http://acanadianfamily.com/2009/07/25/neon-signs-modern-times/ Genealogy, Family History & Vintage Postcards Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://acanadianfamily.com/2009/07/25/neon-signs-modern-times/#comment-9998 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:56:21 +0000 http://acanadianfamily.com/?p=13342#comment-9998 Thanks – I love these neon signs too – very retro.

]]> http://acanadianfamily.com/2009/07/25/neon-signs-modern-times/#comment-9994 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:22:06 +0000 http://acanadianfamily.com/?p=13342#comment-9994 Wow I love this picture ! very 50′ stylishhh

]]> http://acanadianfamily.com/2009/07/25/neon-signs-modern-times/#comment-2724 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:21:13 +0000 http://acanadianfamily.com/?p=13342#comment-2724 That’s a nice collection of signs. It almost looks like Las Vegas.

]]> http://acanadianfamily.com/2009/07/25/neon-signs-modern-times/#comment-2645 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:36:46 +0000 http://acanadianfamily.com/?p=13342#comment-2645 I’ve decided that to be a successful genealogist, first and foremost you need to be a detective. The analysis of this card is an excellent example. One day I really must get around to sorting out our family history.

]]> http://acanadianfamily.com/2009/07/25/neon-signs-modern-times/#comment-2572 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:25:42 +0000 http://acanadianfamily.com/?p=13342#comment-2572 My original focus in collecting postcards was just to enrich my family history studies, but now I have begun to focus on the postcards themselves as resources. This postcard will eventually be included in the part of my family history that discusses my parents and their life in Montreal in the 40s and 50s.
I will never do this type of work on all my postcards, but what I do like about carnivals is that if I know that more people will be reading a given post, it inspires me to go further than I have before. The other good thing about carnivals is that it’s allowing me to visit a lot of sites like Postcardy’s where there’s information, and various Geneabloggers where I can see how they use their postcards as writing prompts. The other carnivals (Smile for the Camera, Genealogy, Canadian Genealogy, Central & Eastern Europe, Irish etc.) expose me to lots of different blogging styles.
Over the long run it’s going to make me a better – or at least more versatile – blogger.
Thanks for your comments – they are always appreciated!
By the way, there’s an interesting conversation about how bloggers can build community over at Lucie’s blog here:
http://acadian-ancestral-home.blogspot.com/2009/07/are-you-blog-follower.html

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