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<\/a><\/p>\nOld postcards can often\u00a0provide some important clues for your family history and can provide an intimate connection with your family’s past. They may even provide you with a new name or give you a clue as to how someone is related.<\/p>\n
With the holidays only a few days away, here’s a look at some lovely holiday postcards from the early 20th century:<\/p>\n
Dear Santa<\/strong><\/p>\n December 22, 1915<\/em><\/p>\n A Joyful Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n December 24, 1909<\/em><\/p>\n A Merry Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n December 23, 1916<\/em><\/p>\n To The Folks Back Home<\/b><\/p>\n December 22, 1919<\/em><\/p>\n A merry Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n December 1907<\/em><\/p>\n A merry Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n December 24, 1903<\/em><\/p>\n Christmas greetings<\/strong><\/p>\n December 1906<\/em><\/p>\n Xmas Greetings<\/strong><\/p>\n December 24, 1913<\/em><\/p>\n Nicest Christmas Yet<\/strong><\/p>\n December 1921<\/em><\/p>\n Wishing You a Merry Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n 1910<\/i><\/p>\n Do you have old holiday postcards? We’d love to see them. Share your vintage holiday cards with us in the comments below!<\/p>\n Images: New York Public Library<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you have any vintage\u00a0holiday cards?\u00a0It’s an old practice to send\u00a0holiday\u00a0cards to friends\u00a0and loved ones\u00a0during\u00a0the holidays. They are also a great find for genealogists. Old postcards can often\u00a0provide some important clues for your family history and can provide an intimate connection with your family’s past. They may even provide you with a new name or give you a clue as to how someone is related. With the holidays only a few days away, here’s a… Read the full story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":99448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[5997],"class_list":["post-99416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-postcards"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99416"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99480,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99416\/revisions\/99480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n