A tip from the past:
When my parents were married in 1967, they received a congratulatory card from Ola Howes. The name did not ring a bell to me and I concluded it was a former neighbor or a fellow teacher of my mother.
Upon asking Mom who Ola Howes was, I was told that “I don’t know.”
Years later in my research, I discovered that my paternal great-grandfather had a first cousin Ola (Baker) Howes (their mothers were half-sisters). She had apparently seen my parents’ announcement in the paper and sent a card.
Are there genealogical clues hiding in old greeting cards?
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