lost mail Archives - Megan Smolenyak https://megansmolenyak.com/tag/lost-mail/ genealogical adventurer & storyteller Wed, 02 Jan 2019 15:19:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Genealogy Roundup, January 2 https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-january-2/ https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-january-2/#respond Wed, 02 Jan 2019 15:19:46 +0000 https://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=159897 How did 700 letters, penned during WWII, survive 77 years under water? And what happened when one of them was reunited with its intended recipient? Find out this – and more – in this week's Roundup!

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]]> Grandmother aged 99 receives hand-written love letter from missing fiancé 77 years after he wrote it – ♥ ♥ ♥

Emotional reunion for Kerala couple after 72 years

It’s that time of year again. 127 years ago on January 1, 1892, 17-year-old Annie Moore of Ireland was the first immigrant to arrive at Ellis Island. She’s seen here flanked by her brothers.

Annie Moore of Ellis Island colorized

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