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8/4/1948 Hi honey, We are now in St. Ignace, came over on this ferry. 80 cars on it. Very windy. On our way to Saint Ignace Marie. Hope all is well with you. Love, mom and dad. I was able to find a census report for 1930, 1940, that mention JoAnne, but when we get
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Oldest Photo I think these are two of my oldest photos. I can’t be completely sure when they were taken. Above is Wolfgang “Frank” Preisinger (1830-1898). According to the person who uploaded this photo onto Ancestry.com, it was taken in the 1890’s. Frank died at the age of 68. Below are Wolfgang, his wife Julianna,
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A family myth This was kind of a hard one. There are some not so great family myths that are floating around out there but I don’t think I’ll share those. There is too much hate and anger going on in the world right now and I’m choosing to focus on the positive things. One
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This is one of the older postcards I’ve received having been sent in 1983. Hello, We’re having a nice, nice, nice trip. We’re here for a while then we will move on. Hope all is well with you both. Our best, Gladys and Don When looking up the recipients of the postcard, I came across
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A few weeks ago, my therapist asked me if I thought I would move back to the midwest after we spent some time exploring what brought me to Alaska at 11 years old. “Yes.” I said. “At some point.” I could feel her eyes on me through the screen (we meet virtually). “I want to
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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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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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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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