30 Days of Genealogy: Day 2 Interesting Record These letters have been edited to make the handwriting easier to read. It was done in pencil so parts of it are quite faded. It is in surprisingly good condition to have been written in 1903. I have transcribed it and fixed some of the spelling and grammatical errors. The letter reads: Sep 17, 1903Dear wife and family and Mother,

30 Days of Genealogy: day 2
an interesting record

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Remembering from old letters…

“Because what good is armor against walls…?”

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Ma Chère petite Marthe. Paris 15 mars 1914
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A desktop scattered with piles of yellowed envelopes, sorted by year. All are at least a hundred years old.

Doing a deep dive tonight. My granddaughter is named after my grandmother - this is a cache of her letters dated 1917-1922 that I’ve never been through. I’m putting together a Snapfish type book of pix and diary entries for my GD! Excited to dive into these!

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