My family is VERY fortunate to have the daily journals that were kept by my great-grandmother. They cover period from about 1879 to the 1930s when she passed away. She wrote in them practically every single day and used every page. She recorded their daily life (her husband was a farmer so tidbits of planting, harvesting & what they got for a price when sold.) Also things about friends and neighbors – who got married, who had a child, who died. There were also entries about visiting people and having oyster stew. I have attempted to transcribe them, but have only made it through two of them. (And if I’ve posted this previously, I apologize for redundancy – my memory is not so great anymore.)
My family is VERY fortunate to have the daily journals that were kept by my great-grandmother. They cover period from about 1879 to the 1930s when she passed away. She wrote in them practically every single day and used every page. She recorded their daily life (her husband was a farmer so tidbits of planting, harvesting & what they got for a price when sold.) Also things about friends and neighbors – who got married, who had a child, who died. There were also entries about visiting people and having oyster stew. I have attempted to transcribe them, but have only made it through two of them. (And if I’ve posted this previously, I apologize for redundancy – my memory is not so great anymore.)