Laurie Winslow SargentResearching Your Own Attic Mysteries Archives - Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/category/researching-your-own-attic-mysteries/ Author Website for Laurie Winslow Sargent Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:04:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/crossconnectmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/headshot2.jpeg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Researching Your Own Attic Mysteries Archives - Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/category/researching-your-own-attic-mysteries/ 32 32 69683000 Unfolding Grandma’s Secret: An Antique World Map Journey https://crossconnectmedia.com/unfolding-grandmas-secret-an-antique-world-map-journey/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/unfolding-grandmas-secret-an-antique-world-map-journey/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:56:13 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=88552 Found! A 103-year-old world map, hidden in Grandma's steamship travel journal. This antique world map includes steamship paths and a color-coded chart indicating ruling nations in 1922. It follows the 51-day journey of my grandmother Gladys Gose (Pearce) from America to India in 1926.

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]]> Found! A 103-year-old world map, hidden in Grandma's steamship travel journal. This antique world map includes steamship paths and a color-coded chart indicating ruling nations in 1922. It follows the 51-day journey of my grandmother Gladys Gose (Pearce) from America to India in 1926.

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/unfolding-grandmas-secret-an-antique-world-map-journey/feed/ 2 88552 A Mysterious 1938 4th Grade Report Card https://crossconnectmedia.com/a-mysterious-1938-4th-grade-report-card/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/a-mysterious-1938-4th-grade-report-card/#comments Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:48:36 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=87658 Today's historical mystery is a 1938 4th Grade report card. It's a strange report, from an odd location--perhaps a boarding school?

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]]> Today's historical mystery is a 1938 4th Grade report card. It's a strange report, from an odd location--perhaps a boarding school?

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/a-mysterious-1938-4th-grade-report-card/feed/ 2 87658 1848: An Abolitionist Bill for Secession https://crossconnectmedia.com/1848-abolitionists-bill-secession/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/1848-abolitionists-bill-secession/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:29:43 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/?p=992 1848: Little-known History ~ Abolitionist voters in Massachusetts, 17 years before the 13th amendment, proposed a bill: denounce slavery or secede from the Union. I was excited to see names from my family tree among these abolitionist signers.

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]]> 1848: Little-known History ~ Abolitionist voters in Massachusetts, 17 years before the 13th amendment, proposed a bill: denounce slavery or secede from the Union. I was excited to see names from my family tree among these abolitionist signers.

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/1848-abolitionists-bill-secession/feed/ 1 992 Calculating Characters in Family History https://crossconnectmedia.com/calculating-characters-in-family-history/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/calculating-characters-in-family-history/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:56:09 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/?p=969 In writing history – family history or a historical biography— using a little math humanizes characters so we can see them as former living, breathing human beings.1 calculator + 1 family tree = more compelling stories.

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]]> In writing history – family history or a historical biography— using a little math humanizes characters so we can see them as former living, breathing human beings.1 calculator + 1 family tree = more compelling stories.

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/calculating-characters-in-family-history/feed/ 2 969 A 1915 Yearbook Shows Teen Life 105 Years Ago https://crossconnectmedia.com/1915-yearbook-vintage-wahi/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/1915-yearbook-vintage-wahi/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:32:35 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/?p=909 This digitally archived vintage 1915 yearbook included student nominations for Best Fusser, Class Suffragette, Class “Burns” and Class “Harriet Stowe”. What great fun it is, reading my grandparents’ 1915 WaHi yearbook, from Walla Walla High in Washington State. It’s like peeking through a window into their teenage personalities! I found the digital copy, via Google […]

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]]> This digitally archived vintage 1915 yearbook included student nominations for Best Fusser, Class Suffragette, Class “Burns” and Class “Harriet Stowe”. What great fun it is, reading my grandparents’ 1915 WaHi yearbook, from Walla Walla High in Washington State. It’s like peeking through a window into their teenage personalities! I found the digital copy, via Google […]

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/1915-yearbook-vintage-wahi/feed/ 1 909 Finding Stories in Vintage Family Photos https://crossconnectmedia.com/finding-stories-in-vintage-family-photos/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/finding-stories-in-vintage-family-photos/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2019 23:17:47 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://www.crossconnectmedia.com/?p=370 Are you a writer? A reader? Or a history buff, curious about your ancestors? Regardless, stories intrigue you.  Here’s the first post in my series, Researching Your Own Attic Mysteries. Learn how to dig into your vintage family memorabilia to uncover stories and the personalities behind them. I  thought of titling this post “I See […]

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]]> Are you a writer? A reader? Or a history buff, curious about your ancestors? Regardless, stories intrigue you.  Here’s the first post in my series, Researching Your Own Attic Mysteries. Learn how to dig into your vintage family memorabilia to uncover stories and the personalities behind them. I  thought of titling this post “I See […]

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