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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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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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To a probable Mr./Mrs. W.W. Robinson in New York from a Mrs. “R”. I was unable to identify the sender but it was sent from Atlanta, Georgia. The front of the postcard shows the State Capitol building. It hasn’t changed much. The hand writing was a little difficult to read and I spent quite a
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I wanted to try to stay ahead of the game as far as weekly posts come and I’m very thankful for the post scheduling feature on WordPress; but there are times where I get excited about a discovery that I can’t help but share. This post is a little sad. I don’t think the recipient
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To: Mr. George Caley; Columbia, PA We are in Oregon tonight. Spent 1st night in a cute little cabi in Mt. Rainier. The towns and cities seem hot and crowded after the cool mountains. My Mexican Address is: Hotel Geneve, Londres St., Mexico City, Mexico From: Bette Salem, Oregon 6/29/1951 There are several things that
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When I start a family tree, I don’t really expect to find much. I started working on the Wadsworth/Groen/Maulsby tree to find Mauritz Groen, what his life might have looked like, and why he attempted to sell his children. I never imagined that following Mauritz’ family lineage back through the Maulsby’s and eventually ended up
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When I tell people that my hobby is Genealogy, I tend to get a whole lot of family stories. This is one of the weirdest and most interesting ones so far. This is only a small bite into this families journey through time which I will be posting in several parts. It’s amazing how much
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I recently purchased a collection of used postcards from Ebay on a whim with no real plan in mind but it has ended up becoming a very enjoyable process. Scanning the postcard in, editing, organizing, deciphering some of the most unique handwriting, and learning all sorts about people, places, and things that you normally wouldn’t
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