History

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#64)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#64)

A late 1800s or early 1900s group photo with some interesting closeups of neat details. Which is your favorite?

“Everybody Works But Father” - Pic of the Week (#63)

“Everybody Works But Father” - Pic of the Week (#63)

"Everybody Works But Father" - A 1907 postcard sent to Mrs. K.F. Way of Painesville, Ohio.

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#62)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#62)

A Toast to ye Landlord (postcard 1912) -  "May you always have some money - Left from the money you have spent - To greet your landlord with a sneer - When he comes calling for the rent."

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#61)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#61)

"THEY WANT ME TO STAY THE WORST WAY" - A postcard sent to David Moe Pickens (1888-1975) of Leipsic, Ohio in 1911. Can you help me find his family?

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#60)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#60)

I found this early to mid 1950s postcard of "Sorenson's" at a local antique store. It shows the downtown of Grayling, Michigan, a city that has been a personal family vacation spot for decades. Do you know what kind of car that is? I do, now. 

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#59)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#59)

Who was Pearl Dean Farley? Do you know? Can you help me find out?

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#58)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#58)

Here's a lovely 1907 postcard of two young lovebirds having a kiss. It was sent to a Miss Alice Dickerson of Hastings, Michigan. Here is some of her story.  

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#57)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#57)

Are they siblings? Friends? Maybe classmates? Here's a lovely 1889 cabinet card from Uniontown, Pennsylvania of seven similarly aged young men and women.   

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#56)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#56)

"You go here and I'll go there. We'll both be out of view. And while I sit in silent bliss, I'll think sweet thoughts of you." Postcard from 1947. 

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#55)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#55)

Here is a water stained matted photograph of a professionally dressed gentleman. My guess is that it was taken between 1890 and 1910. What can you tell me about this man from his distinct and distinguished clothing?

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#54)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#54)

Here are some charming Kodachrome photo slides of a smiling older couple from the mid 1950s. They came from a lot of about 100 slides on eBay. They appeared to be of several different, possibly related, families. Notes on some indicated East coast locales like Vermont and New York.  

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#53)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#53)

Postcard to Mrs. Sam Beaty of Peabody, Kansas in 1918. Front: Electric Park in Kansas City, Missouri.

"My Dear Ruth: ... Well this is all I can get on the card so good bye with love from Mabel Bowers Merriam, Kansas"

2017 Year in Review - Video of All 52 Pics of the Week

2017 Year in Review - Video of All 52 Pics of the Week

We did it! Fifty-two weeks in a row The Psychogenealogist has posted a Pic of the Week. Here is a video of all of them in order. Which is your favorite? Mine is #22.

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#52)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#52)

Happy New Year, 1915!

"Dear Friend: Ruth is no better. Pulse is 120-130 per minute. She looks awfully bad and the doctors say she can't possibly recover. She must lie in bed day after day, no visitors and nothing to do but wait . . . "

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#51)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#51)

A Colorado Christmas, 1956 - Liza, Ethel, Jon, Anne, Elmer, and Helen

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#50)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#50)

Miss Clara Richey of Fairfield, Virginia, "setting by the fire I guess" in 1912.

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#49)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#49)

Ruth Ardis (Hanson) Steadman (1903-1989) - the "Camping Grandma" of California.

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#48)

The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#48)

"Hello Grandma. Thought I would send you my photo" - 1910 postcard to Mrs. Sarah Early in Dunbar, Ohio.

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A 109 Year Old Postcard Finds Its Home

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A 109 Year Old Postcard Finds Its Home

In 1908 Ida Jordan wrote this postcard to her brother announcing the birth of their niece. This is the story of how that postcard was returned to descendants of the Jordan family.  

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The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#47)

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The Psychogenealogist Pic of the Week (#47)

John Edward Campbell (1892-1959) and Maryann Rukamp. "Uncle Ed" was the husband of my 2nd great aunt Amanda Alice (Rhoads) Campbell (1895-1988). She was the sister of my great grandmother.