What a great article! I 'vee been a member of Postcrossing since 2014, and I save every single one I receive. I love sending postcards and letters through the mail. I do have a few postcards that were sent to my grandparents. Those are precious.
So interesting! I've been involved in PostCrossing since the beginning of the year and have found it interesting. I had a woman in Germany who lives 2 hours from where my ancestors lived. I've just sent postcards of my town that I had printed from a photo I took. The only problem with that is I have to order so many. Do you just print out your postcards? I worry they might not make it to the other side of the world in one piece! When I was young I had several penpals from all over the world. I liked the letter format because I was able to find out more about them. But there is something special about postcards. I've started to send them to friends when we go on vacation. Just a way of letting them know I'm thinking about them. Thanks for the post.
I use Moo and have had a great experience! I upload my photos, customize the card to my liking, and have found the quality to be excellent with reasonable pricing. They also run frequent promotions—sometimes 40-50% off! So far, all the ones I've sent they produced made it to their international recipient. https://www.moo.com/us/postcards/original
Christopher, Thanks. I use VistaPrint and they do an awesome job, I just hate to have 25 of them. Wish I could have a variety of postcards per package. I've used Moo in the past and they do great work. Thanks.
I haven't heard of post crossing. An interesting idea. This post reminds me that I have some postcards that were sent by my husband's family members back here to New Zealand during the first world war when they were serving on the Western Front. I must get around to writing about them here at Substack.
This is fascinating, Christopher! I've never heard about post crossing before, what an intriguing idea. I have several old photo postcards that were sent between family members, and some tourist ones which were never mailed. But, I agree, they definitely have a place in our study of family history and have some amazing stories to tell!
What a great article! I 'vee been a member of Postcrossing since 2014, and I save every single one I receive. I love sending postcards and letters through the mail. I do have a few postcards that were sent to my grandparents. Those are precious.
Thank you! I keep all mine too. I started during the first year of the pandemic.
So interesting! I've been involved in PostCrossing since the beginning of the year and have found it interesting. I had a woman in Germany who lives 2 hours from where my ancestors lived. I've just sent postcards of my town that I had printed from a photo I took. The only problem with that is I have to order so many. Do you just print out your postcards? I worry they might not make it to the other side of the world in one piece! When I was young I had several penpals from all over the world. I liked the letter format because I was able to find out more about them. But there is something special about postcards. I've started to send them to friends when we go on vacation. Just a way of letting them know I'm thinking about them. Thanks for the post.
I use Moo and have had a great experience! I upload my photos, customize the card to my liking, and have found the quality to be excellent with reasonable pricing. They also run frequent promotions—sometimes 40-50% off! So far, all the ones I've sent they produced made it to their international recipient. https://www.moo.com/us/postcards/original
Christopher, Thanks. I use VistaPrint and they do an awesome job, I just hate to have 25 of them. Wish I could have a variety of postcards per package. I've used Moo in the past and they do great work. Thanks.
I haven't heard of post crossing. An interesting idea. This post reminds me that I have some postcards that were sent by my husband's family members back here to New Zealand during the first world war when they were serving on the Western Front. I must get around to writing about them here at Substack.
This is fascinating, Christopher! I've never heard about post crossing before, what an intriguing idea. I have several old photo postcards that were sent between family members, and some tourist ones which were never mailed. But, I agree, they definitely have a place in our study of family history and have some amazing stories to tell!