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Find your roots and hear your ancestors' words across the generations. Discover your origins in old letters as ancestors tell their stories and reveal family relationships, past events, moments in time and details of family history. Add branches to your family tree as you search your ancestry and build your genealogy.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Concord, Massachusetts 1818

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Document dated 1818, Concord, Massachusetts, where Peter Wilson has written to 'Friend Hamilton' of Hamilton and Wood; regarding shi...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

H.L. Roberts Civil War Letter

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An original Civil War letter which includes the envelope which has the address of Cambridge Maryland. It is dated Load's Chester Co. Va...
Friday, August 15, 2008

Private P.J. Murphy 1917

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Three page typewritten letter, dated November 4, 1917, from "Somewhere in France". Private P.J. Murphy, Company D, 14th Engineers ...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

1778 William Jackson

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Original letter dated 1778, where William Jackson has written to a Lt. Croker, of the 28th Regiment at Truro, regarding the estate left by h...
Sunday, August 10, 2008

Berkshire, Massachusetts 1822

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I found this great old letter for sale on Ebay Item number: 280253517331 It is full of great info and would be a great find for someone who ...
Monday, August 04, 2008

Order Of Arrest For John Steffe 1819

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This order of arrest dated July 23, 1819. To the Sheriff of Baltimore County, State of Maryland, to arrest John Steffe, to answer to Adam S...
Thursday, June 26, 2008

Salem, Massachusetts 1836

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Two letters, probably written by brothers from Salem, Massachusetts, to an uncle Roswell Morgan in West Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1827 ...
Sunday, June 15, 2008

Kate Stewart, Home Child's Letter to Brother in England 1885

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Westminster Dec 11th 85 [1885] Dear Brother Johnny, I received your letter & was very pleased to hear from you, & hope you will writ...
Friday, June 13, 2008

WWII Letter from Donald Malcolm Delaney of Nova Scotia

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March 15, 1944 2300 hrs. Somewhere in Italy G 43024 G.M. D.M. Delaney1 2 C.M.R. R.C.A. C.M.F. C.A.O. My Dear Father: This letter will undoub...
Wednesday, June 11, 2008

American Expeditionary Forces 1919 Memo

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MEMO FROM EDWARD J. EARLY TO MAJOR PHILLIPS: American Expeditionary Forces Signal Corps Replacement Depot Office of the Zone Major A.P.O. 92...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Lt. Walter E. Lick

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Letter from Soldier-Pilot W. Lick. To Lt. Walter E. Lick. Ellington Field Barracks 52, 2nd Prov. Squad, Olcott Texas. Letters From His Wife ...
Monday, June 09, 2008

William Blake Letter of 1847, Upper Canada

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William Blake Letter of 1847 With Notations Mrs. Mary Richards (1) In Care Of Captain William Richards (2) Perth (3), Upper Canada America B...
Saturday, June 07, 2008

World War I Letter to Edward James Early of Wisconsin 1918

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WORLD WAR I LETTER TO EDWARD JAMES EARLY FROM WALKER: February 3, 1918 My Dear Captain:- It is indeed a pleasure to receive such a letter as...
Thursday, June 05, 2008

1919 Letter re Sparling Family Tree

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March 28, 1919 Dear Minnie: In answer to your letter to Margaret, & as far as I can recollect, my grandfather, Philip Sparling, lived ne...
Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Letter re Sparling Genealogy, Washington 1905

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Sumas, Washington April 19, 1905 Minnie L. Sparling Everson, Whatcom Co. Dear Mrs. Sparling The Sparlings were originally German, Southern G...
Sunday, June 01, 2008

1942 Family Tree Letter to Martha Hansen, British Columbia to Missouri

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Letter: Fort Hammond, B.C. Feb. 17, 1942 Mrs. Martha S. Hansen 402 Pierce Street Kirksville, Mo. Dear Cousin Martha ------- Let me say 1st t...
Saturday, May 31, 2008

Delware Letter re Joel Jenks, Gold Rush, California 1850

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First Record of letter of the Miner 49er Joel Jenks. Joel went to Rough and Ready, California. And wrote letters to his Father Ahab and his...
Friday, May 30, 2008

Captain William Richards Letter 1817 Upper Canada

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Captain William Richards Letter of 1817 With Notations Mrs. Mary Richards (1) London (2) Bach Street January the 30th 1817 To The Care Of ?...

Dorothea Greenley Letter 1818 Perth Military Settlement Upper Canada

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Letter: Dorothea Greenley Letter of 1818 With Notations 2N8 Mrs. Richards & Captain Care Of Mr. Peter Morris(?) 29 Duke Street Halifax, ...
Thursday, May 29, 2008

William Harrison Letter, Meadville Pennsylvania 1867

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Meadville [PA] April 8 /67 [1867] Dear Children, Mase and Arvilla Your welcome and kind letter dated March the 25th was rec'd yesterday....
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