Ursula, I also have some historical postcards from Hessen. Please remind me which was your home town. I have also been impressed with the turn of the 20th century postal service - not only did they deliver the mail to the correct place; they delivered twice a day, and it took only ten days for a letter to travel from Rome, Italy, to Chicago, and three days from California to Chicago in the 1890s. Baerbel Hello All, Just searched through hundreds of German vintage postcards on ebay in the hope of finding one from my hometown in Hesse. While I didn't find what I was looking for, I thought I'd remind all of you family researchers that this is an excellent place to find postcards of German towns from the turn of the last century, before many of the fabulous structures were destroyed by the two wars. My favorites are the ones that have lots of writing on them, including the address of the recipient. Funny that in 1906 German relatives could send a postcard addressed to Mr. K. Ramm c/o Mr. Hinr. Kelling, Davenport, Iowa and it got there without a street address. I guess that was a time where you had to personally pick up your mail at the postoffice. This explains the frequent messages found in old newspapers alerting local citizens that they had a letter or postcard waiting for them. Check it out sometime. On ebay go to Collectibles > Postcards > International Postcards > Germany. Happy hunting! Ursula ____________________________________________________ There will come a time, when you'll have no more time. For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

I also am impressed by this USPoastal Service.  I sent a package to our CPA from Florida to Rochester Michigan 3 years ago this month & it has yet to arrive. In the package is all our ID & financial information. Inspection at both ends came up with nothing. I thought the airlines losing our luggage 2 times was bad service. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baerbel Johnson" <JohnsonBx@familysearch.org> To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:27:56 AM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Vintage Postcards Ursula, I also have some historical postcards from Hessen. Please remind me which was your home town. I have also been impressed with the turn of the 20th century postal service - not only did they deliver the mail to the correct place; they delivered twice a day, and it took only ten days for a letter to travel from Rome, Italy, to Chicago, and three days from California to Chicago in the 1890s. Baerbel Hello All, Just searched through hundreds of German vintage postcards on ebay in the hope of finding one from my hometown in Hesse. While I didn't find what I was looking for, I thought I'd remind all of you family researchers that this is an excellent place to find postcards of German towns from the turn of the last century, before many of the fabulous structures were destroyed by the two wars. My favorites are the ones that have lots of writing on them, including the address of the recipient. Funny that in 1906 German relatives could send a postcard addressed to Mr. K. Ramm c/o Mr. Hinr. Kelling, Davenport, Iowa and it got there without a street address. I guess that was a time where you had to personally pick up your mail at the postoffice. This explains the frequent messages found in old newspapers alerting local citizens that they had a letter or postcard waiting for them. Check it out sometime. On ebay go to Collectibles > Postcards > International Postcards > Germany. Happy hunting! Ursula ____________________________________________________ There will come a time, when you'll have no more time. For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message  NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message