SentLetters

It took me a while, between multiple moves, finishing school, and starting a new job I just didnt have the time or the stamina to keep the site updated.  I sincerely apologize about that, but I was doing alot of extra stuff and something had to take a break. I think that I will be able to balance this blog and my other project a little better now, so to get started I will be updating the site weekly.  Usually I will try to get one letter up a week maybe more.

The other thing that kept me from updating the blog was simply having letters.  What!? You mean I have to have letters to post on here?  Yeah, for sure.  So, I found some letters.  The letters that I am going to be posting will be from the Drexler family and friends.  They are to a girl who was in college during the years of 1930 - 1940.

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoy.

If you have family letters that you would like to see on this site or if you have some information about the letters or places mentioned on the site, please contact me through the site by leaving a comment.

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Well, as a result of typing the first couple of letters, I have become very interested in the people mentioned. I have learned alot about them, and have done a little research on them as well.

So…I added a whole new feature to the site. It is called The SentLetters Wiki. It is a wiki for all of the people who show up in the letters.

The idea is to facilitate the research and recording of the information that is discovered about the people in the letters that I post. I will continue to do searches and try to contact as many people as possible to add to the information on the site.

You can visit the wiki by clicking the in-post links or, you can just go to wiki.sentletters.com and search around.

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Well, after doing some research and talking to some friends and family I have decided to take this blog in to a new direction. It is no longer a blog, it is a project (yeah ok and?).

The reason I am drawing this line in the sand is simply so that I can make it clear to anyone who comes to the site that there is a goal in mind.

What is the goal?
The goal is simple. I want to post, display, and discuss may letters from every decade that I can get my hands on. The idea is that I want to create a way for myself to compare letters from different decades and eras so that I can see how things have changed.

ObservationsI have already noticed certain things that I think are amazing. This with only two letters actually on the site.

1. As time goes on, people get more lazy in their handwriting.
2. Many people have letters just laying around, and many of them end up throwing them out.
3. There is significant information in any letter, despite how insignificant one person may think it is.

What do I need?

1. I need letters.
1. I need them either in their original form, or I need them scanned in. I will give credit to anyone who donates letters to the site. I believe that you may be able to “write-off” any letter donations that you make to this site on your taxes.
2. If you scan them, and you can type them too..You are my best friend forever.
2. I need help typing these letters, making sure that the typed version follows the letter as well as possible. This means that if the original letter has a word misspelled, go ahead and misspell it, otherwise don’t. This will give the typed version more of a genuine feel (despite being misspelled).
3. Ideas on how to get the word out, and how to acquire more letters. If you have an idea..tell me quick!

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