Christ” Olson (Oxhovd) and Ingeborg “Emily” Ivarsdatter Polsture on January 15th, 1869 in Liberty Township, Wisconsin. Christ and Emily were both born in Norway and immigrated to the United States with their families when they were
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Bok Tower Gardens, located near Lake Wales, Florida, is a not only a garden, but also a bird sanctuary. It is also a Natural Historic Landmark. The front of the postcard has flamingos near the reflection pool but if you visited today, you would not spot any. According to the gardens’ website (https://boktowergardens.org/), there were
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Part 1 – Lars Gullickson (my 3rd great-grandfather) My moms side of the family has been pretty well documented not only by my Uncle Joe (my moms brother) but also those that came before him. Unlike my dads side of the family, there are many stories that have been passed down from generation to generation
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I think this postcard has been the most fun since starting this project. I was able to find the recipient through census reports and yearbooks. In this post, I will take you through my process a little bit. It’s rare that I find pictures of the sender/recipient when I working on these postcards so I
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This postcard gave me very little information to go on. I could not find Mrs. H. M. Looker, and I wonder who Joe is to her. Postcard Transcription: Dear Madam. I thought you were coming here this winter but have not seen you yet. Yours, Joe. (write box 712). The post card was dated the
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This postcard appears to be from someone named Giulia…I think. I wasn’t able to find any relation between them and the recipient of the postcard on Ancestry.com. Giulia is the Italian spelling of Julia so it’s possible that they immigrated and many records during that time were lost or destroyed in World War II. To:
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When I was growing up, we spent a lot of time at my grandparents house on my maternal side. They lived about an hour and a half away in a tiny town called Forman which had a population of almost 500 in 2023. I used to spend summers there and we celebrated most holidays with
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