Our great-grandfather came over from Croatia in the early 1900's. He always claimed that he swam over to the United States, but if he did, the trunk above came separately.
We recently asked my grandmother if we could see any old papers she might have. Her response was "Papers? I don't have any old papers." She then remembered DoDo's old trunk. We pulled it out of the garage and opened it up.
Every drawer was filled with old papers. There were letters (in both English and Croatian) dating back to the 1930's. Lots of exciting pieces of family history to look through and learn from. The youngest generation had to get in on the fun too.
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