Christmas cards – Family history across the seas

Advent Calendar: Day 2 – Christmas Cards

6 December, 2013

Initially I was disinclined to post again on the topic of Christmas cards as I wrote this story back in 2011. Then I started thinking about the background of card-sending and the potential importance to family history. I’d guess that in most families there’s at least one person who writes to every member of the … More Advent Calendar: Day 2 – Christmas Cards

Advent calendar of Christmas memories 2011: 4th December: Christmas Cards

4 December, 2011

Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Did your family send cards? Did your family display the ones they received? Do you still send Christmas cards? Do you have any cards from your ancestors? … More Advent calendar of Christmas memories 2011: 4th December: Christmas Cards