If you are wanting to do something “genealogical,” but are extremely frustrated and need a break from actual research, consider doing one of the following: organize your files, go through photos you have not identified, write about your childhood (or any part of your life), write what you remember about deceased relatives, take an object from your history (anything in good taste will do) and write about it, take a break–there are dishes to do, clothes to wash, etc.
No one signed this 1968 postcard sent to my great-grandfather in 1968. Given the salutation of “Dear Dad,” it was obviously written by one of his seven children. This tip isn’t about determining which child wrote their Dad a postcard in 1968 and mailed it from Wyoming (some handwriting comparison will have to be done, if samples can be found). It’s about those documents and records that often have pieces of information that we think are missing. The reality of it is that sometimes those “missing” details, while not stated in the item, were clearly known to the individuals at the time. M. J. Habben likely knew which of his children was travelling out west in the summer of 1968. He may even have known their handwriting as […]
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