Comments | pom_e_granate: This is what makes it all worthwhile

pom_e_granate

This is what makes it all worthwhile

Mar 03, 2009 12:47

I just ran across this letter that was written by my 2nd cousin, 9x removed through my maternal grandfather's side. This is so incredibly interesting! I love the glimpses into what life was really like for them. And the woman who fought off the bear in this story was my 9x great aunt! Cool!

Full text of the letter after the cut. Really long but ( Read more... )

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pom_e_granate March 3 2009, 19:18:02 UTC

I found it on Ancestry COMPLETELY by accident while looking for something else. I'm still going through another part of the intro to that book that's online.

Hooray for people who put original sources online! This is an extremely rare book, apparently.

crowjoy March 3 2009, 20:06:57 UTC

How interesting!!

crowjoy March 3 2009, 20:17:45 UTC

PS been missing your posts lately!

laxmarallel March 3 2009, 22:54:01 UTC

I miss your posts too.

And that letter is really cool!

pollyhyper March 3 2009, 21:15:59 UTC

Wow, how amazing is this!

pom_e_granate March 3 2009, 21:24:13 UTC

I know! And now I have found where Ancestry has the whole book scanned online. Full of stuff like this. I feel like I found a gold mine.

pom_e_granate March 3 2009, 21:45:03 UTC

Dude! The same woman who wrote this letter founded a seminary and wrote a memoir which is entirely available online! I just saved it so I can read it later. So so stoked!!!

ellipsis_abuser March 4 2009, 03:17:58 UTC

what seminary did she found?

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ellipsis_abuser March 4 2009, 03:17:31 UTC

love it! also love how people from that era would write whole paragraphs in one sentence. :P