Old envelopes can contain a variety of clues: old addresses, dates people were probably alive, and other notes or comments written on the envelope. This 1984 envelope gave me two addresses, indicated that the sender and recipient were probably alive on 18 August. There were even a few phone numbers written on the envelope as well (they may not have had anything to do with this correspondence). Don’t neglect digitizing those old envelopes when converting family history ephemera to electronic format. They may be good for more than harvesting old stamps.
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