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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Hi Ronda, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>This may answer your question some what..</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face="Lucida Bright"><I><B>Letters</B></I> - Your female ancestors may have written letters to relatives about events at home, to husbands off at war or even to other female friends. The letters may contain news about births, deaths and marriages in the family, gossip about events and people in the community and snippets of information about daily life. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2><FONT face="Lucida Bright"><I><B>Diaries</B></I> - The terms diary and journal are often used interchangeably to describe a written, personal record of events, experiences and observations. They may include a record of daily events, attitudes about social issues and personal feelings about family and friends. If you are lucky enough to possess such a treasure, then read it carefully – it will tell you more about your ancestor than perhaps any other source. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Most people think to ask relatives for items like photos, but have you ever thought to ask your relatives for any letters or a diary they may have tucked away? I learned many pieces of my husband’s family history when a distant cousin and I tracked down a relative with a box full of letters his grandmother had received from her family in England after she moved to America. If that doesn’t yield any results, then try placing a query in one of the genealogical magazines or on the Internet. This may reach a distant relative who you have yet to discover. Writing to or visiting historical societies, archives, and libraries in the area in which your ancestor lived may also yield a “find.” </FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Nancy </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face="Lucida Bright"><I><B>From:</B></I> </FONT></FONT><A href="mailto:whizinc@comcast.net"><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Ronda Howard</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face="Lucida Bright"><I><B>Date:</B></I> 06/01/05 12:22:46</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face="Lucida Bright"><I><B>To:</B></I> </FONT></FONT><A href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us"><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face="Lucida Bright"><I><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: [or-roots] Whys</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Are these diaries and letters usually found with family members or are there</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>other places to find them?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Ronda</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>> Chances are though unless she finds someone with a diary or letter of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>> explanation, Suz will have to be content with knowing he did come alone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>> and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>> not why.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>She would have to go back in time & find a diary or something that the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>family has wrote to explain what she wants to know, maybe.</FONT></DIV>
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