Past Voices: Letters Home

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.

Monday, December 06, 2010

Florence, Kansas 1886

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Letter handwritten by JOHN M. ARCHER of Florence, Kansas - KS and dated January 7, 1886. The letter was written to Reverend John W. Hancher....
Saturday, December 04, 2010

Sarah Ann Eddy of Eagle Harbor New York

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“May 21st, 1870? Mother, I am sorry to hear of Emily’s feeling badly. If I could see her a little while I could tell her how bad I had felt…...
Thursday, December 02, 2010

KIA Private Julius J. Bardoni WW2 Letters

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Find A Grave Memorial# 56371053 World War II correspondence from Private Julius J. Bardoni, Wyandotte, Michigan, 1941 - 1944. Some exc...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory 1879

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Very interesting letter from, a man with his brother, who were locked up in a Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, jail dated Apr 17 1879, to a Mr. ...
Monday, November 29, 2010

Thomas Simons of South Carolina

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6 letters, dated 1790s, from Thomas Simons of South Carolina, written from Charleston SC, Newport, Rhode Island and New Haven, Connecticut, ...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

39th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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Union Civil War soldier's letter, written in pencil, dated Camp 39th Reg. Wisconsin Volunters, Memphis, Tennessee, Monday, Aug 29 1864, ...
Friday, November 26, 2010

Whitesborough, New York, 1841

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Letter by Laura Dexter of Whitesborough, New York, 1841, with postmarked integral address leaf to Edward North and reads in part: "McLe...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

1829 St Clairsville Ohio to Staunton Virginia

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Letter from St Clairsville, Ohio to Staunton, Virginia. It was written from John Hinton who had recently made his way to Ohio to start a new...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Edwin S. Kortz and Jennie E. Kern

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These are the handwritten love letters of Edwin S. Kortz and Jennie E. Kern. There are also letters involving the Kortz’s children, Isabella...
Friday, November 05, 2010

William Peter Maxwell of Brown University, Rhode Island 1798

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2 page letter dated 1798, from William Peter Maxwell to William Green, both alumni of Brown University, Rhode Island....where Maxwell gives ...
Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Camp Stevens 1862

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Camp Stevens Nov. 16, 1862 / Mr. J. H. Greenwood / Dear Sir / Will you see that James Lynch returns to Camp tomorrow morning in the 11 ocloc...
Monday, November 01, 2010

Camp Michigan, Virginia,1862

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Alexandria Virginia Soldier's Cemetery ca 1861-1865 Union Civil War soldier's letter dated Camp Michigan, Virginia, Feb 2 1862, ...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

New Bedford, Massachusetts 1844

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Letter dated New Bedford, Massachusetts, September 1, 1844 and sent to Captain Isaac J. Sanford of the whaling ship "Champion", wr...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Charles W A Morton 1808

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June 28 1808. Signed “Charles W A Morton” to Mr. Biggs: “As Mr. Biggs has declined to act any longer in the capacity of second, Mr. Morton w...
Monday, October 25, 2010

EMILY E. GRIFFIN 1850

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It is with pleasure I take my pen in hand to inform you that we are all well and hope that these will find you enjoying the same blessing. Y...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Selma, Alabama 1862

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Civil War letter from Selma, Alabama from March 26, 1862. It is from A.L. Haden and is 3 pages long and is all handwritten. Here are some hi...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

T H Hough to Guy Hough 1837

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Columbus Ohio green cds and 25 rate on 1837 stampless folded letter from Columbus to Ct., describing his trip to Ohio, via canal and railroa...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

Pearce and Chappotin families of New England

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Three handwritten letters, 1820, 1823 and 1829. They all originally belonged to the Pearce and Chappotin families of New England. One is wri...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 1892

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1892 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA LETTER - ALASKA IMPROVEMENT CO - Handwritten letter of James Eva, Aug. 31, 1892, SF, to daughter E. M. Eva at...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Love Letters 1836

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Two love letters written by John Cooley to his wife Lucina in 1836. John is on board the brig Sampson under the leadership of Captain Purkis...
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