Every time I work on one of these letters I am overwhelmed by the leads they contain and the finite details, discovered and unknown, of the lives that once intertwined with my ancestors. So many people disconnected, so many stories left behind... what a gift that technology gives us the opportunity to re-connect and retrace their steps.
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1977 Yellowstone Park. From front to back: My brother, me, Tilly, Mom, Tilly's 2nd husband Henry.
Hello Again! Plus a letter from Tilly - WWII London 1940
Sometimes, it takes a voice from the past to put the present in perspective. This simple letter from Tilly, written in November 1940, was a gentle reminder to stop feeling overwhelmed with my life in general. Damn. I have it so good.
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Robert Huebotter and Virginia Roberts circa late 1940s
Sketches of Robert Huebotter - My Grandfather
A lovely recollection of Robert Huebotter as written by my mother sometime in the 1950s.
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