I am trying to determine who wrote out the recipe on a recipe card my Mom had but that was stamped with the name of a friend, relative, and teaching colleague. It appears to be in my Mom’s writing, but I wasn’t quite certain. I thought to myself that I wished I had a sample of the other woman’s handwriting with which to compare it. Then I realized I do…in several Christmas cards of my parents where I was pretty certain this woman had written at least a few lines every year. Sure enough I still had some of the cards she had sent and sure enough they had some of her handwriting in them. It appears that she didn’t write the recipe card. That’s not really the […]
Issue 6-3 of Casefile Clues has been sent to those on the distribution list. We’re analyzing three great deeds in this issue where joint owners in a farm in 1867 separate it out…the day before one of the owners died. There’s an error in one of the descriptions which we guessed at and ended up being right when we located a later deed for the property. This has been a fun issue to write. Learn more about Casefile Clues on our website. Get your own subscription–delivered regularly as a PDF file in your email.
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