One of the fun things about digging through old family papers is discovering the whimsical pieces that someone has tucked away. Here's

Sometimes you think you’ve heard almost every family story (often multiple times), but I’ve been so wonderfully surprised recently....and in

Turns out that these cards were often the early 20th century equivalent of a photo booth at an amusement park.

A family postcard goes from gibberish to treasure with translation - the magic of family genealogical translation!